The IMF has revised its Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency, following a public consultation process. Nine … transparency in member countries under the standards and codes initiative. Two associated documents - the Manual on Fiscal … Transparency (2007) and the Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency (2007) - provide supporting in-depth coverage of good practices …

This paper outlines the IMF's perspective on the economic impact of corrup-tion and experience in helping countries … design and implement strategies to address it. Corruption has a broader corrosive impact on society. It undermines trust in … establishes appropriate incentives and the rule of law, promotes transparency, and introduces economic reforms that reduce …

kickbacks these projectspresent. This paper contends that such corruption increases the numberof capital projects undertaken and …

Anecdotal evidence relates corruption with high levels of military spending. This paper tests empirically whether such … the period 1985–98. The association between military spending and corruption is ascertained by using panel regression … techniques. The results suggest that corruption is indeed associated with higher military spending as a share of both GDP and …

This paper develops indices of fiscal transparency for a broad range of countries based on the IMF''s Code of Good … Practices on Fiscal Transparency, using data derived from published fiscal transparency modules of the Reports on the Observance … of Standards and Codes (ROSCs). The indices covers four clusters of fiscal transparency practices: data assurances …

An evaluation of observance of good transparency practices relating to banking supervisory and regulatory policy was … carried out as part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) against the IMF Code of Good Practices on Transparency …

This paper discusses a Detailed Assessment of the Observance of the IMF Code of Good Practices on Transparency in …

This paper discusses a Detailed Assessment of the Observance of the IMF Code of Good Practices on Transparency in …