By Toby McIntosh The revelation that Senegal’s external debt was seriously and intentionally understated raises questions about how to assure accurate and transparent information about…
Category: International Monetary Fund
By Toby McIntosh The IMF’s Transparency Policy stands out because of one special feature: it doesn’t let the public ask for documents. This unique quality…
By Toby McIntosh The International Monetary Fund’s “governance diagnostics” program, which among other things addresses transparency issues in the countries evaluated, will continue to expand…
A handful of governments still resist making public the detailed reports on their economies done by the International Monetary Fund. Publication of the documents is…
By Toby McIntosh A bright new web page, Transparency at the IMF, now adorns the website of the International Monetary Fund, but it lacks one…
By Toby McIntosh The International Monetary Fund may review its Transparency Policy in 2024, a process likely to rekindle long-standing criticisms that the Bank discourages…
By Toby McIntosh A “ladder of transparency” was described recently by a World Bank official. The ladder has four rungs for countries to climb to…
By Toby McIntosh The International Monetary Fund, which prepares detailed assessments of sovereign debt risks, has decided to keep some of its conclusions confidential. The…
(This article has been changed since publication to indicate that so far the reports are being made public. – Ed.) “A key tool” used by…