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Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption in the Baltic and CIS Countries: The Role of the IMF
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Emine Gürgen null

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Mr. Thomas A. Wolf
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Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2000: Issue 001
Language:
English
Publication Date:
01 Jan 2000
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451841626.001
ISBN:
9781451841626
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
25
Keywords:
WP; administration; country; authority; economy; CIS country; Governance; corruption; transition; Baltic; CIS; IMF; country self-assessments; enterprise operation; macroeconomic adjustment; government transparency; state energy company; Commercial banks; Civil service reform; Privatization; Baltics
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This paper examines the indirect role the IMF plays in combating corruption in the Baltic and CIS countries by promoting structural reforms that help improve economic governance and thus reduce opportunities for rent-seeking behavior. The analysis draws on examples of actual experience with corruption and outlines some of the structural measures under IMF-supported arrangements, which, if successfully implemented, can be expected to help gradually alleviate corruption. It also summarizes IMF-wide initiatives under way to strengthen public sector transparency and accountability, and highlights the key structural areas likely to receive emphasis in the IMF’s future policy advice to countries in the region.
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ISSN:
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