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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Key Trends in Implementation of the Fund’s Transparency Policy
Prepared by the Policy Development and Review Department
In consultation with other Departments
Approved by Mark Allen
January 31, 2008
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
I. Trends in Publication Rates
Table 1. Trends in Publication Rates
Table 2. Trends in Publication Rates of Article IV and UFR Staff Reports
II. Lags Between Board Consideration and Publication
Table 3. Trends in Publication Lags
III. Trends in Recourse to Deletions
Table 4. Deletions in Article IV and UFR Staff Reports
IV. Publication Behavior of Members Over the Past Two Years
Table 5. Members That Have Published Both All Article IV/UFR Staff Reports and All Article IV PINs and UFR Chairman's Statements
List of Abbreviations
| CHR |
Chairman’s Statement |
| COMP |
HIPC Completion Point Document |
| DECP |
HIPC Decision Point Document |
| DSA |
Debt Sustainability Analysis |
| EPA |
Ex-Post Assessment |
| FATF |
Financial Action Task Force |
| FS |
Factual Statement |
| FSSA |
Financial System Stability Assessment |
| HIPC |
Highly Indebted Poor Countries |
| I-PRSP |
Interim-Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
| JSAN |
Joint Staff Advisory Note |
| LOI |
Letter of Intent |
| MEFP |
Memorandum on Economic and Financial Policy |
| MEP |
Memorandum on Economic Policy |
| PIN |
Public Information Notice |
| PPM |
Post-Program Monitoring |
| PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
| PSI |
Policy Support Instrument |
| ROSC |
Report on Observance of Standards and Codes |
| SMP |
Staff-Monitored Program |
| TMU |
Technical Memorandum of Understanding |
| UFR |
Use of Fund Resources |
| WEO |
World Economic Outlook |