Key Trends in Implementation of the Fund's Transparency Policy

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Key Trends in Implementation of the Fund's Transparency Policy

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publication Date:: 10 Mar 2013

eISBN:: 9781498341271

Language:: English

Keywords:: PP; article IV; UFR staff report; UFR document; publ. report; background paper; article IV document; publishing article iv report; article iv report; publication rate; trends in publication lag

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At the time of the 2005 review of the Fund’s Transparency Policy, it was agreed that information on key trends in implementation of the Transparency Policy would be circulated to the Board regularly, along with lists indicating the publication status of reports discussed by the Board. The set of tables provided in this report updates the last Key Trends with information on documents discussed by the Board through December 2012.

Abstract

Table 1.

Trends in Publication Rates (2010–12) ^1/^2/

Data include documents issued for the Board's consideration in a meeting or on a lapse-of-time basis. It also includes SMPs, which are for information only.

Includes initial ROSC assessments and reassessments produced by the IMF, as well as the World Bank and, in the case of AML/CFT ROSCs, by FATF and FATF-style regional bodies (FSRB), issued on a stand-alone basis or in FSSAs. Does not include assessments under detailed standards assessments. Completions and publications for the three standards led by the World Bank are updated as of February 28, 2009.

Does not include authorities' statements that are included in ROSCs. Includes Executive Directors' Statements and “right of reply” documents.

Includes LOIs/MEFPs and TMUs issued in the context of SMPs and PSIs.

Only includes policy papers for which publication is presumed under the Transparency Policy. Data collection started in January 2002.

Table 1.

Trends in Publication Rates (2010–12) ^1/^2/

			2010		2011		2012
		Type of Report	Reports discussed	Published (percent)	Reports discussed	Published (percent)	Reports discussed	Published (percent)
Staff Reports			254	93	236	92	224	92
	Article IV, UFR, or Combined		222	92	204	91	187	95
		Stand-alone Article IV	105	87	102	90	97	93
		Article IV combined with UFR, PPM, SMP, EPA, PSI	29	100	20	90	25	100
		Stand-alone UFR	88	97	82	93	65	97
	Stand-alone PPM, SMP, EPA, EPE, PSI		10	100	26	92	21	71
	Joint Staff Advisory Note		11	91	6	100	12	67
	HIPC Country Papers		11	100	0	n/a	4	100
Selected Issues/Statistical Annexes			46	74	56	84	46	89
FSSAs			15	67	22	82	17	76
ROSCs ^3/			64	38	66	53	52	56
Article IV Public Information Notices (PINs)			132	98	121	98	100	99
UFR and PSI Chairman's statements			118	100	127	94	81	100
Authorities' statements ^4/			177	80	167	90	160	78
Country Policy Intention Documents			270	97	235	98	275	99
	LOIs/MEFPs ^5/		177	97	152	98	192	100
	TMUs ^5/		93	97	83	98	66	100
	PRSPs, I-PRSPs, and related reports		21	95	19	100	17	82
All Policy Papers			63	75	68	87	46	91
	Policy Papers that are presumed to be published ^6/		56	84	65	91	43	98

Data include documents issued for the Board's consideration in a meeting or on a lapse-of-time basis. It also includes SMPs, which are for information only.

Does not include authorities' statements that are included in ROSCs. Includes Executive Directors' Statements and “right of reply” documents.

Includes LOIs/MEFPs and TMUs issued in the context of SMPs and PSIs.

Only includes policy papers for which publication is presumed under the Transparency Policy. Data collection started in January 2002.

Table 1.

Trends in Publication Rates (2010–12) ^1/^2/

			2010		2011		2012
		Type of Report	Reports discussed	Published (percent)	Reports discussed	Published (percent)	Reports discussed	Published (percent)
Staff Reports			254	93	236	92	224	92
	Article IV, UFR, or Combined		222	92	204	91	187	95
		Stand-alone Article IV	105	87	102	90	97	93
		Article IV combined with UFR, PPM, SMP, EPA, PSI	29	100	20	90	25	100
		Stand-alone UFR	88	97	82	93	65	97
	Stand-alone PPM, SMP, EPA, EPE, PSI		10	100	26	92	21	71
	Joint Staff Advisory Note		11	91	6	100	12	67
	HIPC Country Papers		11	100	0	n/a	4	100
Selected Issues/Statistical Annexes			46	74	56	84	46	89
FSSAs			15	67	22	82	17	76
ROSCs ^3/			64	38	66	53	52	56
Article IV Public Information Notices (PINs)			132	98	121	98	100	99
UFR and PSI Chairman's statements			118	100	127	94	81	100
Authorities' statements ^4/			177	80	167	90	160	78
Country Policy Intention Documents			270	97	235	98	275	99
	LOIs/MEFPs ^5/		177	97	152	98	192	100
	TMUs ^5/		93	97	83	98	66	100
	PRSPs, I-PRSPs, and related reports		21	95	19	100	17	82
All Policy Papers			63	75	68	87	46	91
	Policy Papers that are presumed to be published ^6/		56	84	65	91	43	98

Data include documents issued for the Board's consideration in a meeting or on a lapse-of-time basis. It also includes SMPs, which are for information only.

Does not include authorities' statements that are included in ROSCs. Includes Executive Directors' Statements and “right of reply” documents.

Includes LOIs/MEFPs and TMUs issued in the context of SMPs and PSIs.

Only includes policy papers for which publication is presumed under the Transparency Policy. Data collection started in January 2002.

Table 2.

Trends in Publication Rates of Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (2010–12)^1/

Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Table 2.

Trends in Publication Rates of Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (2010–12)^1/

			2010		2011		2012
	Reports by group ^2/	Reports discussed	Published (percent)	Reports discussed	Published (percent)	Reports discussed	Published (percent)
Article IV and UFR staff reports		222	92	204	91	187	95
	Advanced markets	37	100	43	100	35	100
	Emerging markets	101	90	72	86	96	92
	Developing countries	84	90	89	91	56	98
Emerging market and developing countries		185	91	161	89	152	94
	Africa	53	94	51	94	49	100
	Asia	29	93	26	81	27	96
	Central and Eastern Europe	22	100	19	100	16	100
	CIS and Mongolia	20	90	15	93	16	94
	Middle East	20	85	14	71	18	83
	Western Hemisphere	41	83	36	86	26	85

Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Table 2.

Trends in Publication Rates of Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (2010–12)^1/

			2010		2011		2012
	Reports by group ^2/	Reports discussed	Published (percent)	Reports discussed	Published (percent)	Reports discussed	Published (percent)
Article IV and UFR staff reports		222	92	204	91	187	95
	Advanced markets	37	100	43	100	35	100
	Emerging markets	101	90	72	86	96	92
	Developing countries	84	90	89	91	56	98
Emerging market and developing countries		185	91	161	89	152	94
	Africa	53	94	51	94	49	100
	Asia	29	93	26	81	27	96
	Central and Eastern Europe	22	100	19	100	16	100
	CIS and Mongolia	20	90	15	93	16	94
	Middle East	20	85	14	71	18	83
	Western Hemisphere	41	83	36	86	26	85

Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Table 3.

Trends in Publication Lags (2010–12) ^1/^2/

Data include documents issued for the Board's consideration in a meeting or on a lapse-of-time basis. It also includes SMPs, which are for information only.

Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Number of calendar days.

Includes LOIs/MEFPs/TMUs issued in the contest of SMPs and PSIs.

Only includes policy papers for which publication is presumed.

Table 3.

Trends in Publication Lags (2010–12) ^1/^2/

			2010				2011				2012
		Reports by type and group ^3/	Number published	Average lag ^4/	percent with lag > 1 month	percent with lag > 2 month	Number published	Average lag ^4/	percent with lag > 1 month	percent with lag > 2 month	Number published	Average lag ^4/	percent with lag > 1 month	percent with lag > 2 month
Article IV and UFR staff reports			205	36	31	15	186	28	22	9	178	34	35	14
	Article IV		91	28	26	11	92	25	26	10	90	31	34	12
	Combined		29	41	38	21	18	33	35	15	25	34	44	16
	UFR		85	38	34	16	76	24	13	5	63	38	32	16
	Advanced markets		37	5	3	0	43	8	5	0	35	5	6	0
	Emerging markets		91	46	36	19	62	23	29	8	88	34	39	16
	Developing countries		77	39	39	17	81	37	25	14	55	50	47	20
	Emerging market and developing countries		168	37	38	18	143	29	27	11	143	37	42	17
		Africa	50	37	38	16	48	27	25	10	49	48	49	20
		Asia	27	45	44	22	21	29	24	10	26	23	38	4
		Central and Eastern Europe	22	29	23	9	19	19	21	0	16	13	13	0
		CIS and Mongolia	18	17	17	0	14	17	7	7	15	27	13	7
		Middle East	17	33	47	18	10	27	20	10	15	63	53	27
		Western Hemisphere	34	62	47	32	31	53	45	23	22	50	64	41
Selected other documents
	FSSAs		10	51	30	20	18	34	56	6	13	51	23	23
	Selected Issues/Statistical Annexes		34	26	26	0	47	16	15	0	41	18	20	7
	Article IV Public Information Notices (PINs) 130		21	16	0	119	20	22	7	99	13	14	1
	UFR and PSI Chairman's statements		118	4	2	1	120	22	12	5	81	1	0	0
	Country Policy Intention Documents ^5/		261	50	28	14	230	38	26	11	272	17	8	5
	Policy papers ^6/		47	26	17	11	59	25	19	7	42	6	5	2

Data include documents issued for the Board's consideration in a meeting or on a lapse-of-time basis. It also includes SMPs, which are for information only.

Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Number of calendar days.

Includes LOIs/MEFPs/TMUs issued in the contest of SMPs and PSIs.

Only includes policy papers for which publication is presumed.

Table 3.

Trends in Publication Lags (2010–12) ^1/^2/

			2010				2011				2012
		Reports by type and group ^3/	Number published	Average lag ^4/	percent with lag > 1 month	percent with lag > 2 month	Number published	Average lag ^4/	percent with lag > 1 month	percent with lag > 2 month	Number published	Average lag ^4/	percent with lag > 1 month	percent with lag > 2 month
Article IV and UFR staff reports			205	36	31	15	186	28	22	9	178	34	35	14
	Article IV		91	28	26	11	92	25	26	10	90	31	34	12
	Combined		29	41	38	21	18	33	35	15	25	34	44	16
	UFR		85	38	34	16	76	24	13	5	63	38	32	16
	Advanced markets		37	5	3	0	43	8	5	0	35	5	6	0
	Emerging markets		91	46	36	19	62	23	29	8	88	34	39	16
	Developing countries		77	39	39	17	81	37	25	14	55	50	47	20
	Emerging market and developing countries		168	37	38	18	143	29	27	11	143	37	42	17
		Africa	50	37	38	16	48	27	25	10	49	48	49	20
		Asia	27	45	44	22	21	29	24	10	26	23	38	4
		Central and Eastern Europe	22	29	23	9	19	19	21	0	16	13	13	0
		CIS and Mongolia	18	17	17	0	14	17	7	7	15	27	13	7
		Middle East	17	33	47	18	10	27	20	10	15	63	53	27
		Western Hemisphere	34	62	47	32	31	53	45	23	22	50	64	41
Selected other documents
	FSSAs		10	51	30	20	18	34	56	6	13	51	23	23
	Selected Issues/Statistical Annexes		34	26	26	0	47	16	15	0	41	18	20	7
	Article IV Public Information Notices (PINs) 130		21	16	0	119	20	22	7	99	13	14	1
	UFR and PSI Chairman's statements		118	4	2	1	120	22	12	5	81	1	0	0
	Country Policy Intention Documents ^5/		261	50	28	14	230	38	26	11	272	17	8	5
	Policy papers ^6/		47	26	17	11	59	25	19	7	42	6	5	2

Data include documents issued for the Board's consideration in a meeting or on a lapse-of-time basis. It also includes SMPs, which are for information only.

Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Number of calendar days.

Includes LOIs/MEFPs/TMUs issued in the contest of SMPs and PSIs.

Only includes policy papers for which publication is presumed.

Table 4.

Deletions in Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (2010–12) ^1/^2/

^{^1/}Publication refers to documents considered by the Board during the calendar year, and published within six months of the end of the calendar year; e.g. the publication rate for 2012 refers to the documents discussed by the Board in 2012 and published by June 30, 2013. This table includes new information and corrections as compared to Table 4 (b) in 2013 Review of the Fund's Transparency Policy - Background paper (SM/13/115).

^{^2/}Because a single report can have deletions falling into multiple categories, e.g., exchange rate, financial sector and/or other areas, there is no fixed relationship between the second column and the third and fourth column under each year.

^{^3/}Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Table 4.

Deletions in Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (2010–12) ^1/^2/

			2010				2011				2012
				With deletions	With deletions on exch. rate issues	With deletions on fin. sector issues		With deletions	With deletions on exch. rate issues	With deletions on fin. sector issues		With deletions	With deletions on exch. rate issues	With deletions on fin. sector issues
		Reports by group ^3/	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports
All Article IV and UFR reports			205	14	8	7	186	22	4	11	178	18	4	11
	Advanced markets		37	14	3	5	43	37	2	28	35	23	3	20
		EU	19	21	5	5	25	56	4	40	23	26	0	26
		Other Europe	8	13	0	13	7	14	0	14	4	25	0	25
		ROW	10	10	0	10	11	0	0	0	8	13	13	0
	Emerging markets		91	18	13	8	62	31	8	10	88	23	8	13
	Developing countries		77	10	4	8	81	7	2	4	55	7	0	4
	Emerging market and developing countries		168	14	9	8	143	17	5	6	143	17	5	9
		Africa	50	0	0	0	48	4	0	0	49	2	0	0
		Asia	27	22	22	7	21	10	5	5	26	12	8	0
		Central and Eastern Europe	22	9	9	9	19	21	0	16	16	13	0	6
		CIS and Mongolia	18	6	6	0	14	21	14	14	15	40	27	13
		Middle East	17	24	18	6	10	0	0	0	15	13	7	7
		Western Hemisphere	34	32	9	24	31	45	13	10	22	45	0	41

^{^3/}Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Table 4.

Deletions in Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (2010–12) ^1/^2/

			2010				2011				2012
				With deletions	With deletions on exch. rate issues	With deletions on fin. sector issues		With deletions	With deletions on exch. rate issues	With deletions on fin. sector issues		With deletions	With deletions on exch. rate issues	With deletions on fin. sector issues
		Reports by group ^3/	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports
All Article IV and UFR reports			205	14	8	7	186	22	4	11	178	18	4	11
	Advanced markets		37	14	3	5	43	37	2	28	35	23	3	20
		EU	19	21	5	5	25	56	4	40	23	26	0	26
		Other Europe	8	13	0	13	7	14	0	14	4	25	0	25
		ROW	10	10	0	10	11	0	0	0	8	13	13	0
	Emerging markets		91	18	13	8	62	31	8	10	88	23	8	13
	Developing countries		77	10	4	8	81	7	2	4	55	7	0	4
	Emerging market and developing countries		168	14	9	8	143	17	5	6	143	17	5	9
		Africa	50	0	0	0	48	4	0	0	49	2	0	0
		Asia	27	22	22	7	21	10	5	5	26	12	8	0
		Central and Eastern Europe	22	9	9	9	19	21	0	16	16	13	0	6
		CIS and Mongolia	18	6	6	0	14	21	14	14	15	40	27	13
		Middle East	17	24	18	6	10	0	0	0	15	13	7	7
		Western Hemisphere	34	32	9	24	31	45	13	10	22	45	0	41

^{^3/}Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Table 5.

Corrections in Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (2010–12) ^1/^2/

Publication refers to documents considered by the Board during the calendar year, and published within six months of the end of the calendar year; e.g. the publication rate for 2012 refers to the documents discussed by the Board in 2012 and published by June 30, 2013. This table includes new information and corrections as compared to Table 5 (b) in 2013 Review of the Fund’s Transparency Policy - Background paper (SM/13/115).

Because a single report can have corrections falling into multiple categories, e.g., exchange rate, financial sector and/or other areas, there is no fixed relationship between the second column and the third and fourth column under

Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Table 5.

Corrections in Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (2010–12) ^1/^2/

			2010				2011				2012
				With corrections	With corrections for Evident Ambiguity	With corrections for Mischaracterization		With corrections	With corrections for Evident Ambiguity	With corrections for Mischaracterization		With corrections	With corrections for Evident Ambiguity	With corrections for Mischaracterization
		Reports by group ^3/	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports
All Article IV and UFR reports			205	63	10	14	186	69	23	15	178	69	31	16
	Advanced markets		37	86	30	38	43	95	58	30	35	97	66	37
		EU	19	89	26	26	25	92	56	24	23	96	70	35
		Other Europe	8	75	13	25	7	100	43	43	4	125	75	25
		ROW	10	90	50	70	11	100	73	36	8	88	50	50
	Emerging markets		91	67	8	13	62	87	24	19	88	70	30	14
	Developing countries		77	47	3	3	81	41	4	4	55	49	13	5
	Emerging market and developing countries		168	58	5	8	143	61	3	4	143	62	23	10
		Africa	50	42	2	2	48	38	0	0	49	47	8	2
		Asia	27	48	4	7	21	57	10	14	26	62	19	8
		Central and Eastern Europe	22	86	14	14	19	100	21	21	16	75	38	19
		CIS and Mongolia	18	56	0	0	14	36	7	0	15	60	13	7
		Middle East	17	47	6	6	10	70	30	20	15	67	27	20
		Western Hemisphere	34	76	9	21	31	84	26	19	22	86	55	23

Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Table 5.

Corrections in Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (2010–12) ^1/^2/

			2010				2011				2012
				With corrections	With corrections for Evident Ambiguity	With corrections for Mischaracterization		With corrections	With corrections for Evident Ambiguity	With corrections for Mischaracterization		With corrections	With corrections for Evident Ambiguity	With corrections for Mischaracterization
		Reports by group ^3/	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	Number published	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports	percent of all publ. reports
All Article IV and UFR reports			205	63	10	14	186	69	23	15	178	69	31	16
	Advanced markets		37	86	30	38	43	95	58	30	35	97	66	37
		EU	19	89	26	26	25	92	56	24	23	96	70	35
		Other Europe	8	75	13	25	7	100	43	43	4	125	75	25
		ROW	10	90	50	70	11	100	73	36	8	88	50	50
	Emerging markets		91	67	8	13	62	87	24	19	88	70	30	14
	Developing countries		77	47	3	3	81	41	4	4	55	49	13	5
	Emerging market and developing countries		168	58	5	8	143	61	3	4	143	62	23	10
		Africa	50	42	2	2	48	38	0	0	49	47	8	2
		Asia	27	48	4	7	21	57	10	14	26	62	19	8
		Central and Eastern Europe	22	86	14	14	19	100	21	21	16	75	38	19
		CIS and Mongolia	18	56	0	0	14	36	7	0	15	60	13	7
		Middle East	17	47	6	6	10	70	30	20	15	67	27	20
		Western Hemisphere	34	76	9	21	31	84	26	19	22	86	55	23

Based on World Economic Outlook definitions.

Table 6.

Members Having Published All Article IV/UFR Staff Reports in 2012^1/^2/^3/^4/

Includes groups of members and members' territories.

The members listed in this table had published all their Article IV and/or all their UFR staff reports considered by the Board in 2012, by June 30, 2013.

Members who published some of their Article IV/UFR staff reports in 2012 are: Antigua and Barbuda and Central African Republic.

This list does not reflect the 44 members that did not have an Article IV or UFR document considered by the Board in 2012: Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Canada, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Côte D'Ivoire, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR, Iran, Iraq, Kiribati, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Netherlands, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Serbia, Syria, Tanzania,Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Vanuatu and Venezuela.

Table 7(a).

Members Not Publishing Article IV Reports in 2012 ^1/^2/

The countries listed in this table had Article IV documents considered by the Board in 2012, but had not published these documents by June 30, 2013.

For the Board meetings in 2012, all these countries published PINs.

Table 7(b).

Members Not Publishing All UFR Staff Reports in 2012^1/^2/

The countries listed in this table had UFR staff reports considered by the Board in 2012, but had not published all these documents by June 30, 2013.

For the Board meetings in 2012, all these countries published Press Releases.

Table 8.

Longest and Shortest Publication Lags for 2012 ^1/^2/^3/

Publication refers to documents considered by the Board in 2012 and published by June 30, 2013.

Publication lags refer to calendar days between the Board date and the publication date.

All documents covered in this table refer to Article IV/UFR documents.

Includes groups of members.

Table 8.

Longest and Shortest Publication Lags for 2012 ^1/^2/^3/

Shortest Publication Lag			Longest Publication Lag
Board Date	Country⁴	Days	Board Date	Country⁴	Days
12/20/2012	France	1	5/23/2012	Djibouti	302
3/15/2012	Greece	1	6/15/2012	Comoros	238
7/9/2012	Italy	1	1/30/2012	Central African Republic	196
4/4/2012	Portugal	1	9/24/2012	Congo, Democratic Republic of	191
7/16/2012	Portugal	1	2/6/2012	Djibouti	169
4/4/2012	Portugal	1	2/22/2012	Nigeria	153
1/30/2012	Qatar	1	12/6/2012	Uruguay	153
1/31/2012	Timor-Lieste	1	12/19/2012	Malawi	152
6/13/2012	Ireland	2	12/14/2012	Chad	151
12/17/2012	Ireland	2	6/29/2012	Ukraine	151
3/12/2012	Palau	2	8/3/2012	Jordan	146
2/8/2012	Singapore	2	10/31/2012	Antigua and Barbuda	142
7/25/2012	Spain	2	5/4/2012	Colombia	139
11/12/2012	Australia	3	11/28/2012	Rwanda	113
6/4/2012	New Zeland	3	6/27/2012	Congo, Republic of	107
2/3/2012	Pakistan	3	5/31/2012	Seychelles	98
7/2/2012	Poland	3	11/30/2012	St. Kitts and Nevis	83
5/16/2012	Tonga	3	11/7/2012	Dominica	82
7/16/2012	United Kingdom	3	7/2/2012	Saudi Arabia	78
7/30/2012	United States	3	6/15/2012	Samoa	75
8/27/2012	Austria	4	8/3/2012	St. Kitts and Nevis	73
1/30/2012	Cape Verde	4	6/27/2012	Nicaragua	70
7/20/2012	China	4	3/28/2012	Trinidad and Tobago	65
8/27/2012	Finland	4	5/21/2012	St. Kitts and Nevis	64
6/29/2012	Germany	4	11/9/2012	Benin	63
2/27/2012	Ireland	4	12/7/2012	Armenia	60
2/6/2012	Malaysia	4	3/16/2012	Niger	59
2/6/2012	Namibia	4	12/17/2012	Comoros	53
6/25/2012	Solomon Islands	4	6/29/2012	Afghanistan	52
5/14/2012	United Arab Emirates	4

Publication refers to documents considered by the Board in 2012 and published by June 30, 2013.

Publication lags refer to calendar days between the Board date and the publication date.

All documents covered in this table refer to Article IV/UFR documents.

Includes groups of members.

Table 8.

Longest and Shortest Publication Lags for 2012 ^1/^2/^3/

Shortest Publication Lag			Longest Publication Lag
Board Date	Country⁴	Days	Board Date	Country⁴	Days
12/20/2012	France	1	5/23/2012	Djibouti	302
3/15/2012	Greece	1	6/15/2012	Comoros	238
7/9/2012	Italy	1	1/30/2012	Central African Republic	196
4/4/2012	Portugal	1	9/24/2012	Congo, Democratic Republic of	191
7/16/2012	Portugal	1	2/6/2012	Djibouti	169
4/4/2012	Portugal	1	2/22/2012	Nigeria	153
1/30/2012	Qatar	1	12/6/2012	Uruguay	153
1/31/2012	Timor-Lieste	1	12/19/2012	Malawi	152
6/13/2012	Ireland	2	12/14/2012	Chad	151
12/17/2012	Ireland	2	6/29/2012	Ukraine	151
3/12/2012	Palau	2	8/3/2012	Jordan	146
2/8/2012	Singapore	2	10/31/2012	Antigua and Barbuda	142
7/25/2012	Spain	2	5/4/2012	Colombia	139
11/12/2012	Australia	3	11/28/2012	Rwanda	113
6/4/2012	New Zeland	3	6/27/2012	Congo, Republic of	107
2/3/2012	Pakistan	3	5/31/2012	Seychelles	98
7/2/2012	Poland	3	11/30/2012	St. Kitts and Nevis	83
5/16/2012	Tonga	3	11/7/2012	Dominica	82
7/16/2012	United Kingdom	3	7/2/2012	Saudi Arabia	78
7/30/2012	United States	3	6/15/2012	Samoa	75
8/27/2012	Austria	4	8/3/2012	St. Kitts and Nevis	73
1/30/2012	Cape Verde	4	6/27/2012	Nicaragua	70
7/20/2012	China	4	3/28/2012	Trinidad and Tobago	65
8/27/2012	Finland	4	5/21/2012	St. Kitts and Nevis	64
6/29/2012	Germany	4	11/9/2012	Benin	63
2/27/2012	Ireland	4	12/7/2012	Armenia	60
2/6/2012	Malaysia	4	3/16/2012	Niger	59
2/6/2012	Namibia	4	12/17/2012	Comoros	53
6/25/2012	Solomon Islands	4	6/29/2012	Afghanistan	52
5/14/2012	United Arab Emirates	4

Publication refers to documents considered by the Board in 2012 and published by June 30, 2013.

Publication lags refer to calendar days between the Board date and the publication date.

All documents covered in this table refer to Article IV/UFR documents.

Includes groups of members.

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Key Trends in Implementation of the Fund's Transparency Policy

Author: International Monetary Fund

Volume/Issue:: Volume 2013: Issue 017

Publisher:: International Monetary Fund

ISBN:: 9781498341271

ISSN:: 2663-3493

Pages:: 10

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498341271.007

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Table 8.

Longest and Shortest Publication Lags for 2012 ^1/^2/^3/

Shortest Publication Lag			Longest Publication Lag
Board Date	Country⁴	Days	Board Date	Country⁴	Days
12/20/2012	France	1	5/23/2012	Djibouti	302
3/15/2012	Greece	1	6/15/2012	Comoros	238
7/9/2012	Italy	1	1/30/2012	Central African Republic	196
4/4/2012	Portugal	1	9/24/2012	Congo, Democratic Republic of	191
7/16/2012	Portugal	1	2/6/2012	Djibouti	169
4/4/2012	Portugal	1	2/22/2012	Nigeria	153
1/30/2012	Qatar	1	12/6/2012	Uruguay	153
1/31/2012	Timor-Lieste	1	12/19/2012	Malawi	152
6/13/2012	Ireland	2	12/14/2012	Chad	151
12/17/2012	Ireland	2	6/29/2012	Ukraine	151
3/12/2012	Palau	2	8/3/2012	Jordan	146
2/8/2012	Singapore	2	10/31/2012	Antigua and Barbuda	142
7/25/2012	Spain	2	5/4/2012	Colombia	139
11/12/2012	Australia	3	11/28/2012	Rwanda	113
6/4/2012	New Zeland	3	6/27/2012	Congo, Republic of	107
2/3/2012	Pakistan	3	5/31/2012	Seychelles	98
7/2/2012	Poland	3	11/30/2012	St. Kitts and Nevis	83
5/16/2012	Tonga	3	11/7/2012	Dominica	82
7/16/2012	United Kingdom	3	7/2/2012	Saudi Arabia	78
7/30/2012	United States	3	6/15/2012	Samoa	75
8/27/2012	Austria	4	8/3/2012	St. Kitts and Nevis	73
1/30/2012	Cape Verde	4	6/27/2012	Nicaragua	70
7/20/2012	China	4	3/28/2012	Trinidad and Tobago	65
8/27/2012	Finland	4	5/21/2012	St. Kitts and Nevis	64
6/29/2012	Germany	4	11/9/2012	Benin	63
2/27/2012	Ireland	4	12/7/2012	Armenia	60
2/6/2012	Malaysia	4	3/16/2012	Niger	59
2/6/2012	Namibia	4	12/17/2012	Comoros	53
6/25/2012	Solomon Islands	4	6/29/2012	Afghanistan	52
5/14/2012	United Arab Emirates	4

Publication refers to documents considered by the Board in 2012 and published by June 30, 2013.

Publication lags refer to calendar days between the Board date and the publication date.

All documents covered in this table refer to Article IV/UFR documents.

Includes groups of members.

Afghanistan	Jordan	Slovak Republic
Albania	Kazakhstan	Slovenia
Algeria	Kenya	Solomon Islands
Angola	Kingdom of Lesotho	South Africa
Armenia	Kingdom of Swaziland	Spain
Australia	Korea	Sri Lanka
Austria	Kosovo	St. Kitts and Nevis
Azerbaijan	Kuwait	Sudan
Bangladesh	Kyrgyz Republic	Suriname
Belarus	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Sweden
Belgium	Lebanon	Switzerland
Benin	Liberia	Tajikistan
Bolivia	Luxembourg	Thailand
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Macedonia, FYR	The Gambia
Botswana	Malawi	Timor Leste
Brazil	Malaysia	Tonga
Bulgaria	Malta	Trinidad and Tobago
Burkina Faso	Mauritania	Tunisia
Burundi	Mauritius	Turkey
Cambodia	Mexico	Tuvalu
Cameroon	Moldova	Ukraine
Chad	Mongolia	United Arab Emirates
Chile	Montenegro	United Kingdom
China	Morocco	United States
Colombia	Myanmar	Uruguay
Comoros	Namibia	Vietnam
Congo, Democratic Republic of	Nepal	Zambia
Congo, Republic of	New Zealand	Zimbabwe
Cote d'Ivoire	Nicaragua
Croatia	Niger
Czech	Republic Nigeria
Djibouti	Norway
Dominica	Pakistan
Ethiopia	Palau
Fiji	Panama
Finland	Papua New Guinea
France	Paraguay
Georgia	Philippines
Germany	Poland
Ghana	Portugal
Greece	Qatar
Guatemala	Romania
Guinea	Russia
Haiti	Rwanda
Hungary	Samoa
Iceland	San Marino
India	Sao Tome and Principe
Indonesia	Saudi Arabia
Ireland	Senegal
Israel	Seychelles
Italy	Sierra Leone
Japan	Singapore

Afghanistan	Jordan	Slovak Republic
Albania	Kazakhstan	Slovenia
Algeria	Kenya	Solomon Islands
Angola	Kingdom of Lesotho	South Africa
Armenia	Kingdom of Swaziland	Spain
Australia	Korea	Sri Lanka
Austria	Kosovo	St. Kitts and Nevis
Azerbaijan	Kuwait	Sudan
Bangladesh	Kyrgyz Republic	Suriname
Belarus	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Sweden
Belgium	Lebanon	Switzerland
Benin	Liberia	Tajikistan
Bolivia	Luxembourg	Thailand
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Macedonia, FYR	The Gambia
Botswana	Malawi	Timor Leste
Brazil	Malaysia	Tonga
Bulgaria	Malta	Trinidad and Tobago
Burkina Faso	Mauritania	Tunisia
Burundi	Mauritius	Turkey
Cambodia	Mexico	Tuvalu
Cameroon	Moldova	Ukraine
Chad	Mongolia	United Arab Emirates
Chile	Montenegro	United Kingdom
China	Morocco	United States
Colombia	Myanmar	Uruguay
Comoros	Namibia	Vietnam
Congo, Democratic Republic of	Nepal	Zambia
Congo, Republic of	New Zealand	Zimbabwe
Cote d'Ivoire	Nicaragua
Croatia	Niger
Czech	Republic Nigeria
Djibouti	Norway
Dominica	Pakistan
Ethiopia	Palau
Fiji	Panama
Finland	Papua New Guinea
France	Paraguay
Georgia	Philippines
Germany	Poland
Ghana	Portugal
Greece	Qatar
Guatemala	Romania
Guinea	Russia
Haiti	Rwanda
Hungary	Samoa
Iceland	San Marino
India	Sao Tome and Principe
Indonesia	Saudi Arabia
Ireland	Senegal
Israel	Seychelles
Italy	Sierra Leone
Japan	Singapore

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