The Fund's Transparency Policy - Review of Experience and Next Steps

Policy Papers, May 24, 2002

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• Published: May 24, 2002
• Series: Policy Papers

Overview

• Publication date: May 24, 2002
• Summary: The paper reviews experience with transparency of the Fund’s activities and its members’ policies, noting that transparency of the Fund as an institution has become much more systematic and that activities of the Fund are now subject to much greater public scrutiny.

Key findings

• Fund missions consult more regularly with a broad group of interested parties.
• The Independent Evaluation Office has been established to provide objective and independent evaluation of issues related to the Fund.
• Transparency has been increased through external consultations on, and independent evaluations of, the Fund’s own policies.
• Publication of policy papers has become more systematic.
• The Fund has enhanced the provision of information to the public through its website, and a substantial percentage of documents covering a wide range of topics is now published.

Institutional changes and mechanisms

• Establishment of the Independent Evaluation Office to provide independent evaluation.
• More systematic publication processes for policy papers.
• Expanded engagement and consultation by Fund missions with interested parties.

Information access and dissemination

• The Fund’s website has been enhanced to provide more information to the public.
• The IMF eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.

Metadata and subjects

• Subjects: Executive Board documents, Fund Archives, PIN, Policy Framework Papers, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, Public information, Publications, Staff Reports, Transparency, Use of Fund resources
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• Citation format provided in source: The Fund's Transparency Policy - Review of Experience and Next Steps, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 0) accessed 9/18/2026

Source: The Fund's Transparency Policy - Review of Experience and Next Steps — https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/the-fund-s-transparency-policy-review-of-experience-and-next-steps-pp179