What you can do . Make your voice heard at the briefing on the World Bank's Information Disclosure Policy scheduled to take place at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Prague. Make sure your IMF or World Bank representative understands the importance of public information disclosure. The economic and social policies, or the policy prescriptions of the IMF and the World Bank, are often referred to as structural adjustment policies. They typically include policies to downsize government, remove import barriers, reform the tax, legal, and financial structures, loosen labor codes, cut subsidies, and privatize public companies.
Governments sometimes choose to disclose CASs in draft form.
For IBRD countries, the CAS is disclosed after consideration by the Bank's Board and only at the request of the government. For IDA countries, the CAS is disclosed after Board approval, except if the government requests an exemption and the Board approves. The IMF changed the name of the facility to diffuse criticism of structural adjustment policies. The IMF releases a short public summary of its Article IV Consultations. However, at present, the IMF is disclosing the entire Article IV consultations of 23 member countries which are participating in a pilot program.