Manual on fiscal transparency.
Contributors: International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Edition: 2007 rev. ed.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781589066618
Subjects: Fiscal policy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Disclosure of information -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: Provides an authoritative account and explanation of the revised IMF Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency (the Code), used by countries undertaking assessments of the transparency of their fiscal management practices (including so-called fiscal ROSCs), legislatures, civil society organizations, economists, and financial analysts. Supplemented by the revised Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency, it identifies numerous benefits from fiscal transparency, including providing citizens with information to hold governments accountable for their policy choices, informing and improving the quality of economic policy decisions, highlighting potential risks to the fiscal outlook, and easing a country's access to international capital markets.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-122) and index.
Table of contents: title: Code of good practices on fiscal transparency (2007); title: Overview; title: Clarity of roles and responsibilities; title: Open budget processes; title: Public availability of information; title: Assurances of integrity; title: Appendix: Summary table of principles and basic requirements of fiscal transparency.