## 1. Trends in Publication Rates of Selected Documents (2013–23) ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [1. Trends in Publication Rates of Selected Documents (2013–23)](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/pp/2026/english/ppea2026018.pdf) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/-/media/files/publications/pp/2026/english/ppea2026018.pdf.md) - [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/publications/pp/2026/english/ppea2026018.pdf.json) --- ### Overview - Report date: May 7, 2026. - Coverage: Documents considered by the Executive Board during calendar year 2023 and their publication status up to June 2024, with comparisons to 2021–22. - Context: Annual Key Trends Report required by the Executive Board as part of implementing the Fund’s Transparency Policy; the latest Review of the Fund’s Transparency Policy was completed in 2024 and reaffirmed the commitment to an annual Key Trends Report. ### Publication Rates and Coverage (2023) - Overall publication rate for documents considered by the Executive Board in 2023: 95 percent. - Publication rate of country staff reports for Article IV consultation, Use of Fund Resources (UFR) and Combined reports in 2023: 98 percent (compared to 96 percent in 2022). - Advanced economies (AEs): continue to publish all reports (100 percent). - Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs): publication rate increased to 98 percent. - Only five members did not publish all of their Article IV, Combined and FSA reports in 2023; all program related documents were published. ### Publication Lags (2023) - Average publication lag for Article IV, UFR and Combined country staff reports in 2023: 14 days (one-day increase from 2022). - Advanced economies average publication lag in 2023: 6 days (one-day decrease from 2022). - EMDEs average publication lag in 2023: 16 days (two-day increase from 2022). - Regional note: significant increase in delay for staff reports covering members in the Middle East and Central Asia. - Number of members with staff reports having publication lags longer than 14 days in 2023: 54 members. - Number of members with staff reports having publication lags of more than 28 days in 2023: 17 members. ### Deletions (2023) - Share of published country staff reports with some deletions in 2023: about 15 percent (compared to 6 percent in 2022). - For EMDEs: 13 percent of country reports had some deletions. - For AEs: 2 percent of country reports had some deletions. - Note on MAC SRDSF: If mandatory deletions related to the Debt Sustainability Framework for Market Access Countries (MAC SRDSF) are considered, the share of published country staff reports with some deletions in 2023 rises to 38 percent. - Approval rate of deletion requests in 2023: about 88 percent (up from 48 percent in 2022). - Approval rates by group in 2023: AEs 92 percent; EMDEs 87 percent. - Deletions driven by market sensitivity and policy modifications tied to the June 2022 Transparency Policy modification for the MAC SRDSF are highlighted as a key driver of changes in deletion counts and approval rates. ### Corrections (2023) - Total correction requests in 2023: about 2,000 (about a 30 percent increase from 2022). - Share of reports published with corrections in 2023: 76 percent (up from 74 percent in 2022 and 63 percent in 2021). - AEs: 97 percent of staff reports had corrections. - EMDEs: 57 percent of staff reports had corrections. - Approval rate for correction requests in 2023: about 83 percent. - Approval rates by group in 2023: EMDEs 85 percent; AEs 81 percent. - Policy constraint: Corrections to staff reports cannot be used to improve presentation, extend staff’s or the authorities’ arguments, alter staff’s assessment, or introduce any new information. ### Members Requiring Explicit Consent Prior to Publication (as of March 2026) - Turkmenistan - United Arab Emirates - Republic of Uzbekistan - Republic of Yemen - Trinidad and Tobago - Kuwait - Lebanon - Maldives - Nicaragua - Oman - Panama - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Suriname - Syrian Arab Republic - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste - Jordan - Kingdom of Bahrain - Brazil - Bulgaria - Cabo Verde - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Arab Republic of Egypt - Guyana - Haiti - Iraq *International Monetary Fund, Key Trends in Implementing the Fund’s Transparency Policy, May 7, 2026.* ### 1. Trends in Publication Rates of Selected Documents (2013–23) __________________ 13 ### 1. Trends in Publication Rates of Selected Documents (2013–23) ### Sections covered in this unit - 1. Trends in Publication Rates of Selected Documents (2013–23) __________________ 13 - 2. Trends in Deletions and Corrections (2013-23) __________________________________ 14 ### Tables referenced in this unit - 1. Trends in Publication Rates (2021–23) ____________________________________________ 4 - 2. Trends in Publication Rates of Article IV, UFR, and Combined Staff Reports (2021-23) ___________________________________________________________ 5 - 3. Trends in Publication Lags of Article IV, UFR and Combined Staff Reports (2021-23) __________________________________________________________ 6 - 4a. Deletions in Article IV, UFR, and Combined Staff Reports (2021-23) _____________ 7 - 4b. Deletions by Types of Country Documents (2013-23) ___________________________ 8 - 4c. Deletions to Country Documents in 2023 ________________________________________ 9 - 5a. Corrections in Article IV, UFR, and Combined Staff Reports (2021-23) _________ 10 - 5b. Corrections by Types of Country Documents (2021-23) ________________________ 11 - 5c. Corrections to Country Documents in 2023 _____________________________________ 12 - 6. Members that Published All Article IV, UFR, or Combined Staff Reports, and FSAs in 2023 ________________________________________________________________ 15 - 7a. Members That Did Not Published All Article IV, and/or Combined Reports and/or FSAs in 2023 _____________________________________________________________ 16 - 7b. Members That Did Not Published All Stand Alone UFR Staff Reports in 2023 __ 16 - 8. Publication Lags in 2023 _________________________________________________________ 17 *Source: ppea2026018 - 1. Trends in Publication Rates of Selected Documents (2013–23).* ### 9. Members Requiring Explicit Consent Prior to Publication ________________________ 18 ### 9. Members Requiring Explicit Consent Prior to Publication ________________________ 18 ### Overview - Report date: May 7, 2026. - Coverage: Documents considered by the Executive Board during calendar year 2023 and their publication status up to June 2024, with comparisons to 2021–22. - Context: Annual Key Trends Report required by the Executive Board as part of implementing the Fund’s Transparency Policy; the latest Review of the Fund’s Transparency Policy was completed in 2024 and reaffirmed the commitment to an annual Key Trends Report. ### Publication Rates and Coverage (2023) - Overall publication rate for documents considered by the Executive Board in 2023: 95 percent. - Publication rate of country staff reports for Article IV consultation, Use of Fund Resources (UFR) and Combined reports in 2023: 98 percent (compared to 96 percent in 2022). - Advanced economies (AEs): continue to publish all reports (100 percent). - Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs): publication rate increased to 98 percent. - Only five members did not publish all of their Article IV, Combined and FSA reports in 2023; all program related documents were published. ### Publication Lags (2023) - Average publication lag for Article IV, UFR and Combined country staff reports in 2023: 14 days (one-day increase from 2022). - Advanced economies average publication lag in 2023: 6 days (one-day decrease from 2022). - EMDEs average publication lag in 2023: 16 days (two-day increase from 2022). - Regional note: significant increase in delay for staff reports covering members in the Middle East and Central Asia. - Number of members with staff reports having publication lags longer than 14 days in 2023: 54 members. - Number of members with staff reports having publication lags of more than 28 days in 2023: 17 members. ### Deletions (2023) - Share of published country staff reports with some deletions in 2023: about 15 percent (compared to 6 percent in 2022). - For EMDEs: 13 percent of country reports had some deletions. - For AEs: 2 percent of country reports had some deletions. - Note on MAC SRDSF: If mandatory deletions related to the Debt Sustainability Framework for Market Access Countries (MAC SRDSF) are considered, the share of published country staff reports with some deletions in 2023 rises to 38 percent. - Approval rate of deletion requests in 2023: about 88 percent (up from 48 percent in 2022). - Approval rates by group in 2023: AEs 92 percent; EMDEs 87 percent. - Deletions driven by market sensitivity and policy modifications tied to the June 2022 Transparency Policy modification for the MAC SRDSF are highlighted as a key driver of changes in deletion counts and approval rates. ### Corrections (2023) - Total correction requests in 2023: about 2,000 (about a 30 percent increase from 2022). - Share of reports published with corrections in 2023: 76 percent (up from 74 percent in 2022 and 63 percent in 2021). - AEs: 97 percent of staff reports had corrections. - EMDEs: 57 percent of staff reports had corrections. - Approval rate for correction requests in 2023: about 83 percent. - Approval rates by group in 2023: EMDEs 85 percent; AEs 81 percent. - Policy constraint: Corrections to staff reports cannot be used to improve presentation, extend staff’s or the authorities’ arguments, alter staff’s assessment, or introduce any new information. ### Members Requiring Explicit Consent Prior to Publication (as of March 2026) - Turkmenistan - United Arab Emirates - Republic of Uzbekistan - Republic of Yemen - Trinidad and Tobago - Kuwait - Lebanon - Maldives - Nicaragua - Oman - Panama - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Suriname - Syrian Arab Republic - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste - Jordan - Kingdom of Bahrain - Brazil - Bulgaria - Cabo Verde - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Arab Republic of Egypt - Guyana - Haiti - Iraq *International Monetary Fund, Key Trends in Implementing the Fund’s Transparency Policy, May 7, 2026.* --- _Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/pp/2026/english/ppea2026018.pdf_