## Key Trends in Implementation of the Fund’s Transparency Policy ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [Key Trends in Implementation of the Fund’s Transparency Policy](https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/np/pp/eng/2011/_070611.pdf) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/np/pp/eng/2011/_070611.pdf.md) - [Structured JSON version](/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/np/pp/eng/2011/_070611.pdf.json) --- ### Overview - Prepared by the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department; in consultation with other Departments; Approved by Reza Moghadam; July 6, 2011. - The set of tables updates the last Key Trends with information on documents issued through December 2010. - Publication is defined as 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 2010 refers to the documents discussed by the Board in 2010 and published by June 30, 2011. ### Publication definition and scope (from notes) - Publication refers to documents considered by the Board during the calendar year, and published within six months of the end of the calendar year. - Data include documents issued for the information of the Board and documents sent to the Board for consideration on a lapse-of-time basis. - For country-specific documents, publication is on a "non-objection basis" from the member country, with technical delays typically not exceeding a couple of business days. - As of March 17, 2010, the presumed publication regime for policy papers was extended to all policy documents prepared for the Board, including documents prepared for formal meetings and informal sessions. Papers dealing with internal or administrative matters remain excluded from the presumption. ### What the tables cover - Table 1: Trends in Publication Rates (documents considered by the Board in 2008–2010 and published within six months). - Table 2: Trends in Publication Rates of Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (by economic and regional characteristics). - Table 3: Trends in Publication Lags (by type of reports, and by economic and regional characteristics) — lags measured in number of calendar days between Board date and publication date. - Table 4: Deletions in Article IV and UFR Staff Reports (by economic and regional characteristics) — deletions categorized (e.g., exchange rate issues, financial sector issues). - Table 5: Members Having Published all Article IV/UFR Staff Reports in 2010 (list of members and territories that had published all their Article IV/UFR staff reports considered by the Board in 2010, by June 30, 2011). - Table 6: Members That Did Not Publish Any Article IV/UFR Staff Reports in 2010 (members that had Article IV/UFR documents considered by the Board in 2010 but had not published them by June 30, 2011). - Table 7: Longest and Shortest Publication Lags for 2010 (specific Board dates, countries, and lags in calendar days). ### Members that published all Article IV/UFR staff reports in 2010 (selected listing from Table 5) - Algeria; Afghanistan; Albania; Angola; Armenia; Aruba; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bolivia; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Botswana; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China; Colombia; Comoros; Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Congo, Republic of the; Costa Rica; Cote d'Ivoire; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Dominica; Eastern Caribbean Central Bank; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Estonia; Ethiopia; European Union; Fiji; Finland; France; Gambia; Ghana; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Guatemala; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Hong Kong SAR, China; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyz Republic; Lao; Latvia; Lebanon; Liberia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Maldives; Mali; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Mexico; Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; Netherlands; New Zealand; Niger; Norway; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Qatar; Romania; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Samoa; San Marino; Sao Tome & Principe; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovak Republic; Solomon Islands; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; St. Lucia; Sudan; Suriname; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; The Bahamas; Togo; Tonga; Tunisia; Turkey; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Vietnam; West African Economic and Monetary Union; Zambia; Zimbabwe. ### Members that did not publish any Article IV/UFR staff reports in 2010 (Table 6) - Brazil - Brunei Darussalam - Myanmar - Oman - Uzbekistan - Saudi Arabia - St. Kitts & Nevis - St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Swaziland - Turkmenistan (Note: the table indicates these countries had Article IV/UFR documents considered by the Board in 2010 but had not published them by June 30, 2011. For the Board meetings in 2010, Brazi l , Brune i Darus s al am, Oma n, Uzbe ki s ta n, Sa udi Ara bi a , St. Ki tts & Ne vi s , St. Vi nce nt a nd the Gre na di ne s , a nd Turkme ni s ta n published their PINs.) ### Publication lags — examples of shortest and longest lags in 2010 (from Table 7) - Shortest publication lags (Board Date — Country — Days): - 03/25/10 — Mexico — 0 - 05/10/10 — Angola — 0 - 09/20/10 — Jordan — 0 - 12/17/10 — Greece — 0 - 03/29/10 — Germany — 1 - 05/07/10 — Colombia — 1 - 05/09/10 — Greece — 1 - 10/27/10 — Australia — 1 - 11/08/10 — United Kingdom — 1 - 01/06/10 — Estonia — 2 - 03/24/10 — Hungary — 2 - 07/19/10 — European Union — 2 - 07/28/10 — France — 2 - 01/29/10 — Moldova — 3 - 07/06/10 — Lithuania — 3 - 07/26/10 — China — 3 - 12/13/10 — Denmark — 3 - 02/19/10 — Romania — 4 - 04/16/10 — Iceland — 4 - 07/26/10 — United States — 4 - 09/10/10 — Greece — 4 - 12/03/10 — Tanzania — 4 - Longest publication lags (Board Date — Country — Days): - 03/15/10 — Mauritania — 88 - 03/15/10 — Dominica — 88 - 03/15/10 — Seychelles — 90 - 10/15/10 — Belize — 91 - 06/07/10 — Antigua and Barbuda — 92 - 07/12/10 — Panama — 95 - 10/29/10 — Cambodia — 101 - 02/12/10 — Niger — 104 - 06/30/10 — Congo, Democratic Republic of the — 118 - 06/28/10 — Sri Lanka — 123 - 09/27/10 — Eastern Caribbean Central Bank — 123 - 12/30/10 — Belarus — 127 - 01/11/10 — Fiji — 129 - 07/21/10 — Latvia — 138 - 01/20/10 — Haiti — 144 - 10/22/10 — Dominican Republic — 151 - 02/04/10 — Jamaica — 176 - 03/17/10 — Guyana — 184 - 03/03/10 — West African Economic and Monetary Union — 310 - 04/07/10 — Dominican Republic — 349 ### Deletions in Article IV and UFR staff reports (scope) - Table 4 categorizes deletions in Article IV and UFR staff reports by economic and regional characteristics and by subject of deletion (e.g., exchange rate issues; financial sector issues). The table reports the number and percent of published reports with deletions and the share of all published reports accounted for by those with deletions, by region and economic group. *International Monetary Fund. Key Trends in Implementation of the Fund’s Transparency Policy (documents and tables covering publications and implementation through December 2010).* --- _Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/np/pp/eng/2011/_070611.pdf_