Fiscal Monitor: Curbing Corruption

Fiscal Monitor, April 2019

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Bibliographic details

• Published: April 1, 2019

Overview

• Publication: April 2019.
• Two broad themes:
  • Fiscal policy in a fast-changing global economy.
  • Curbing corruption.
• Report scope:
  • Fiscal policies to prepare for the next downturn and foster long-term inclusive growth by adapting to changing demographics, advancing technology, and deepening global integration.
  • Recent fiscal developments and the fiscal outlook in advanced economies, emerging markets, and low-income developing countries.
  • Recent trends in government debt and analysis of changes in fiscal balances, revenue, and spending.
  • Potential fiscal risks.
  • In-depth look at how corruption impacts government policies and operations, the fiscal costs, and how fiscal institutions can help fight corruption.

Key findings and analysis

• With global growth slowing and uncertainty rising, fiscal policy should prepare for potential downturns—balancing stabilization and sustainability objectives—and put more emphasis on reforms to foster long-term inclusive growth in a fast-changing global economy.
• Major long-term drivers requiring fiscal adaptation:
  • Shifting demographics.
  • Rapid technological progress.
  • Deepening international economic integration.
• Where there is limited budgetary room, adaptation will have to occur through inclusive and growth-friendly budget recomposition.
• International cooperation can amplify reform gains in several areas, explicitly including:
  • Improving the taxation of multinational companies.
  • Tackling climate change.
  • Tackling corruption.

Curbing corruption: scope and institutional focus

• The report examines:
  • How corruption impacts government policies and operations.
  • The fiscal costs of corruption.
  • How fiscal institutions can help fight corruption.

Components available in the edition

• Full Report.
• Executive Summary.
• Statistical Appendix.
• Full text Blog.
• Chapter 1: Fiscal Policy for a Changing Global Economy.
• Chapter 2: Curbing Corruption.
• Video materials including a Facebook conversation and a press briefing.

Source: Fiscal Monitor: Curbing Corruption (April 2019).

Content in this bundle

• Fiscal Monitor Database
  • Fiscal Monitor Database (Markdown version)
  • Fiscal Monitor Database (XLSX)
• Chapter 1
  • Chapter 1 (Markdown version)
  • Chapter 1 (PDF)
• Chapter 2
  • Chapter 2 (Markdown version)
  • Chapter 2 (PDF)
• Executive Summary
  • Executive Summary (Markdown version)
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
• Onlineannex21
  • Onlineannex21 (Markdown version)
  • Onlineannex21 (PDF)
• Online Annex 2.2. Assessing Corruption Using Natural and Policy Experiments
  • Online Annex 2.2. Assessing Corruption Using Natural and Policy Experiments (Markdown version)
  • Online Annex 2.2. Assessing Corruption Using Natural and Policy Experiments (PDF)
• Onlineannex23
  • Onlineannex23 (Markdown version)
  • Onlineannex23 (PDF)
• Methodological and Statistical Appendix, IMF Fiscal Monitor, April 2019
  • Methodological and Statistical Appendix, IMF Fiscal Monitor, April 2019 (Markdown version)
  • Methodological and Statistical Appendix, IMF Fiscal Monitor, April 2019 (PDF)
• Full Report
  • Full Report (Markdown version)
  • Full Report (PDF)

References

• High Debt Hampers Countries Response to a Fast Changing Global Economy
• IMF Blog: Tackling Corruption in Government
• https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo
• Global Economy in Crosscurrents of War and Technology
• https://www.imf.org/en/publications/gfsr
• Global Financial Markets Confront the War in the Middle East and Amplification Risks
• https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fm
• Fiscal Policy under Pressure: High Debt, Rising Risks
• https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo
• Asia and Pacific
• Europe
• Middle East and Central Asia
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Western Hemisphere
• https://www.imf.org/en/publications/areb
• Getting to Growth in an Age of Uncertainty
• https://www.imf.org/en/publications/finance-development
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