## Colombia: Fiscal Transparency Evaluation

_IMF Staff Country Reports, August 2, 2018_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: August 2, 2018
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484372159.002

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### Evaluation scope and context
- This fiscal transparency evaluation (FTE) report assesses fiscal transparency practices in Colombia against the first three pillars of the IMF’s Fiscal Transparency Code.
- Publication date: August 2, 2018.
- Series: Country Report No. 2018/250; Issue: 250; Volume: 2018; Pages: 104.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484372159.002
- ISBN: 9781484372159
- ISSN: 1934-7685
- Stock No: 1COLEA2018004
- Publication type: IMF Staff Country Reports

### Key findings by pillar
- Pillar II — Fiscal forecasting and budgeting:
  - Identified as the strongest area in Colombia’s FTE.
  - "Half of the related indicators are advanced," concentrated in:
    - (1) orderliness of the legislative process and the adequacy of powers and information available to Congress;
    - (2) credibility of economic and fiscal forecasts;
    - (3) medium-term forecasts and policy orientation.
- Pillar I — Fiscal reporting:
  - Reveals clear strengths.
  - Fiscal reporting practices are advanced in terms of the coverage of fiscal institutions in fiscal reports and timeliness of annual financial statements.
- Pillar III — Fiscal risk analysis and management:
  - Also reveals clear strengths.

### Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Budget planning and preparation; Expenditure; Financial statements; Fiscal reporting; Fiscal risks; Macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts; Public financial management (PFM).
- Keywords: annual budget; balance sheet; Budget planning and preparation; central government; CR; debt management; Europe; Financial statements; fiscal policy; Fiscal risks; ISCR; Macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts; real GDP.

### Document identifiers and access
- Format noted on the landing page: Download PDF; More Formats on IMF eLibrary; Order a Print Copy.
- Citation example provided on the page: International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. "Colombia: Fiscal Transparency Evaluation", IMF Staff Country Reports 2018, 250 (2018), accessed 9/11/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484372159.002

*Source: IMF Staff Country Reports — "Colombia: Fiscal Transparency Evaluation" (August 2, 2018), Country Report No. 2018/250, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484372159.002*

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