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  "title": "Fiscal Monitor: Curbing Corruption",
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  "summary": "This report discusses 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.",
  "publishDate": "2019-04-01",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Publication: April 2019.\n- Two broad themes:\n  - Fiscal policy in a fast-changing global economy.\n  - Curbing corruption.\n- Report scope:\n  - 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.\n  - Recent fiscal developments and the fiscal outlook in advanced economies, emerging markets, and low-income developing countries.\n  - Recent trends in government debt and analysis of changes in fiscal balances, revenue, and spending.\n  - Potential fiscal risks.\n  - In-depth look at how corruption impacts government policies and operations, the fiscal costs, and how fiscal institutions can help fight corruption."
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      "heading": "Key findings and analysis",
      "content": "- 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.\n- Major long-term drivers requiring fiscal adaptation:\n  - Shifting demographics.\n  - Rapid technological progress.\n  - Deepening international economic integration.\n- Where there is limited budgetary room, adaptation will have to occur through inclusive and growth-friendly budget recomposition.\n- International cooperation can amplify reform gains in several areas, explicitly including:\n  - Improving the taxation of multinational companies.\n  - Tackling climate change.\n  - Tackling corruption."
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      "heading": "Curbing corruption: scope and institutional focus",
      "content": "- The report examines:\n  - How corruption impacts government policies and operations.\n  - The fiscal costs of corruption.\n  - How fiscal institutions can help fight corruption."
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    "Published: April 1, 2019",
    "Publication: April 2019.",
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    "Report scope:",
    "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:",
    "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:",
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    "Full Report.",
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    "[High Debt Hampers Countries Response to a Fast Changing Global Economy](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/04/10/high-debt-hampers-countries-response-to-a-fast-changing-global-economy/)",
    "[IMF Blog: Tackling Corruption in Government](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/04/04/tackling-corruption-in-government)",
    "[https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo)",
    "[Global Economy in Crosscurrents of War and Technology](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/issues/2026/07/08/world-economic-outlook-update-july-2026)",
    "[https://www.imf.org/en/publications/gfsr](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/gfsr)",
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    "[https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fm](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fm)",
    "[Fiscal Policy under Pressure: High Debt, Rising Risks](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fm/issues/2026/04/15/fiscal-monitor-april-2026)",
    "[https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo)",
    "[Asia and Pacific](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/apac)",
    "[Europe](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/eu)",
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    "[Sub-Saharan Africa](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/ssa)",
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    "[https://www.imf.org/en/publications/areb](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/areb)",
    "[Getting to Growth in an Age of Uncertainty](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/areb/issues/2025/09/24/annual-report-2025)",
    "[https://www.imf.org/en/publications/finance-development](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/finance-development)",
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