A Review of the Fund's External Communications Strategy
Policy Papers, February 13, 2003
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Bibliographic details
- Published: February 13, 2003
- Series: Policy Papers
Purpose and scope
- Reviews implementation of the Fund’s external communications strategy.
- Represents more of a stocktaking than a fundamental reconsideration of the Fund’s approach to external communications.
- Suggests issues that the Board may wish to discuss at its third meeting since 1998 on the subject.
- Strategy shaped by previous Board discussions and more recent decisions and discussions on transparency, conditionality, PRSP/PRGF, the Independent Evaluation Office, and other issues.
- Examines progress made in recent years and steps that might be taken with current resources to increase the effectiveness of the strategy.
Key findings and observations
- The paper emphasizes implementation and progress rather than proposing wholesale changes to the Fund’s communications approach.
- Recent decisions and discussions on transparency, conditionality, PRSP/PRGF, and the Independent Evaluation Office have materially shaped the strategy.
- The Board has previously discussed the strategy; this paper is intended to inform the Board’s third meeting since 1998 on the subject.
Suggested steps and practical measures
- Identifies steps that might be taken with current resources to increase the effectiveness of the strategy.
- Focus is on feasible, resource-constrained improvements rather than new resource-intensive initiatives.
Intended audience and use
- Intended to inform Board discussion and decision-making on external communications.
- Aimed at providing a concise stocktaking to support the Board’s third meeting since 1998 on the topic.
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