## Safeguards Assessments - Review of Experience

_Policy Papers, September 23, 2015_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: September 23, 2015
- Series: Policy Papers
- Stock No: ISBN

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### Summary
- Paper reviews experience with the safeguards assessment policy since the last review in 2010.
- Policy is subject to periodic reviews by the Executive Board.
- Policy’s main objective is to mitigate risks of misuse of Fund resources and misreporting of monetary data under Fund arrangements.
- An external panel of experts provided an independent perspective on the implementation of the policy.

### Subjects covered
- Central banks
- Corporate governance
- Financial year
- Risk management
- Safeguards assessments policy

### Implementation and review process (as described)
- Reviews are periodic and undertaken by the Executive Board.
- Consistent with past reviews, an external panel of experts was convened to provide an independent perspective on implementation.

*Source: Safeguards Assessments - Review of Experience (September 23, 2015), International Monetary Fund.*

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