2026 Guidance Note on the Fund's Transparency Policy

Policy Papers, July 23, 2026

Source details

This 2026 Guidance Note provides updated guidance to implement the Fund’s Transparency Policy revised in November 2024 and updates, and replaces, the 2014 Transparency Guidance Note.
Objective: enhance the Fund’s credibility, effectiveness, and the traction of its advice by making important documents and the Fund’s views available to the public on a timely basis.
The Policy supports the quality of Fund surveillance and program work by subjecting the Fund to outside scrutiny and accountability.
The Policy is intended to support the Fund in fulfilling its mandate of promoting global economic and financial stability.
To achieve these objectives, the Policy governs the publication of documents prepared for the IMF Executive Board and contains the rules for modifying documents issued to the Board before they are published.

Publication regime for documents prepared for the IMF Executive Board.
Rules for modifying documents issued to the Board prior to publication.
Emphasis on timely public availability of important documents and Fund views.
Interaction with surveillance and program work through external scrutiny and accountability.

Subjects: Debt sustainability, Debt sustainability analysis, External debt, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction and development, Poverty reduction strategy
Keywords: Caribbean, country document, Debt sustainability, Debt sustainability analysis, Financial sector stability, Global, IMF staff, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction and development, Poverty reduction strategy, publication regime, staff report, transparency Policy

International Monetary Fund. "2026 Guidance Note on the Fund's Transparency Policy", Policy Papers 2026, 023 (2026).