01774cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002616 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451860139 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Petrie, Murray. Promoting Fiscal Transparency the Complementary Roles of the Imf, Financial Markets and Civil Society / Murray Petrie. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (45 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper explores initiatives to date by the IMF, financial markets, and civil society organizations to assess and utilize information on fiscal transparency. The results of surveys and interviews of rating agency analysts and surveys of civil society organizations on their level of awareness of, and use of IMF fiscal transparency assessments are presented. The paper then considers the relative roles of the IMF, the private sector, and civil society organizations in assessing and promoting fiscal transparency, and the scope for greater complementarity among their roles. The paper concludes with a number of suggestions for making the IMF's fiscal transparency initiatives more effective. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/199 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2003/199/001.2003.issue-199-en.xml IMF e-Library