05058oam 22012614 450 991078823850332120230721045645.01-4623-1846-01-4527-3395-31-4518-6974-61-282-84068-19786612840685(CKB)3170000000055020(EBL)1607864(SSID)ssj0000944016(PQKBManifestationID)11559070(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000944016(PQKBWorkID)10983802(PQKB)10967240(OCoLC)815736062(MiAaPQ)EBC1607864(IMF)WPIEE2008114(EXLCZ)99317000000005502020020129d2008 uf 0engtxtccrDo IMF Programs Improve Economic Governance? /Jiro HondaWashington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2008.1 online resource (34 p.)IMF Working PapersDescription based upon print version of record.1-4519-1428-8 Includes bibliographical references.Table of Contents; I. Background; II. The IMF's Approach to Economic Governance; A. The Approach; B. Literature Review; III. Stylized Facts About Economic Governance in Developing Countries; IV. Empirical Framework; A. Model; B. Data; C. Results; V. Concluding RemarksThis paper examines the effects of IMF financial assistance on economic governance in developing countries, based on panel data analyses of perceived governance indicators. It uses a two-stage approach to address possible endogeneity issues. The results show that successful implementation of IMF programs is associated with improvements in the quality of economic governance. Specifically, the paper finds statistically robust results that IMF concessional programs through the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility tend to enhance the rule of law and strengthen control of corruption. Through this exercise, however, no statistically significant effect is observed for assistances under the General Resource Account.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2008/114Economic assistanceDeveloping countriesEconometric modelsEconomic developmentDeveloping countriesEconometric modelsBanks and BankingimfEconometricsimfMacroeconomicsimfPublic FinanceimfCriminologyimfBureaucracyimfAdministrative Processes in Public OrganizationsimfCorruptionimfPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their DistributionsimfBanksimfDepository InstitutionsimfMicro Finance InstitutionsimfMortgagesimfTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: GeneralimfDiscrete Regression and Qualitative Choice ModelsimfDiscrete RegressorsimfProportionsimfCorporate crimeimfwhite-collar crimeimfBankingimfPublic finance & taxationimfEconometrics & economic statisticsimfPersonal incomeimfLegal support in revenue administrationimfProbit modelsimfIncomeimfBanks and bankingimfRevenueimfEconometric modelsimfMontenegroimfEconomic assistanceEconometric models.Economic developmentEconometric models.Banks and BankingEconometricsMacroeconomicsPublic FinanceCriminologyBureaucracyAdministrative Processes in Public OrganizationsCorruptionPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their DistributionsBanksDepository InstitutionsMicro Finance InstitutionsMortgagesTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: GeneralDiscrete Regression and Qualitative Choice ModelsDiscrete RegressorsProportionsCorporate crimewhite-collar crimeBankingPublic finance & taxationEconometrics & economic statisticsPersonal incomeLegal support in revenue administrationProbit modelsIncomeBanks and bankingRevenueEconometric models353.00722Honda Jiro1462060DcWaIMFBOOK9910788238503321Do IMF Programs Improve Economic Governance3704214UNINA