05350oam 22013814 450 991097075750332120251116163346.0978661284068597814623184691462318460978145273395114527339539781451869743145186974697812828406831282840681(CKB)3170000000055020(EBL)1607864(SSID)ssj0000944016(PQKBManifestationID)11559070(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000944016(PQKBWorkID)10983802(PQKB)10967240(OCoLC)815736062(MiAaPQ)EBC1607864(IMF)WPIEE2008114(IMF)WPIEA2008114WPIEA2008114(EXLCZ)99317000000005502020020129d2008 uf 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrDo IMF Programs Improve Economic Governance? /Jiro Honda1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2008.1 online resource (34 p.)IMF Working PapersIMF working paper ;WP/08/114Description based upon print version of record.9781451914283 1451914288 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 modelsAdministrative Processes in Public OrganizationsimfBankingimfBanks and BankingimfBanks and bankingimfBanksimfBureaucracyimfCorporate crimeimfCorruptionimfCriminologyimfDepository InstitutionsimfDiscrete Regression and Qualitative Choice ModelsimfDiscrete RegressorsimfEconometric modelsimfEconometrics & economic statisticsimfEconometricsimfIncomeimfLegal support in revenue administrationimfMacroeconomicsimfMicro Finance InstitutionsimfMortgagesimfPersonal incomeimfPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their DistributionsimfProbit modelsimfProportionsimfPublic finance & taxationimfPublic FinanceimfRevenueimfTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: GeneralimfWhite-collar crimeimfMontenegroimfEconomic assistanceEconometric models.Economic developmentEconometric models.Administrative Processes in Public OrganizationsBankingBanks and BankingBanks and bankingBanksBureaucracyCorporate crimeCorruptionCriminologyDepository InstitutionsDiscrete Regression and Qualitative Choice ModelsDiscrete RegressorsEconometric modelsEconometrics & economic statisticsEconometricsIncomeLegal support in revenue administrationMacroeconomicsMicro Finance InstitutionsMortgagesPersonal incomePersonal Income, Wealth, and Their DistributionsProbit modelsProportionsPublic finance & taxationPublic FinanceRevenueTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: GeneralWhite-collar crime353.00722Honda Jirō0DcWaIMFBOOK9910970757503321Do IMF Programs Improve Economic Governance4348943UNINA