LEADER 05058oam 22012614 450 001 9910788238503321 005 20230721045645.0 010 $a1-4623-1846-0 010 $a1-4527-3395-3 010 $a1-4518-6974-6 010 $a1-282-84068-1 010 $a9786612840685 035 $a(CKB)3170000000055020 035 $a(EBL)1607864 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000944016 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11559070 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000944016 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10983802 035 $a(PQKB)10967240 035 $a(OCoLC)815736062 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1607864 035 $a(IMF)WPIEE2008114 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000055020 100 $a20020129d2008 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDo IMF Programs Improve Economic Governance? /$fJiro Honda 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cInternational Monetary Fund,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (34 p.) 225 1 $aIMF Working Papers 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4519-1428-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTable 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 Remarks 330 3 $aThis paper examines the effects of IMF financial assistance on economic governance in developing countries, based on panel data analyses of perceived governance indicators. It uses a two-stage approach to address possible endogeneity issues. The results show that successful implementation of IMF programs is associated with improvements in the quality of economic governance. Specifically, the paper finds statistically robust results that IMF concessional programs through the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility tend to enhance the rule of law and strengthen control of corruption. Through this exercise, however, no statistically significant effect is observed for assistances under the General Resource Account. 410 0$aIMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;$vNo. 2008/114 606 $aEconomic assistance$zDeveloping countries$xEconometric models 606 $aEconomic development$zDeveloping countries$xEconometric models 606 $aBanks and Banking$2imf 606 $aEconometrics$2imf 606 $aMacroeconomics$2imf 606 $aPublic Finance$2imf 606 $aCriminology$2imf 606 $aBureaucracy$2imf 606 $aAdministrative Processes in Public Organizations$2imf 606 $aCorruption$2imf 606 $aPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions$2imf 606 $aBanks$2imf 606 $aDepository Institutions$2imf 606 $aMicro Finance Institutions$2imf 606 $aMortgages$2imf 606 $aTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General$2imf 606 $aDiscrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models$2imf 606 $aDiscrete Regressors$2imf 606 $aProportions$2imf 606 $aCorporate crime$2imf 606 $awhite-collar crime$2imf 606 $aBanking$2imf 606 $aPublic finance & taxation$2imf 606 $aEconometrics & economic statistics$2imf 606 $aPersonal income$2imf 606 $aLegal support in revenue administration$2imf 606 $aProbit models$2imf 606 $aIncome$2imf 606 $aBanks and banking$2imf 606 $aRevenue$2imf 606 $aEconometric models$2imf 607 $aMontenegro$2imf 615 0$aEconomic assistance$xEconometric models. 615 0$aEconomic development$xEconometric models. 615 7$aBanks and Banking 615 7$aEconometrics 615 7$aMacroeconomics 615 7$aPublic Finance 615 7$aCriminology 615 7$aBureaucracy 615 7$aAdministrative Processes in Public Organizations 615 7$aCorruption 615 7$aPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions 615 7$aBanks 615 7$aDepository Institutions 615 7$aMicro Finance Institutions 615 7$aMortgages 615 7$aTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General 615 7$aDiscrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models 615 7$aDiscrete Regressors 615 7$aProportions 615 7$aCorporate crime 615 7$awhite-collar crime 615 7$aBanking 615 7$aPublic finance & taxation 615 7$aEconometrics & economic statistics 615 7$aPersonal income 615 7$aLegal support in revenue administration 615 7$aProbit models 615 7$aIncome 615 7$aBanks and banking 615 7$aRevenue 615 7$aEconometric models 676 $a353.00722 700 $aHonda$b Jiro$01462060 801 0$bDcWaIMF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788238503321 996 $aDo IMF Programs Improve Economic Governance$93704214 997 $aUNINA