This paper investigates the effect of fiscal transparency on market assessments of sovereign risk, as measured by credit ratings. It measures this effect through a direct channel (uncertainty reduction) and an indirect channel (better fiscal policies and outcomes), and it differentiates between...

What drives improvements in the budget transparency of fragile states? By investigating the dynamics of budget transparency in post 9/11 Afghanistan, this paper demonstrates that factors such as budget reforms, aid conditionality, legislature and civil society (and media) demands for information...

This paper assesses Peru's fiscal transparency practices in comparison with the IMF's Fiscal Transparency Code, including the new draft pillar on resource revenue management. Peru's practices meet most of the principles of the IMF's Fiscal Transparency Code at good or advanced level. The country...

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