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This paper presents an update to the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Fiscal Transparency for Greece. The government has initiated steps toward improving auditing. The Ministry of Economy and Finance is undertaking a comparative examination of its auditing mechanism against those used by the European Union (EU) and by other advanced economies. It is also making use of the experience gained through the auditing of programs that are financed jointly by national and EU funds. It is intended that all expenditures would be subject to audit prior to expenditure approval.

Budgeting --- National Budget --- Budget Systems --- Budgeting & financial management --- Budget planning and preparation --- Fiscal transparency --- Public financial management (PFM) --- Budget --- Greece

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This study provides a factual report on developments in data dissemination and fiscal transparency since the September 1999 Experimental Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Czech Republic and the June 2000 update. The 2001 State Budget was prepared in accordance with the new budgetary rules. According to the new law on budgetary rules, all state guarantees must be approved by way of a special act (law), which means that each individual guarantee must be approved by government as well as by parliament.

Budgeting --- National Budget --- Budget Systems --- Budgeting & financial management --- Budget planning and preparation --- Fiscal transparency --- Public financial management (PFM) --- Budget --- Czech Republic

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Colombia is working towards compiling quarterly sectoral accounts and balance sheets to support domestic policymaking by gaining a much deeper understanding of the interrelationship between the real sector accounts and the financial accounts, and the vulnerabilities that may reside in specific sectors as sources for spillovers to other sectors. Sectoral accounts and balance sheets are critical to help detect systemic risks, vulnerabilities, and possible contagion from economic shocks. The authorities continued to acknowledge the additional benefit from work in this area as it moves towards subscription to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus and continued accession negotiations with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The priority is first on establishing timely annual integrated estimates between the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) and the BRC, followed by quarterly estimates.

Accounting --- Public Administration --- Public Sector Accounting and Audits --- Public finance accounting --- Financial reporting, financial statements --- Fiscal accounting and reporting --- Financial statements --- Public financial management (PFM) --- Finance, Public --- Colombia

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Persistently high inflation rates have led many to believe that inflation in Turkey has become "inertial," posing an obstacle to disinflation. We assess the empirical validity of this argument. We find that the current degree of inflation persistence in Turkey is lower than in Brazil and Uruguay prior to their successful stabilization programs. More significantly, expectations of future inflation are more important than past inflation in shaping the inflation process, providing little evidence of "backward-looking" behavior. Using survey data, we find that inflation expectations, in turn, depend largely on the evolution of fiscal variables.

Inflation --- Macroeconomics --- Public Finance --- Price Level --- Deflation --- Monetary Policy --- Debt --- Debt Management --- Sovereign Debt --- Fiscal Policy --- Public finance & taxation --- Inflation persistence --- Disinflation --- Government debt management --- Fiscal stance --- Prices --- Public financial management (PFM) --- Fiscal policy --- Debts, Public --- Turkey

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This report evaluates the Observance of Standards and Codes on Monetary and Financial Policies Transparency and Fiscal Transparency for France. Up to mid-2001, different rules were applied to insurance firms regulated by the Insurance Code and to establishments regulated by the Code de la Mutualité. Moving toward the consolidation of these rules, a new Code de la Mutualité was ratified by Parliament in July 2001. Now, prudential rules concerning authorizations for new entrants in the insurance business, technical provision, and solvency margins are the same for all companies in the sector.

Budgeting --- Insurance --- National Budget --- Budget Systems --- Insurance Companies --- Actuarial Studies --- Budgeting & financial management --- Insurance & actuarial studies --- Fiscal transparency --- Budget planning and preparation --- Financial institutions --- Public financial management (PFM) --- Budget --- France