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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that debt transparency not only benefits countries directly but is also essential for the work of the IMF. <\/b><\/p>\n

Hidden and otherwise opaque forms of debt make it more difficult for the Fund to fulfill its core mandate in a number of ways, the Fund said.<\/p>\n

For example, it stated, collateralised loans, novel and complex forms of financing, and confidentiality agreements make it difficult for the IMF to accurately assess a country\u2019s debt and help bring its economy back on track.<\/p>\n

\u201cThus, the Fund works to bring the benefits of debt transparency to countries directly through technical assistance and also addresses the issue in our program engagements,\u201d a publication by the Fund titled \u201cHidden Debt Hurts Economies, Better Disclosure Laws Can Help Ease the Pain\u201d said.<\/p>\n

It added \u201cWell-designed laws make it harder to hide debt. But there are not enough of these laws on the books, despite their demonstrated benefits. Given the critical importance of getting transparency right, countries and their international partners must push for reforms to improve domestic legal frameworks, which in turn benefits both borrowers, legitimate creditors, and the system more broadly. Turning stones has never been more important.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Fund further explained that the disclosure of public debt may also be inhibited where there is ineffective oversight governance by legislatures and supreme audit institutions (national government audit institutions), which are all important guarantors of accountability.<\/p>\n

Legislative bodies must be able to monitor and scrutinise public debt on behalf of the people, and they need to have staff able to read and grasp highly technical reports, it urged.<\/p>\n

Several legislatures have a committee system\u2014such as committees on the budget and public accounts\u2014which allows for specialization among legislators.<\/p>\n

An example is in the United States, where the Treasury Secretary is required by law to send the annual public debt report not to Congress as a whole, but to two specific committees\u2014House Ways and Means and Senate Finance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also recommend that laws provide supreme audit institutions with the authority and the necessary powers to monitor and audit government debt and debt operations,\u201d the Fund said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that debt transparency not only benefits countries directly but is also essential for the work of the IMF. Hidden and otherwise opaque forms of debt make it more difficult for the Fund to fulfill its core mandate in a number of ways, the Fund said. 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