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Some IMF staff are working "overly affected" despite strong safeguards-reports

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Washington — According to an internal survey that found a generally “robust mechanism” as part of a review of data integrity standards released Thursday, nearly 20% of the staff of the International Monetary Fund said “from supervisors. I was overly influenced. " For institutional governance.

This review alleges that IMF Managing Director Cristalina Georgieva pressured World Bank staff to change the data to favor China in 2017https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/84a922cc9273b7b120d49ad3b9e9d3f9-0090012021/original/DB-Investigation-Findings-and-Report-to-the-Board-of-Executive-Directors-September-15-2021.pdfに続いて、昨年IMFの執行委員会によって開始されました。開発貸し手。

After a week-long investigation into the issue of improving China's ranking in the World Bank's now obsolete "Doing Business" report, the IMF Board manages Georgieva with IMF. I decided to keep as a director. However, she continued to review the fund's data integrity policy.

IMF Review of Institutional Safeguardshttps://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/PP/2022/English/PPEA2022032.ashxによると、基金は「一般に、IMFメンバーが堅牢な準備をするのに役立つ十分に開発されたメカニズムに加えて、高水準の制度的ガバナンスと分析の完全性を確保するための堅牢なメカニズムを備えています。データ。"

The IMF's dispute resolution system is comparable to that of other international institutions, as employees express workplace concerns. Said to provide "multiple formal and informal mechanisms".

However, there are gaps in the system, such as the internal review process, which increases the risk that staff will select topics that are important to the fund but less relevant to each country. I admitted that. county.

"In general, the culture of the fund does not tend to motivate staff enough to express dissent," the IMF said in a report.

The Working Group on Data and Analysis Consistency further clarifies the role of management and national executive directors in staff-based national analysis and further enhances staff analysis independence. He recommended that many things should be done. According to the

report, the transparency and documentation of the IMF's internal review system should also be improved by reviews from the fund's internal audit office.

(reported by David Lawder; edited by Simon Cameron-Moore)