Only 22% of info requests fulfilled

A new study released in October by the Global Transparency Initiative (GTI) undermines IFI claims to increased transparency. Only 22 per cent of requests for information about IFI documents - submitted to both the IFIs and member governments - were satisfactorily responded to. The requests were filed according to a rigorous uniform methodology in Argentina, Bulgaria, Mexico, Slovakia and South Africa. To remedy the situation, the GTI has launched an IFI transparency charter, a statement of the standards to which IFI information disclosure policies should conform and a key advocacy tool for the promotion of more progressive policies.

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Published: 23 November 2006 , last edited: 15 December 2006

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