Malawi: Use of Fund Resources—Request for Emergency Assistance

September 11, 2002

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Malawi: Use of Fund Resources—Request for Emergency Assistance, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2002) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

This paper assesses Malawi’s Use of IMF Resources and Request for Emergency Assistance. The food shortage in early 2002 in Malawi has caused immense human suffering. IMF staff endorses the authorities’ decision to undertake large-scale food imports to complement the humanitarian aid efforts. Moreover, as effective targeting mechanisms are not available, the IMF staff supports the provision of a price subsidy as the most efficient way of reaching the poor who do not benefit from humanitarian aid.

Subject: Emergency assistance, Food imports, Foreign aid, Imports, International trade, Monetary base, Money

Keywords: CR, Emergency, Emergency assistance, Emergency loan, Food, Food imports, Growth excl. foodstuff, Imports, International community, ISCR, Large-scale food import, Large-scale import, Maize import, Monetary base, Net, Shortage, Southern Africa

Publication Details

Pages:

19
Volume:

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DOI:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2002/196
Stock No:

1MWIEA0042002
ISBN:

9781451828047
ISSN:

1934-7685

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