Malawi: Staff Report for the 2002 Article IV Consultation and Economic Program for 2002
August 16, 2002
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This paper assesses Malawi’s 2002 Article IV Consultation and Economic Program for 2002. Malawi’s economic program was guided by the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process. The program has been designed in close collaboration with the World Bank and other members of the international community. Malawi’s core economic databases are weak, and the authorities will have to address serious deficiencies more forcefully. Growth performance was disappointing in 2001, with real output likely to have contracted. For 2002, preliminary agricultural production data point at best to a weak economic recovery.
Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, Food security, Imports, International trade, Monetary base, Money, Poverty, Public financial management (PFM)
Keywords: balance of payments gap, Budget planning and preparation, CR, food, food policy, Food security, government, government mandate, Imports, ISCR, Malawi's food situation, Monetary base, report, Southern Africa, staff appraisal, World Bank staff
Pages:
80
Volume:
2002
DOI:
Issue:
181
Series:
Country Report No. 2002/181
Stock No:
1MWIEA0022002
ISBN:
9781451827989
ISSN:
1934-7685
