Mali: Selected Issues

IMF Staff Country Reports, May 31, 2018

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• Published: May 31, 2018
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484359068.002

Core findings on the security crisis and economic impact

• The paper analyzes the impact of the security crisis in Mali.
• The 2012 crisis has significant economic, social, and humanitarian impact, especially in the northern regions.
• The increase in security spending weighs on the budget and reduces space for priority spending.
• Persistent insecurity hinders investment and growth.
• The security crisis has slowed progress toward reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Impact on education and human development

• The crisis resulted in the interruption and/ or disruption of learning activities in the northern part of the country, "dangerously compromising the efforts of the Government of Mali and its partners to achieve Education For All."

Fiscal and public investment implications

• Increased security spending reduces fiscal space for priority spending and public investment.
• Persistent insecurity deters investment, limiting growth prospects.

Subject areas covered

• Banking
• Corporate income tax
• Credit
• Expenditure
• Money
• Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)
• Public investment spending
• Revenue administration
• Taxes

Keywords highlighted

• Africa
• bank
• Corporate income tax
• CR
• Credit
• government of Mali
• investment
• investment expenditure
• ISCR
• Mali
• poverty reduction strategy paper
• Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)
• Public investment spending
• security crisis
• security spending
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• tax
• tax capacity
• West Africa

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