Mali: Tenth Review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion — Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali
IMF Staff Country Reports, December 12, 2018
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- Published: December 12, 2018
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484389652.002
Context and program assessment
- Mali is characterized as a fragile state, struggling with insurgency and making efforts to build peace.
- The 2013–18 ECF-supported program has broadly succeeded in achieving its objectives under difficult circumstances.
- The program helped stabilize the economy in the context of:
- persistent insecurity,
- changing terms of trade,
- adverse weather conditions.
Macroeconomic performance (2018)
- The economy continued to perform well in 2018, with:
- robust economic growth,
- low inflation.
- Despite macroeconomic performance, poverty and inequality have remained high.
Risks and outlook
- The near-term outlook for sustainable growth is subject to downside risks from unfavorable security conditions.
Thematic coverage (as listed)
- Expenditure
- Fiscal policy
- Fiscal stance
- Inflation
- Prices
- Public debt
- Revenue administration
Keywords highlighted in the source
- authorities' effort
- authority
- collection effort
- convergence criterion
- CR
- deficit
- disbursement of SDR
- ECF arrangement
- ECF-supported program
- Fiscal stance
- IMF country report No. 17/209
- Inflation
- ISCR
- reform
- SDR
- West Africa
Source: IMF Staff Country Report No. 2018/360; December 12, 2018.
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