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  "title": "IMF -- Resident Representative Office in Malawi",
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  "summary": "Activities from the IMF Office in Malawi",
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      "heading": "Resident Representative for Malawi",
      "lines": [
        {
          "text": "Yugo Koshima"
        },
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          "text": "Resident Representative"
        }
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    {
      "type": "office",
      "heading": "Office Information",
      "lines": [
        {
          "text": "Lilongwe"
        },
        {
          "text": "Phone: 265-1-770-725"
        },
        {
          "text": "Email: RR-MWI@imf.org",
          "href": "mailto:RR-MWI@imf.org",
          "linkText": "RR-MWI@imf.org",
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      "type": "country",
      "heading": "At a Glance",
      "lines": [
        {
          "text": "Current IMF membership: 191 countries"
        },
        {
          "text": "Malawi joined the Fund in July 19, 1965; Article VIII (December 7, 1995)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Total Quotas: 138.8 Million"
        },
        {
          "text": "Outstanding Purchases and Loans (SDR): 296.06 million (June 30, 2025)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Last Article IV Consultation: Published on August 6, 2025: Country Report No. 25/226.",
          "href": "https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2025/226/002.2025.issue-226-en.xml?cid=569391-com-dsp-crossref",
          "linkText": "Country Report No. 25/226.",
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    {
      "heading": "IMF's Work on Malawi",
      "content": "IMF's Work on Malawi",
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  "bullets": [
    "Resident Representative: Yugo Koshima.",
    "Frequently Asked Questions entries and dates:",
    "The Office reported multiple variants of financial scam documents purporting to be sanctioned by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or authored by high ranking IMF officials are currently in circulation in Malawi.",
    "Characteristics of the scams:",
    "The Office directs readers to \"Fraudulent Scam Emails Using the Name of the IMF\" for more information.",
    "Publication date: April 16, 2026.",
    "Headline: \"Hard-Won Gains Under Pressure\".",
    "Key regional growth figures and projection:",
    "Contextual note: After a strong 2025 with growth at 4.5%, Sub-Saharan Africa entered 2026 reaping the benefits of hard-won stabilization gains, but the war in the Middle East has clouded the outlook.",
    "Institutional note: The Departmental African Paper Series covers research on sub-Saharan Africa conducted by IMF staff; the views expressed in these papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF Management.",
    "[IMF's Work on Malawi](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/mwi#Malawi%20and%20The%20IMF)"
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