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  "title": "Malawi: Staff Report for the 2002 Article IV Consultation and Economic Program for 2002",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, August 16, 2002",
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  "summary": "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.",
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      "heading": "Program design and collaboration",
      "content": "- Malawi’s economic program was guided by the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process.\n- The program was designed in close collaboration with the World Bank and other members of the international community."
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      "heading": "Data and institutional weaknesses",
      "content": "- Malawi’s core economic databases are weak.\n- The authorities will have to address serious deficiencies more forcefully."
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      "heading": "Growth performance and 2001 assessment",
      "content": "- Growth performance was disappointing in 2001, with real output likely to have contracted."
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      "heading": "Outlook for 2002",
      "content": "- Preliminary agricultural production data for 2002 point at best to a weak economic recovery."
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      "heading": "Policy implications and priorities",
      "content": "- Strengthen and modernize core economic databases to support program design and monitoring.\n- Deepen collaboration with international partners (including the World Bank) to support program implementation.\n- Prioritize measures to revive agricultural production and support a broader economic recovery given weak preliminary agricultural indicators for 2002.\n\nSource: Malawi: Staff Report for the 2002 Article IV Consultation and Economic Program for 2002, August 16, 2002.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr02181\n  - cr02181 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr02181 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: August 16, 2002",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827989.002",
    "Malawi’s economic program was guided by the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process.",
    "The program was designed in close collaboration with the World Bank and other members of the international community.",
    "Malawi’s core economic databases are weak.",
    "The authorities will have to address serious deficiencies more forcefully.",
    "Growth performance was disappointing in 2001, with real output likely to have contracted.",
    "Preliminary agricultural production data for 2002 point at best to a weak economic recovery.",
    "Strengthen and modernize core economic databases to support program design and monitoring.",
    "Deepen collaboration with international partners (including the World Bank) to support program implementation.",
    "Prioritize measures to revive agricultural production and support a broader economic recovery given weak preliminary agricultural indicators for 2002.",
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