Mali: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
April 21, 1999
Summary
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix briefly surveys the progress achieved by Mali in the area of economic adjustment in the decade since 1988. This is followed by a discussion of the principal areas where the Malian government is considering the implementation of new reforms in the period ahead. The paper analyzes the financial sector in Mali. It highlights that in the late 1980s, the financial sector, in particular the banking system, faced a major liquidity and solvency crisis characterized by a high level of nonperforming loans.
Subject: Agricultural commodities, Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Money, Public enterprises, Public sector, Revenue administration
Keywords: capital base, CFA franc, Commercial banks, CR, Credit, enterprise, equity position, financial support, government, government involvement, government of Mali, government's portfolio, ISCR, Malian government of the need, microfinance institution, pricing system, Public enterprises, Public sector, state intervention, State involvement, West Africa
Pages:
82
Volume:
1999
DOI:
Issue:
020
Series:
Country Report No. 1999/020
Stock No:
1MLIEA0011999
ISBN:
9781451826227
ISSN:
1934-7685






