IMF Staff Country Reports

Malawi: Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement

December 6, 2004

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International Monetary Fund. "Malawi: Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement", IMF Staff Country Reports 2004, 389 (2004), accessed 12/21/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451828030.002

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Summary

This report presents an ex post assessment of Malawi’s longer-term program engagement with the IMF. Given the length of the engagement, and the important political change that took place in the mid-1990s, much of this report focuses on performance during the programs supported by the 1995 Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility and 2000 Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility arrangements. It provides an overview of economic developments, and reviews achievements and shortcomings in some key macroeconomic and structural areas. The role of the IMF in this process is also analyzed.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Government debt management, Public debt, Public enterprises, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: balance of payments, Budget planning and preparation, CR, debt ratio, exchange rate, fiscal policy, Government debt management, government intervention, ISCR, maize operation, private sector, public enterprise, Public enterprises, real GDP, Southern Africa