Mali: 2008 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility: Staff Report; Staff Supplements; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali

IMF Staff Country Reports, August 14, 2008

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Mali: 2008 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility: Staff Report; Staff Supplements; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali

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Bibliographic details

• Published: August 14, 2008
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451826500.002

Key findings and country context

• Mali’s economy has doubled in size since the democratic transition of the early 1990s.
• Sound macroeconomic management has produced growth averaging almost 5 percent.
• The tax ratio rose from less than 10 percent of GDP to about 16 percent.
• Agriculture, the mainstay of the economy, has been buffeted by recurrent droughts, floods, locust infestation, and diseases.

Publication and document identifiers

• Publication date: August 14, 2008
• Pages: 94
• Volume: 2008
• Issue: 283
• Series: Country Report No. 2008/283
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451826500.002
• Stock No: 1MLIEA2008004
• ISBN: 9781451826500
• ISSN: 1934-7685
• Citation format provided: Chicago — International Monetary Fund. "Mali: 2008 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility: Staff Report; Staff Supplements; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali", IMF Staff Country Reports 2008, 283 (2008), accessed 9/22/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451826500.002

Thematic subjects and keywords

• Subjects: Agricultural commodities, Commodities, External debt, Fiscal stance, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Public debt
• Keywords: Agricultural commodities, authorities' hope, authority, CR, financing gap, Global, ISCR, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, PRGF arrangement, PRGF loan, PRGF-supported program, price, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

International Monetary Fund — Mali: 2008 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility: Staff Report; Staff Supplements; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali (August 14, 2008).

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