## Mali: Seventh Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, and Request for Extension and Augmentation of Access-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 12, 2017_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 12, 2017
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484309384.002

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### Program implementation and external position
- Program implementation is broadly satisfactory.
- The external position remains difficult.
- All December 2016 quantitative targets were met.
- The IMF staff supports the authorities’ request for an augmentation of access equivalent to 13.6 percent of quota in 2017 and extension of the program through 2018.

### Fiscal developments and 2017 outlook
- For 2017, expenditures will exceed previously programmed levels to:
  - address new security needs, and
  - cover costs associated with the decentralization.
- Fiscal challenges are mounting.

### Structural reforms and implementation
- Delays were recorded in the implementation of structural reforms.
- The authorities have since taken corrective measures.

### IMF staff position and recommendations
- Support for:
  - augmentation of access equivalent to 13.6 percent of quota in 2017, and
  - extension of the program through 2018.

### Subject coverage and keywords (as listed)
- Subjects: Budget planning and preparation, Credit, Debt sustainability analysis, External debt, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration.
- Keywords: authority, borrowing policy, Budget planning and preparation, CR, Debt sustainability analysis, disbursement of SDR, ECF arrangement, government, government chart, growth outlook, ISCR, West Africa.

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