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  "title": "Mali: Second and Third Reviews Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement. Requests for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria and Modification of Performance Criterion-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, March 30, 2021",
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  "summary": "Against the background of the pandemic shock, a coup d’état on August 18, 2020 led to a period of international disengagement with Mali and an economic blockade by ECOWAS until the appointment of a transitional government in October.",
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      "content": "- COVID-19\n- Debt sustainability analysis\n- External debt\n- Health\n- International organization\n- Monetary policy\n- Public debt\n- Revenue administration"
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      "content": "- action program\n- COVID-19\n- Debt sustainability analysis\n- ECF arrangement\n- economic reform program\n- Executive Board discussion\n- IMF's Board\n- response plan\n- Sub-Saharan Africa\n- West Africa\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Mali Country Report\n  - Mali Country Report (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Mali Country Report (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513575780.002",
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