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  "title": "Public Sector Wage Bill in Mali",
  "publication": "Selected Issues Papers, July 19, 2023",
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  "summary": "Mali’s wage bill has soared to levels not seen since the early 1990s. This may cause considerable opportunity costs—limiting fiscal space and potentially adding to inflationary pressures—as well as adversely affect medium-term debt sustainability as it weighs heavily on the primary deficit.",
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Mali’s wage bill has soared to levels not seen since the early 1990s.\n- The increase may cause considerable opportunity costs—limiting fiscal space and potentially adding to inflationary pressures.\n- The higher wage bill adversely affects medium-term debt sustainability as it weighs heavily on the primary deficit.\n- The SIP investigates the extent and drivers of the recent wage increases and their fiscal and economic consequences."
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      "content": "- Across-the-board salary freezes may help wage growth moderation in the short term but are politically difficult to implement.\n- Structural reforms to strengthen wage bill management are critical to preserving medium-term fiscal sustainability."
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      "content": "- Subject: Civil service, Expenditure, Government wage bill, International organization, Labor, Monetary policy, Public sector wages, Wage adjustments, Wages\n- Keywords: across-the board salary freeze, bill in Mali, Civil service, Government wage bill, Public sector wages, Public wage bill, Salary negotiations, Structural wage reforms, Sub-Saharan Africa, Wage adjustments, wage bill, wage bill management, Wages\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Public Sector Wage Bill in Mali; Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/056\n  - Public Sector Wage Bill in Mali; Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/056 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Public Sector Wage Bill in Mali; Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/056 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/selected-issues-papers/issues/2023/07/19/public-sector-wage-bill-in-mali-536707"
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    "Authors: Youssouf Kiendrebeogo",
    "Published: July 19, 2023",
    "Series: Selected Issues Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400248450.018",
    "Mali’s wage bill has soared to levels not seen since the early 1990s.",
    "The increase may cause considerable opportunity costs—limiting fiscal space and potentially adding to inflationary pressures.",
    "The higher wage bill adversely affects medium-term debt sustainability as it weighs heavily on the primary deficit.",
    "The SIP investigates the extent and drivers of the recent wage increases and their fiscal and economic consequences.",
    "Across-the-board salary freezes may help wage growth moderation in the short term but are politically difficult to implement.",
    "Structural reforms to strengthen wage bill management are critical to preserving medium-term fiscal sustainability.",
    "Subject: Civil service, Expenditure, Government wage bill, International organization, Labor, Monetary policy, Public sector wages, Wage adjustments, Wages",
    "Keywords: across-the board salary freeze, bill in Mali, Civil service, Government wage bill, Public sector wages, Public wage bill, Salary negotiations, Structural wage reforms, Sub-Saharan Africa, Wage adjustments, wage bill, wage bill management, Wages",
    "**Public Sector Wage Bill in Mali; Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/056**"
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