Malawi: 2006 Article IV Consultation and Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion

May 3, 2007

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Malawi: 2006 Article IV Consultation and Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed December 26, 2024

Summary

This 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that Malawi is at a critical juncture following its progress on macroeconomic stability, attainment of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) completion point in August 2006, and the recent launch of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy, which outlines an ambitious agenda of structural reform to enhance growth and reduce poverty. This paper focuses on the three key challenges facing Malawi over the medium term, which frame macroeconomic policy over the near term.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Debt relief, Debt service, Domestic debt, Expenditure, External debt, Health, Public debt

Keywords: Africa, Bumper harvest, CR, Crop estimate, Debt relief, Debt service, Domestic debt, Global, Government, Harvest, ISCR, PRGF loan, PRGF-supported program, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tax revenue projection

Publication Details

Pages:

93
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2007/147
Stock No:

1MWIEA2007003
ISBN:

9781451828177
ISSN:

1934-7685

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