IMF Staff Country Reports

Mali: Selected Issues

December 17, 2015

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Mali: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

This Selected Issues paper examines growth, structural transformation, and diversification in Mali. At present, the majority of Mali’s population is employed in low-productivity agriculture, and the secondary sector is underdeveloped. Further structural transformation and diversification of output and exports could thus yield significant growth dividends, but will be challenging in the context of a rapid projected increase in the workforce over coming decades, much of which would need to be absorbed by the agricultural sector. Policies could focus on easing the constraints to structural transformation in key areas such as education and the business climate, as well as devising a clear strategy for tackling the challenges posed by rapid population growth.

Subject: Agricultural sector, Corruption, Crime, Economic sectors, Labor, Labor markets, Labor taxes, Revenue administration, Taxes

Keywords: Africa, Agricultural sector, Corruption, CR, Export diversification, GDP, GDP growth, Global, Government, Government service, IIAG Accountability Index, ISCR, Labor market, Labor markets, Labor taxes, Mali's Accountability, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    48

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2015/340

  • Stock No:

    1MLIEA2015006

  • ISBN:

    9781513591971

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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