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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Malawi: Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria
International Monetary Fund
The objective for net foreign assets was discussed in this paper. Macroeconomic performance under the PRGF arrangement was broadly discussed. Several developments during the second half of 2005/2006 required the authorities to strengthen financial management controls and to make other policy adjustments. To meet additional humanitarian needs, the government expanded its food security operations. The authorities are working with IMF staff and other stakeholders to redefine pro-poor spending for 2006/2007. The government has taken further steps to ensure the viability of the pension system.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; government; outlay; Three-Year PRGF arrangement; implementation; policy; Malawi's economy; executive board's discussion; prudent monetary policy; medium term policy; Debt relief; Food security; Arrears; Southern Africa
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Japan: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
This Selected Issues paper for Japan illustrates the impact of fiscal and structural reforms on the Japanese and world economies. Japan faces a sizable fiscal deficit, against a backdrop of weak trend growth and growing imbalances in the world economy. Moreover, upward pressure on health care and social security spending owing to an aging population will add significantly to strains on public resources in the near future. The Japanese government is taking a range of measures aimed at raising productivity growth and stabilizing the public debt in relation to GDP over the medium term.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; Japan; rate; bank; behavior; saving rate; section B reviews household savings behavior; productivity-enhancing reform; household behavior regards saving; illustrative saving projection; Aging; Bank soundness; Foreign assets; Agricultural policy; Agricultural sector; Global; Asia and Pacific
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Malawi: Staff Report for the 2002 Article IV Consultation and Economic Program for 2002
International Monetary Fund
This paper assesses Malawi’s 2002 Article IV Consultation and Economic Program for 2002. Malawi’s economic program was guided by the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process. The program has been designed in close collaboration with the World Bank and other members of the international community. Malawi’s core economic databases are weak, and the authorities will have to address serious deficiencies more forcefully. Growth performance was disappointing in 2001, with real output likely to have contracted. For 2002, preliminary agricultural production data point at best to a weak economic recovery.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; report; staff appraisal; government; food; food policy; government mandate; balance of payments gap; World Bank staff; Malawi's food situation; Budget planning and preparation; Imports; Food security; Monetary base; Southern Africa
Cover Finance & Development
Finance & Development, December 1985
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
This paper elaborates the introduction of surveillance that gave the IMF broader responsibilities with respect to oversight of its members’ policies than existed under the par value system. The IMF’s purview has been broadened under the new system but, by the same token, its members are no longer obliged to seek its concurrence in changes in exchange rates. The continuing volatility of exchange rates, and their prolonged divergence from levels that appear to be sustainable over time, have been matters of growing concern.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; exchange rate; country; oil exporter; market; grain consumption; publication policy; foreign currency option; cereal production; Exchange rates; Options; Agricultural commodities; Food security; Government debt management; Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; Global; East Asia; Middle East