Mali Public Expenditure Review
Mali is a low-income, fragile country that has suffered extraordinary setbacks in recent years. It is a landlocked economy which is highly dependent on agriculture, and thus vulnerable to external shocks and adverse weather condition. With a per ca...
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okr-10986-377202022-07-20T05:10:40Z Mali Public Expenditure Review World Bank PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVENUE MOBILIZATION PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION HEALTH AGRICULTURE Mali is a low-income, fragile country that has suffered extraordinary setbacks in recent years. It is a landlocked economy which is highly dependent on agriculture, and thus vulnerable to external shocks and adverse weather condition. With a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of US 875 dollars (current USD) in 2019, Mali is in the lower 15th percentile of the world’s income distribution. Around 42 percent of the population live in extreme poverty. It is also a fragile state that has witnessed persistent conflict with political coups, social tensions, insecurity, and violence. The coup in 2012 has led to continued violence and displacement, leaving 8.7 million people, more than 45 percent of the population, living in crisis affected areas. It was followed by the military coup in August 2020 which has brought in a transitional civil government. The increasingly fragile security situation has also led to spikes in security expenditure, crowding out spending on public services and investment. This Public Expenditure Review (PER) proposes options to address this challenge, including improving spending efficiency and identifying ways to equitably increase domestic revenue. The policy actions and reforms it proposes will create the fiscal space to promote inclusive and sustainable growth. Starting with an overview of macro-fiscal developments, it examines Mali’s expenditure patterns and fiscal sustainability and benchmarks its performance against peer countries. It reviews the domestic revenue needed to meet the Government’s significant financing requirements and how the public finances are managed. It then investigates public spending efficiency in three sectors: education, health, and agriculture. These were chosen for their economic and social importance as well as their considerable share of public expenditure (over 30 percent). The PER provides some context for each sector, then analyzes financing and efficiency using a set of methodologies based on granular spending data and surveys, and concludes with suggested policy actions. 2022-07-19T16:11:14Z 2022-07-19T16:11:14Z 2022-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099850107182214599/P171692072fd6b0cc0b4480ed7e9706a86c http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37720 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review Africa Western and Central (AFW) Africa Mali |
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Mali is a low-income, fragile country
that has suffered extraordinary setbacks in recent years. It
is a landlocked economy which is highly dependent on
agriculture, and thus vulnerable to external shocks and
adverse weather condition. With a per capita gross domestic
product (GDP) of US 875 dollars (current USD) in 2019, Mali
is in the lower 15th percentile of the world’s income
distribution. Around 42 percent of the population live in
extreme poverty. It is also a fragile state that has
witnessed persistent conflict with political coups, social
tensions, insecurity, and violence. The coup in 2012 has led
to continued violence and displacement, leaving 8.7 million
people, more than 45 percent of the population, living in
crisis affected areas. It was followed by the military coup
in August 2020 which has brought in a transitional civil
government. The increasingly fragile security situation has
also led to spikes in security expenditure, crowding out
spending on public services and investment. This Public
Expenditure Review (PER) proposes options to address this
challenge, including improving spending efficiency and
identifying ways to equitably increase domestic revenue. The
policy actions and reforms it proposes will create the
fiscal space to promote inclusive and sustainable growth.
Starting with an overview of macro-fiscal developments, it
examines Mali’s expenditure patterns and fiscal
sustainability and benchmarks its performance against peer
countries. It reviews the domestic revenue needed to meet
the Government’s significant financing requirements and how
the public finances are managed. It then investigates public
spending efficiency in three sectors: education, health, and
agriculture. These were chosen for their economic and social
importance as well as their considerable share of public
expenditure (over 30 percent). The PER provides some context
for each sector, then analyzes financing and efficiency
using a set of methodologies based on granular spending data
and surveys, and concludes with suggested policy actions. |
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Washington, DC : World Bank |
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2022 |
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