01673cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002746 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451828023 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Malawi : Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (10 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This joint staff assessment evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of Malawi's poverty reduction strategy (MPRS), and considers whether the PRSP provides a sound basis for concessional assistance from the World Bank and IMF, as well as for debt relief under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative. The annual review of the MPRS highlighted the reduced allocation of budgetary resources to pro-poor activities and the slow progress made in implementing structural and sectoral policy measures, and assesses that the implementation of the MPRSP has been unsatisfactory. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2003/345 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2003/345/002.2003.issue-345-en.xml IMF e-Library