01785cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005319 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451826500 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Mali : 2008 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility; Staff Report; Staff Supplements; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (94 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 Mali's 2008 Article IV Consultation and request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility are discussed. Mali's economy has doubled in size since the democratic transition of the early 1990s. Sound macroeconomic management has produced growth averaging almost 5 percent, and raised the tax ratio from less than 10 percent of GDP to about 16 percent. Agriculture, the mainstay of the economy, has been buffeted by recurrent droughts, floods, locust infestation, and diseases. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2008/283 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2008/283/002.2008.issue-283-en.xml IMF e-Library