01910cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005534 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451826524 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Mali : First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Requests for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Deletion and Modification of Performance Criteria-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (63 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 paper presents Mali's First Review under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and requests for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria. The food and fuel price shocks have begun to moderate, partly because of the authorities' supply-side measures and declining oil prices. New risks are emerging from the global credit crisis and its spillover effects onto global growth, commodity markets, and exchange rates. The authorities need to be vigilant on the fiscal front because policies have relaxed owing to external food and fuel price shocks and higher-than-expected nondebt financing. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2008/378 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2008/378/002.2008.issue-378-en.xml IMF e-Library