01961cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017796 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484309384 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Mali : Seventh Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, and Request for Extension and Augmentation of Access-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (95 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 discusses Mali's Seventh Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, and Request for Extension of Augmentation of Access. Program implementation is broadly satisfactory but the external position remains difficult and fiscal challenges are mounting. All December 2016 quantitative targets were met. Delays were recorded in the implementation of structural reforms but the authorities have since taken corrective measures. For 2017, expenditures will exceed previously programmed levels to address new security needs as well as costs associated with the decentralization. The IMF staff supports the authorities' request for an augmentation of access equivalent to 13.6 percent of quota in 2017 and extension of the program through 2018. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2017/209 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2017/209/002.2017.issue-209-en.xml IMF e-Library