01826cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018461 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484354513 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Malawi : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (36 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 Selected Issues paper benchmarks Malawi's public spending and identifies areas where there is scope to improve expenditure efficiency. Malawi performs poorly in health and education spending efficiency. Spending in these areas will need to be stepped up to achieve better living standards and higher, more inclusive growth. A rebalancing of the composition of education and health spending-including greater prioritization of low cost-high impact spending and balancing maintenance against capital spending-would yield immediate results in both health and education. Strengthening the public expenditure management chain, especially procurement and supply management, will be important. These reforms would go hand in hand with greater fiscal transparency and accountability in these sectors. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2018/116 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2018/116/002.2018.issue-116-en.xml IMF e-Library