IMF Staff Country Reports

Mali: Selected Issues

August 15, 2008

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Summary

The cotton sector in Mali is facing major challenges to overcome, with low export prices, technical hurdles, and a poorly performing state-owned cotton ginner. Some reforms, most notably with regard to the setting of the farmgate procurement price, have already been undertaken, but more is needed to put the sector on a sound financial footing. It is vital that the production process be modernized and the ginner profoundly reformed if cotton is to play a major role in poverty reduction in rural Mali.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Business environment, Commodities, Economic sectors, Environment, Gold, Mining sector, Natural resources

Keywords: Activity need, Africa, Agricultural commodities, Business environment, Cotton price, Cotton sector, Country, CR, Farmgate price, Gold, Growth equation, Help mali, Investor protection index, ISCR, Lackluster growth performance, Mali, Mining sector, Natural resources, Price, Procurement price, Profit tax, State, West Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    32

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2008/286

  • Stock No:

    1MLIEA2008005

  • ISBN:

    9781451826517

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685