Creating Markets in Mali : Mobilizing the Private Sector for Economic Resilience and Recovery - Country Private Sector Diagnostic

Until the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (SARS-CoV2) COVID-19 pandemic and despite the deteriorating security situation, Mali’s economic growth averaged five percent since 2014, on par with its long-term potential. Mali’s fragile state statu...

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spelling okr-10986-378622022-08-15T20:44:11Z Creating Markets in Mali : Mobilizing the Private Sector for Economic Resilience and Recovery - Country Private Sector Diagnostic International Finance Corporation PRIVATE SECTOR COVID-19 AGRICULTURE AGRIBUSINESS LIVESTOCK SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES ENERGY SECTOR TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO FINANCE Until the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (SARS-CoV2) COVID-19 pandemic and despite the deteriorating security situation, Mali’s economic growth averaged five percent since 2014, on par with its long-term potential. Mali’s fragile state status has also taken a toll on economic activity and social welfare by reducing access to markets, threatening food security, and degrading human capital indicators. With an increasing debt burden resulting in limited fiscal space to address persistent security risks and to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Mali is compelled to refocus the role of the state and unleash the potential of the private sector to boost productivity growth, to diversify the economy away from a narrow base, and to ensure inclusive economic and social welfare for all Malians. The growth model will be readdressed around energizing investment, creating resilient markets, and building back better for a more resilient recovery via (a) improving the business environment; (b) crowding-in private participation in the delivery of infrastructure and certain public services; (c) ensuring that remaining state-owned enterprises and private firms compete on equal terms - that is, upholding competitive neutrality principles; (d) expanding public-private partnerships in key sectors, through transparent and competitive procurement; and (e) leveraging digital solutions by further enhancing digital infrastructure that would, in turn, increase the uptake of digital financial services and digital platforms for key sectors of the economy, such as agriculture, and digitize government services (e-government). 2022-08-10T14:48:57Z 2022-08-10T14:48:57Z 2022-04 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099004108052210410/IDU03e008c4a0fb380499e0b2f1043f07c329859 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37862 English en_US Country Private Sector Diagnostic; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: PSD, Privatization and Industrial Policy Africa Western and Central (AFW) Africa Mali
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topic PRIVATE SECTOR
COVID-19
AGRICULTURE
AGRIBUSINESS
LIVESTOCK
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
ENERGY SECTOR
TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
ACCESS TO FINANCE
spellingShingle PRIVATE SECTOR
COVID-19
AGRICULTURE
AGRIBUSINESS
LIVESTOCK
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
ENERGY SECTOR
TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
ACCESS TO FINANCE
International Finance Corporation
Creating Markets in Mali : Mobilizing the Private Sector for Economic Resilience and Recovery - Country Private Sector Diagnostic
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description Until the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (SARS-CoV2) COVID-19 pandemic and despite the deteriorating security situation, Mali’s economic growth averaged five percent since 2014, on par with its long-term potential. Mali’s fragile state status has also taken a toll on economic activity and social welfare by reducing access to markets, threatening food security, and degrading human capital indicators. With an increasing debt burden resulting in limited fiscal space to address persistent security risks and to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Mali is compelled to refocus the role of the state and unleash the potential of the private sector to boost productivity growth, to diversify the economy away from a narrow base, and to ensure inclusive economic and social welfare for all Malians. The growth model will be readdressed around energizing investment, creating resilient markets, and building back better for a more resilient recovery via (a) improving the business environment; (b) crowding-in private participation in the delivery of infrastructure and certain public services; (c) ensuring that remaining state-owned enterprises and private firms compete on equal terms - that is, upholding competitive neutrality principles; (d) expanding public-private partnerships in key sectors, through transparent and competitive procurement; and (e) leveraging digital solutions by further enhancing digital infrastructure that would, in turn, increase the uptake of digital financial services and digital platforms for key sectors of the economy, such as agriculture, and digitize government services (e-government).
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title Creating Markets in Mali : Mobilizing the Private Sector for Economic Resilience and Recovery - Country Private Sector Diagnostic
title_short Creating Markets in Mali : Mobilizing the Private Sector for Economic Resilience and Recovery - Country Private Sector Diagnostic
title_full Creating Markets in Mali : Mobilizing the Private Sector for Economic Resilience and Recovery - Country Private Sector Diagnostic
title_fullStr Creating Markets in Mali : Mobilizing the Private Sector for Economic Resilience and Recovery - Country Private Sector Diagnostic
title_full_unstemmed Creating Markets in Mali : Mobilizing the Private Sector for Economic Resilience and Recovery - Country Private Sector Diagnostic
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