PREFACE At the request of the Malian Ministry of Finance, a technical assistance mission visited Bamako during August 12–21, 2013. The purpose of the mission was to identify issues and options that need to be considered when adopting an automatic petroleum product pricing mechanism. The...

PREFACE In response to a request from the Minister of Economy and Finance, an IMF Fiscal Affairs Department mission visited Bamako from January 7 to 21, 2014 in order to: (1) describe the expenditure chain by diagramming the circulation of information and the responsibilities of the officials...