LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawi aims to cut government borrowing and stick to an International Monetary Fund programme in order to boost the economic growth rate to 7 percent in the medium term, the finance minister said on Friday.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Goodall Gondwe made the comments in his budget speech to parliament.
The impoverished southern African nation is recovering from drought-induced economic stagnation and remains heavily reliant on borrowing, with about a third of its $3.5 billion total debt coming from external lenders. [J8N1Q2019]
Reporting by Frank Phiri; Writing by Mfuneko Toyana; editing by John Stonestreet