Mali - Economic Governance Support Project (PAGE)

The Economic Governance Support Project (PAGE) is part of a concerted effort by the international community to restore the legitimacy of the State, meet the challenge of restoring the normal functioning of the administration and promote economic recovery, in particular by improving the business environment. The aim of PAGE is to help the Government to respond to the urgent arising needs from the successive crises (security, political and institutional) that have affected the country, and to mitigate their impact on the populations. Through this support, the proposed intervention will contribute to restore the normal functioning of the public administration throughout the country. It will, in particular, restore public financial management capacity and consolidate the achievements of previous capacity-building projects. In addition, PAGE will help improve the services provided to private economic operators to facilitate international trade, enhance access to credit and streamline business procedures. This will therefore help to foster enabling conditions for a rapid recovery of the economy driven by the private sector. The PAGE will be implemented over 48 months, and will also contribute to the implementation of measures agreed between the Malian authorities and the African Development Bank under the Emergency Program to Support Economic Recovery (PUARE).