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March 12, 1997
His Excellency 
Aleke K. Banda 
Minister of Finance 
Ministry of Finance 
P. O. Box 30049 
Lilongwe 3, Malawi
Dear Sir:
Agricultural Services Project (Credit Number 2514-MAI)
Amendment to Development Credit Agreement
We refer to the Development Credit Agreement (the Agreement) for the 
abovementioned Project, dated October 1, 1993, between the Republic of Malawi (the 
Borrower) and the International Development Association (the Association), and to the 
letter from your Ministry, dated January 24, 1997, requesting that the proceeds of the 
Credit be used for funding operating costs beyond the date referred to in Category (5) 
of the table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Agreement.
This letter is to inform you of our response to your request and to propose that 
the terminal date for the disbursement of 100% for operating costs under Category (5) 
in the table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Agreement be amended to read “March 
31, 1998”. 
All other terms and conditions of the Agreement, except as amended herein, shall 
remain in full force and effect.  Terms defined in the Agreement and used in this 
letter shall have the same meaning given therein.
This amendment shall take effect from January 1, 1997.
Sincerely,
Ahmad Ahsan
Acting Country Director for Malawi
Africa Region