The World Bank in Mali

The World Bank portfolio is supporting Mali in addressing its economic challenges with a focus on education, health, agriculture, and energy.

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Reinforcing breeders' resilience

Poverty rate in Mali has risen sharply to 19.1% in 2022 due to negative GDP growth and high food inflation.
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Drought Impacts

Livestock production accounts for 40% of GDP in the primary sector, supports 85% of farmers and generates income for around 30% of the population.
Field Visit

A journey into the Sahel

Take a tour of the Sahel, and see how we are working with partners to improve lives, prevent conflict and tackle climate change.

Mali At-A-Glance

Mali, a vast Sahelian country, has a low-income economy that is undiversified and vulnerable to commodity price fluctuations. Its rapid population growth (a fertility rate of 5.88 children per woman in 2018 ) and climate change pose a threat to agriculture and food security.

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Project

Regional Sahel Pastoralism Support Project

Since 2015, the PRAPS has directly supported more than two million livestock herders in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.

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Clara Ana Coutinho de Sousa

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In Depth

Apr 05, 2023

Africa’s Pulse

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to slow from 3.6% in 2022 to 3.1% in 2023.
Sep 12, 2023

CPIA Africa

The 2023 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2022. The overall average score for Sub-Saharan Africa’s IDA-eligible countries remained unchanged in 2022 ...
IDA in Africa

With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
World Bank Africa Multimedia

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