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| | Mali - Country Brief |
 | | Mali has achieved a remarkable political transformation with an increasingly strong democratic process taking root throughout the 1990s, culminating in the peaceful transfer of power between two democratically elected leaders in 2002. |
 | | Mali's economic performance is fragile and vulnerable to climatic conditions, fluctuating terms of trade, dependence on ports in neighboring countries, concentration of its exports in three primary sector products (gold, cotton, livestock), and weak administrative capability. |
 | | Mali is one of eight African countries involved in the joint IDA/IFC MSME Initiative, the new Bank Group approach for the development of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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