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Background
Pre Activities
Post Activities
    Research Activities

Resources
Cameroon
Côte D’Ivoire
Mali
Economic and
Financial Indicators

Glossary


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About Mali


Official name: Republic of Mali [MAH-lee]
Nationality: Malian [MAH-lee-uhn]
Life expectancy: 50 years
Infant mortality rate:   120 per 1,000 live births
Adult literacy rate: 31 percent
Economic profile: Relies heavily on agriculture — roughly 80 percent of Malians work in farming or fishing; cotton is the main export; about 20 percent of Malians work in industry, including food and fish processing, light manufacturing, and plastics; main trading partners are France, Germany, Côte d’Ivoire, and the United States

Map of Mali