Briceño-Garmendia, Cecilia M. - 2011
Despite external shocks, Mali's economy grew by 5.3 percent per year between 2003 and 2006, driven primarily by the … telecommunications sector. But Mali's landlocked condition, together with the uneven distribution of population and economic activities … between the arid north and the much richer south, defy the country's ability to sustain this pace of growth. Mali depends …