Since the 1994 devaluation, growth has been quite strong in Mali (about 5% p.a. on average), but much weaker in terms of GDP per person (about 2.6% p.a.) due to a very high index of fecundity. Growth is still very unstable, due to a large share of agriculture in GDP and very sensitive to...

Since the 1994 devaluation, growth has been quite strong in Mali (about 5%), but much weaker in terms of GDP per person (about 2.6%) due to a very high index of fecundity (6.8). Growth is still very unstable, due to a large share of agriculture in GDP (40%) and very sensitive to rainfall and...