TY - GEN ED - ED - United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, 2 ED - TI - Mali 1990 PB - UNCTAD KW - LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES KW - MALI KW - ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT N2 - Economic development in Mali is subject to three major constraints: the climate and its effect on agricultural production, rapid population growth and the ever-widening gap between exports and imports. To counteract the effect of these constraints on the economy, the country has taken a number of measures to restructure various sectors of the economy. These include a structural adjustment programme for public enterprises, an economic reform programme with USAID, a reform programme for rural development operations and a restructuring programme for the grain market ER -