TY - GEN ED - ED - United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, 2 ED - TI - Mauritania 1990 PB - UNCTAD KW - LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES KW - MAURITANIA KW - ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT KW - DEBT N2 - The country is handicapped by an extremely large external public debt as well as other economic ills. To overcome these problems the government embarked on a recovery programme which focuses on policy actions to stabilize the economy, reforms to improve national economic management and stimulate the private sector, human resource development and upgrading of basic infrastructure ER -