Public Sector-Private Sector Policy Dialogue Can Benefit Poor

September 24 2008
By David Wheeler and Sahba Sobhani

Photo left: Adam Rogers/UNCDF; Photo right: Smart

Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. Roughly 64 per cent of its 12 million inhabitants live below the poverty line, and only ten per cent have access to electricity. In some regions of the country that figure drops to a mere two or three per cent. For those with access to electricity, the price is highe…