USAID/Mali’s ten-year
strategy (2003-2013) expands economic opportunities
particularly for the rural poor; provides high impact
health services to improve the health and welfare of
women and children, and control the spread of HIV/AIDS;
improves the quality of basic education for boys and
girls; consolidates democracy through decentralization;
and accelerates overall development by making information
widely accessible.
USAID Mali’s program objectives with a gender
component include: health services; improved quality
of basic education; shared governance through decentralization;
and accelerated economic growth.
Mali’s special objective, Communications
for Development, accelerates development
by making information accessible through innovative
communications techniques and appropriate tools.