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090853 1 (1967-01-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacucj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1,c 96' Overseas Assignment in Africa By James J, Grace The United States General Ac. counting Office on occasion requests that its professional staff participate In overseas assignmentc, During the autumn of 1965, 1 pitticipated In an overseas assignment In West Africa which involved dhe economic assist. ance programs in Mail nd Dahomey. The Republic of Mali, formerly the French Studan, is a land.locked coun. try bounded on the north by Algeria; on the east by Niger; on the south by Upper Volta, Ivory Coast and Guinea; and on the west by Senegal and Mau. ritania. The populatioa of Mall is approximately 4.5 million, and its capital city is Bamako. The Sahara Desert extends over about one half of Mall, and the climate is thus generally hot and dry. Most of the country Is covered by semlarid scrub, but there are grasslands in the more moist southern part. Mr. Grace Is a supervisory audi tor In the New York regions office, ie has been whit GA( ince 1961 with the exception o 2 years military service. Io is i graduate of ite University a Scraintin where he received i U.S. degree In iccounting. The majority of the people in Mall are Moslem, The economy of Mall is based chiefly on agriculture, but there is some fishing, (ice, cotton, fruits, vegetables, millets and corn, and sesame are cultiv4ted, Peanuts are crown for export, and small quantities of cattle, cutton, Ides, and aheu nuts are also exported. Indus, try developed after World War II, but it is restricted to processing of raw materiaLs, chiefly in Iamako, Gold and salt are mined, and Iron Is ex. tracted for local use. The highways of Mtall are not well developed, and caravan routes connect with Algeria and Mauritania. Duing the rainy season the Niger river is navigable for small craft. The Mali Federa. tion, which was composed of former French Sudan and Senegal, gained its independence in June 1960, but the alliance ended In August 1960, French Sudan assumed the nane of 30 - - I I 0(oe

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