Mali na ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe mafi talauci a duniya. Matsakaicin albashin ma'aikaci na shekara-shekara ya kai kimanin dalar Amurka 1,500. Mali ta yi gyare-gyaren tattalin arziki, wanda ya fara a 1988 ta hanyar sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyoyi tare da Bankin Duniya da Asusun Ba da Lamuni na Duniya. A tsakanin 1988 zuwa 1996, gwamnatin Mali ta sake fasalin manyan kamfanonin gwamnati. Tun daga yarjejeniyar, kamfanoni goma sha shida sun zama masu zaman kansu, 12 sun zama masu zaman kansu, kuma 20 sun rushe. A shekara ta 2005, gwamnatin Mali ta ba da kamfanin jirgin kasa ga Savage. Ana sa ran manyan kamfanoni biyu, Societé de Telecommunications du Mali (SOTELMA) da Kamfanin Cotton Ginning (CMDT), za a yi masu zaman kansu a shekara ta 2008.
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