
Mauritania
Mauritania is a multiethnic and multicultural country where the Maghreb region and Sub-Saharan Africa meet. Despite sustained growth in recent years, it is ranked among the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and faces many challenges. Social and territorial cohesion is one of AFD’s main concerns.

Students of the Arafatt high school, Nouakchott, Mauritania © Youness Med Dowgui / AFD
AFD AND MAURITANIA: STRENGTHENING ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES AND SUPPORTING EDUCATION

- Promoting education, training and employment
- Faciltating access to essential services
- Supporting local and rural development
- Supporting sustainable development
- Keeping alive women who give life
Promoting education, training and employment
Faciltating access to essential services
Supporting local and rural development
Supporting sustainable development
Keeping alive women who give life
45.7
million euros committed in 2019
40
years operating in Mauritania
22
projects in progress
Mauritania is a multiethnic country. At the crossroads between the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa, its population is characterized by great gaps in wealth and social status. Despite its rather low population growth, the country remains ranked among the least developed countries (LDCs) of the planet and must rebalance its development.
Because of lower market prices for the minerals Mauritania mines, the country must turn to a more sustainable and job-creating development model, and to better sharing of wealth.
Present in the country since 1978, AFD is an important partner both for local and national authorities and for private operators in the country.
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