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The economy of Mauritania is still largely based on agriculture, slave labour and livestock, even though most of the nomads and many subsistence farmers were forced into the cities by recurring droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Train carrying iron ore. Mauritania has extensive deposits of iron ore, which account for almost 50% of total exports ...
Despite an abundance of natural resources, including iron ore and petroleum, Mauritania remains poor; its economy is based primarily on agriculture, livestock, and fishing. Mauritania is culturally and politically part of the Arab world; it is a member of the Arab League and Arabic is the official language.
Located in the Sahelian and Saharan zones, Mauritania has one of the poorest agricultural bases in West Africa. Most important to the rural economy has been the livestock subsector. Between 1975 and 1980, herding engaged up to 70 percent of the population, and sedentary farmers constituted about 20 percent of the population. The vast majority ...
PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem, but has its own drawbacks; it does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than nominal GDP. [4] On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures. [5]
The National Agency for Statistics, Demographic and Economic Analysis (Arabic: الوكالة الوطنية للإحصاء والتحليل الديموغرافي والاقتصادي, French: Agence Nationale de la Statistique, de l'Analyse Démographique et Economique), abbreviated ANSADE, is the national statistics service of Mauritania, dependant on the Minister of Economy and Sustainable ...
Economic history of Mauritania (2 C) I. Industry in Mauritania (5 C) Infrastructure in Mauritania (2 C) M. Labor disputes in Mauritania (1 P) S. Science and ...
Despite an abundance of natural resources, including iron ore and petroleum, Mauritania remains poor; its economy is based primarily on agriculture, livestock, and fishing. Mauritania is culturally and politically part of the Arab world; it is a member of the Arab League and Arabic is the official language.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mauritania: Mauritania – sovereign country located in West Africa. [1] Mauritania is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on ...