Bilateral Assistance
Fact Sheet
U.S. Foreign Assistance to Mali
The November 2006 signing of a Millennium Challenge Account compact with Mali made the U.S. the largest bilateral donor to Mali. The five year $461 million compact entered into force in September 2007 and includes a $234 million irrigation project north of Segou, a $184 million airport renovation project, and a $43 million for program management, monitoring and evaluation.
USAID/Mali has an FY 2008 budget of $ 65 million, which is divided between the health ($30 M), education ($17M), governance and communications ($7M), and economic growth ($11M) sectors. These numbers reflect significant increases for this year which came in the form of $15M in PMI, $9M in TSCTP, and an $8M plus up in education funds.
The Department of State provides approximately $50,000 each year in small Public Diplomacy and Self Help grants. This number was significantly increased in 2007 with the provision of $350,000 in TSCTP PD funds which we plan to spend over the span of 2 -3 years. Other sources of direct funding include the Ambassador’s Cultural Preservation Fund which recently provided $57,000 in support of cultural preservation in Mali.
Major security cooperation efforts include $285,000 in International Military Education and Training (IMET) programs and additional funding for African Contingency Operations Assistance (ACOTA), AFRICOM Humanitarian Assistance (HA) programs, the Counter-terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP), DOD HIV-AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP), and quarterly bilateral military training and exercises. A Military Information Support Team (MIST) provides close to $1 million in extra public outreach funds that are currently focused on radio programming and training.
Mali is host to one of the largest Peace Corps programs in Africa, with an annual budget of $3.2 million. On average, 150 Peace Corps volunteers are in country working on health, sanitation, water conservation and economic development.
In FY07, NIH funding exceeded USD 3.2 million. These funds provide vital training opportunities for Malian medical students and researchers, and support important vaccine research.