The World Bank is allocating $30 million to Mali to open up the regions of Sikasso and Koulikoro. The documents that govern the agreement were signed by the Malian Minister of Economy and Finance, Alousséni Sanou, and the director of operations of the World Bank in Mali, Clara Ana De Sousa.

Cooperation between Mali and the World Bank, altered since May (following the dismissal of those responsible for the transition) is resuming with the financing of a development project. The $30 million financing agreement will make it possible to carry out road works to improve accessibility for rural populations in the regions of Sikasso and Koulikoro in the south. The funds will cover development work on 1,700 km of rural tracks to “open up 650,000 people and facilitate access to 500 schools and health centres”. Similarly, this envelope will be used to build 263 socio-economic infrastructures along these axes. In this case classrooms, community health centers, water supplies, etc. All the works are scheduled for delivery in June 2023.

Bamako receives 3 other financings, bringing the cumulative amount to $237 million from the World Bank. The first agreement, in the amount of $52.5 million, is additional support to "finance operational costs for vaccination and the expanded vaccination program through the acquisition of equipment to strengthen the cold chain and of incinerators”. The second ^concerns the Community Recovery and Stabilization Project in the Sahel, which benefits from a $100 million facility. The third financing of $55 million relates to the Regional Electricity Access and Battery Energy Storage Project (BEST).