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=**Africa Country Research**= In doing your research visit both of the following two websites to obtain information about your country:

[|http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_region.php?contid=1&] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

storyboard3.10 //note:// bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited || //male:// 113.41 deaths/1,000 live births //female:// 93.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) || //female:// 51.94 years (2008 est.) ||
 * Name of country || mali ||
 * Population size || 12,324,029 (July 2008 est.) ||
 * Per capita GDP || $1,200 (2008 est.) ||
 * Main exports || cotton, gold and livestock ||
 * Main imports || petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles ||
 * Resources || gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower
 * Main ethnic groups || Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5% ||
 * Primary religions || Muslim 90%, Christian 1%, indigenous beliefs 9% ||
 * Unemployment rate ||  ||
 * Infant mortality rate || //total:// 103.83 deaths/1,000 live births
 * Life expectancy || //male:// 48 years
 * Literacy rate || 33% (male); 16% (female) ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) ||  ||

After you fill out this form about the country you are researching, write a paragraph summarizing your findings about this country. Draw a conclusion as to whether this country is in need of economic (or other) assistance. Paragraph The country Mali is a very large country with a poupulation of about 12,000,000 people. The country doesn't have a very high life expectancy rate. It's about 48 years for men and 51 years for women. The country has many resuorces such as gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower. Mali is a country that had a per capita GDP of about $1,200 when the per capita is estimated around $41,000 dollars. This country is in need of help from organizations such as USAID and so much more.

1. How long has the organization been in existence? It has been in exhistance since November 3, 1961.

2. Who founded it? John F.Kennedy founded the USAID

3. Where is it headquartered? USAID is headquartered in Washington D.C.

4. What is its purpose? The purpose of USAID is to support economic growth, argicultural trade, global health, and to provide school and healthcare for children.

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? The USAID takes place all around the world. some of the areas that it consist of is Africa,Asia,Latin America, and Europe.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? the problems that it is adderessing is economic growth, argicultural trade, global health, and to provide school and healthcare for children.

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? the USAID provides aid to 47 countries in Africa.

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts?

9. What is your organization's budget?

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)?

11. Have the reviews of your organization's efforts been favorable or critical, i.e., what kind of a "report card" has it been getting?

12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?"

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile?

Yes I do. I also believe that any other organization is worthwhile giving too.