Plaquette : Making the Senegal river navigable - IAGF 6ème session

12 Mali, a landlocked country at the heart of West Africa and w ith many borders, is th e one that stands ta gain most f rom t his navigation project, since the river w ill provide an international corridor ta the sea via Saint-Lou is. The port of Saint-Louis, combined with that of Dakar and Nouakchott will permit developing the economy of the count ry and t he hint erland up ta Burkina-Faso, another landlocked country. Furthermore, combined w ith the othe r modes of transport planned in SITRAM (cf. part 2. 1),t hisproject wi ll permit organising a competitive transport system to provide an alternative to road transport. However, sa far, th is orientation of the OMVS's infr astru ctu re programme has not been studied in-dept h. Regarding OMVS's policy of shared basin management , the economic opt ions decided first focused on energy and agricultu re. Navigation has now not only become an economic prior ity, but also a political and social one.