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This is not an easy question to answer quickly as there are many factors. For one, the country has few resources, poor soil, and is susceptible to droughts and desertification. It has little manufacturing or infrastructure as that was not encouraged during colonial times. 90% of the population is engaged in a life of subsistence farming/herding with very little mechnization.

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