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Opinion piece criticises public spending in Mauritania

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The article denounces increased Mauritanian public spending on infrastructure and several priority sectors. It presents this increase as a paradox amid the country’s persistent lag, without providing figures or announcing any new decision.

In an opinion piece published by Kassataya, the author criticises the gap between increased public spending in Mauritania and the results achieved in priority sectors. The article cites budgets for infrastructure, education, agriculture, health, sanitation and water, which it says have reached record levels.

The piece places this criticism in the context of modernisation projects in Nouakchott, accelerated by Mauritanian Prime Minister Moctar Ould Diay. It describes a country that, according to its author, remains behind despite increased state spending.

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