THE WORLD-BANK AND URBAN POLICIES - THE C ASE OF BAMAKO, MALI

This article first presents the three general approaches which have ch aracterized the intervention of the World Bank in housing and urban se rvices since the 1970's: the Urban Projects, the Institutional Reinfor cement and the Urban Productivity Improvement. Then, it underlines tha t, after some rather poor results from 1960 to 1980, the public action s in housing and urban equipments in Bamako, capital of Mali, have bee n marked, since the beginning of the 1980's, by the preponderant influ ence of the World Bank whose three general approaches shape the urban policies of the Malian government.