Services
At the beginning of the 21st century, some two-fifths of the labour force was employed in the services sector. Owing in part to Mauritania’s natural and cultural wealth—some of its most important sites (the Banc d’Arguin National Park and the historic cities of Tîchît, Chingueṭṭi, Ouadâne, and Oualâta) have been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list—the country…