Burkina Faso: Sixth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria and Augmentation of Access

Publication Date:

October 19, 2006

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

Performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility-supported program has been good. All quantitative performance criteria have been met. The economy has coped well with unfavorable external price developments. A substantial reform of the mechanism for determining cotton producer prices is under way. The proposed new producer price mechanism for cotton is an improvement over the previous system. The maintenance of the fuel pricing mechanism, which ensures full pass-through of changes in world oil prices, and steps to privatize the state-owned telecommunication company are major accomplishments.

Series:

Country Report No. 2006/359

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

October 19, 2006

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451803907/1934-7685

Stock No:

1BFAEA2006004

Pages:

103

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