## _cr07320 ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [_cr07320](https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/_cr07320.pdf) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/_cr07320.pdf.md) - [Structured JSON version](/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/_cr07320.pdf.json) --- ### Introduction — purpose and methodology - PRSP prepared in 2000 and revised in 2003 remains the frame of reference; 2005 PAP operationalizes the PRSP. - 2005 PAP review objectives: - Strengthen dialogue between the government and development partners. - Collectively assess progress in implementing poverty reduction initiatives. - Propose adjustment measures to improve results in the field. - Main stages in preparing the 2005 PAP review report: - Ministerial Steering and Monitoring Committee meeting (February 16, 2006). - Regional methodology meeting with Governors (February 23, 2006). - Methodology meetings with directors of research and planning. - Sectoral and thematic commissions (CST) meetings and CST reports. - Scope of the PAP review report: - I. Review of vision, national priorities, main objectives, strategic pillars. - II. Status of implementation of the 2005 PAP. - III. Lessons learned and outlook for 2006–08. ### 1.1 Review of Burkina Faso’s long-term development vision — objectives, priorities, financing - Long-term quantitative PRSP objectives: - Reduce incidence of poverty from 46.4 percent in 2003 to less than 35 percent by 2015. - Increase GDP per capita by at least 4 percent per year from 2004 onward. - Increase life expectancy to at least 60 years by 2015. - 2005–07 PAP targets: - By 2007 overall poverty rate target: 43.3 percent; rural 48.1 percent; urban 16.6 percent. - 2005 targets: overall 43.7 percent; rural 48.1 percent; urban 17.9 percent. - Four strategic pillars: - Pillar 1: Acceleration of equity-based growth. - Pillar 2: Improved access for the poor to basic social services and welfare. - Pillar 3: Broadening job and income opportunities for the poor. - Pillar 4: Promotion of good governance. - Financing of the 2005 PAP: - PIP required: CFAF 410.3 billion; 2005 budget law PIP: CFAF 292.7 billion. - CFAF 289 billion appropriations acquired (70.4 percent mobilization rate); CFAF 121.3 billion (29.6 percent) yet to be mobilized. - Mobilization rate 70.4 percent virtually equal to 2004 rate of 70.3 percent. - Implementation summary (TOTAL): - Initial programming (CFAF million): 410,345.35 - Amount acquired or mobilized (CFAF million): 289,008.73 - Mobilization rate (%): 70.4 - Execution 2005 (CFAF million): 191,271.06 - Rate of execution (%): 66.2 - Source: DGEP/MEDEV. April 2006 - Note: Data on implementation of some projects was unavailable. ### Pillar-specific financing and execution highlights (selected exact figures) - Pillar 1: - Initial programming (CFAF million): 128,231.12 - Amount acquired or mobilized (CFAF million): 89,209.15 - Mobilization rate (%): 69.6 - Execution 2005 (CFAF million): 59,639.53 - Rate of execution (%): 66.8 - Pillar 2: - Initial programming (CFAF million): 128,796.17 - Amount acquired or mobilized (CFAF million): 100,198.49 - Mobilization rate (%): 77.8 - Execution 2005 (CFAF million): 68,136.91 - Rate of execution (%): 68.0 - Pillar 3: - Initial programming (CFAF million): 118,166.61 - Amount acquired or mobilized (CFAF million): 86,708.06 - Mobilization rate (%): 73.4 - Execution 2005 (CFAF million): 53,966.55 - Rate of execution (%): 62.2 - Pillar 4: - Initial programming (CFAF million): 35,151.46 - Amount acquired or mobilized (CFAF million): 12,893.03 - Mobilization rate (%): 36.7 - Execution 2005 (CFAF million): 9,538.07 - Rate of execution (%): 74.0 - Of total CFAF 289.0 billion mobilized: - Resources mobilized for social and growth sectors: 65.5 percent. - Resources mobilized for employment/revenue generation and good governance: 34.5 percent. - Financial execution: CFAF 191.3 billion disbursed; financial execution rate: 66.2 percent. - Funding concentrated on Pillar 2 and Pillar 1, representing 66.8 percent of total execution. ### 2.2 Status of implementation of Pillar 1 — macro and fiscal results (selected figures) - Macroeconomic environment and performance: - Terms of trade deterioration: 16.8 percent. - Real GDP growth: 4.6 percent in 2004; 7.1 percent in 2005 (objective: 4.7 percent). - Real GDP per capita growth: 2.2 percent in 2004; 4.6 percent in 2005. - Burkina Faso average GDP growth rate at constant prices (2000–05): 6.2 percent; WAEMU average: 2.8 percent. - Sectoral shares of GDP in 2005: - Tertiary sector: 41.9 percent of GDP. - Primary sector: 39.4 percent of GDP. - Secondary sector: 18.7 percent of GDP. - Primary sector details (2005): - Primary sector growth contribution: 3.9 percent. - Primary sector growth: 15.3 percent in 2005 versus -2.9 percent in 2004. - Cereal production in 2005: 3,649,533 metric tons. - Off-season crops production in 2005: 57,438 metric tons (2004: 27,000 metric tons). - Cereals balance sheet net surplus: 704,527 metric tons. - Cottonseed production 2005: 750,985 metric tons (increase of 16.9 percent; initial forecast: 665,000 metric tons). - Primary sector value added: CFAF 696 billion in 2005 versus CFAF 628.8 billion in 2004. - Price and monetary indicators: - Annual average consumer price inflation: 6.4 percent in 2005 versus -0.4 percent in 2004. - WAEMU maximum allowable inflation rate: 3 percent. - Government finances: - Tax ratio: 11.3 percent of GDP in 2005 (objective: 12.3 percent). - Government expenditures: 22.4 percent of GDP in 2005 versus 22.1 percent in 2004. - Social spending on poverty reduction as percent of GDP: 4.7 percent in 2003; 5.5 percent in 2005. - Total budgetary assistance on December 31, 2005: CFAF 93.05 billion (99.1 percent of the total programmed amount). - Budget deficit (including grants): equivalent to 5.4 percent of GDP in 2005. - Debt management (end-December 2005): - Outstanding government debt: CFAF 1,231.8 billion (CFAF 1,072.8 billion in 2004). - External debt: 92 percent (1,131 billion). - Domestic debt: 8 percent (100.6 billion). - Ratio of outstanding debt to GDP: 41.3 percent. - External debt service: 11.6 percent of exports in 2005 (17.1 percent in 2004). - Balance of payments: - Trade deficit: 2004: minus CFAF 244.7 billion; 2005: minus CFAF 252.9 billion. - External current account deficit (including transfers): 2004: 13.2 percent of GDP; 2005: 11.3 percent of GDP. - International reserves: 5.4 months of imports in 2005. ### Poverty impact and social indicators (selected exact figures) - PAMS simulations — incidence of poverty (P0): - 2003 Reference/Source INSD: 46.4. - 2004 Estimated: 46.0. - 2005 Estimated: 42.4. - Incidence by residence: - Rural poverty (P0): 2003 50.4; 2004 50.6; 2005 46.7. - Urban poverty (P0): 2003 21.5; 2004 18.0; 2005 16.8. - Depth and severity: - Depth of poverty (P1): 2003 14.2; 2004 14.2; 2005 12.8. - Severity of poverty (P2): 2003 6.2; 2004 6.3; 2005 5.7. - Social access and services: - Literacy rate for population over 15 years: 34 percent (38.9 percent for men; 29 percent for women). - Projection: national goal of 40 percent likely attained by 2010; projected rate for 2010 is 41.2 percent. - Healthcare satisfaction: 77.2 percent of the population satisfied with available medical services. - 36.9 percent of households must travel an average of one hour to reach the nearest healthcare establishment. ### Pillar 2 — access to basic social services and welfare (selected outputs and challenges) - PIP execution and subprogram performance: - Pillar 2 execution rate: 68 percent (projected CFAF 128.8 billion; mobilized CFAF 100.2 billion; spent CFAF 68.1 billion). - Subprogram execution rates: - Healthcare/nutrition: 88.9 percent. - Safe water and sanitation: 87 percent. - Welfare services: 80.1 percent. - Basic education: ~47.2 percent (investment expenditures: CFAF 22.5 billion). - Pooled PDDEB resources: execution rate 5.7 percent. - Subprogram to improve income and working conditions of women: execution rate 39.6 percent; expenditures CFAF 345 million. - Notable outputs: - Safe water: 1,890 boreholes dug (objective: 1,000). - Education: increases in gross enrollment ratio and primary school completion rate. - Main challenges: low efficiency of education expenditure; need for better monitoring of expenditures; strengthen responsible ministries and deconcentrated administration; more accountable communities and supervisory mechanisms. ### Pillar 3 — jobs and income-generation (selected outputs and figures) - Pillar 3 mobilized CFAF 86.7 billion; disbursed CFAF 54 billion; execution rate 62.2 percent. - Subprogram specifics: - Improved access to rural areas (road infrastructures): CFAF 83.7 billion mobilized; execution rate 61.7 percent. - Development of cattle raising: CFAF 2.12 billion mobilized; execution rate 71.6 percent. - Development of rural roads: CFAF 705 million spent; execution rate 19.4 percent. - Expansion of managed natural forests: 142 million mobilized and fully spent (100 percent). - Agricultural production outcomes (2005): - Record cereal production of over 3.6 million metric tons in 2005 (3,649,533 metric tons reported elsewhere). - Cereal surplus evaluated at 704,527 metric tons for 2005. - Seed cotton: 750,985 metric tons. - Hydro-agricultural and irrigation activities (2005): - Completion of around a dozen dams; start of construction of around forty dams expected to mobilize 140 million m3 and irrigate 3,000 ha. - Provision to producers of 346 motor pumps, 49 metric tons of seed, 954 metric tons of fertilizer, 826 pedal pumps and 14 power tillers. - Job creation through involvement of more than 105,370 people, including 36,879 women in small-scale irrigation activities. ### Pillar 4 — promotion of good governance (selected actions and status) - National policy on good governance adopted for 2005–15 by decree No. 2005-459/PRES/PM/MFPRE/MFB of August 31, 2005. - Decree No. 2005-656/PRES/PM/MFPRE/MEDEV of December 30, 2005 established steering mechanism. - Political governance: - Around fifty private press companies received government subsidies amounting to CFAF 150 million. - Judicial reform: two draft texts for establishment of a Jurisdiction Court and four regional courts/TGIs in process. - Recruitment and training outputs: 30 magistrates; 250 prison officers; other staff recruited/trained. - Administrative governance: - SIGASPE rolled out to 22 ministries and institutions. - CID overhaul, SIMP procurement system specifications finalized; computerization efforts in progress. - Economic governance: - Publication of public procurement tender results initiated. - National anti-corruption policy in process of finalization. - Local governance and decentralization: - General code on local governments (CGCT) adopted by National Assembly (December 2004). - Draft law defining resources and expenditures of local governments and decree establishing financial system prepared; transfer of powers and resources delayed. ### Implementation challenges and cross-cutting recommendations (explicit and implicit) - Low absorption/execution of financial resources; corrective measures required: - Improve monitoring of project and program implementation. - Better project planning and selection. - Regular oversight of project management. - Adherence to project start-up schedules. - Improvement of government procurement procedures and computerization. - Strengthening technical capacities of project managers and sectoral staff. - Monitoring/assessment weaknesses: - Statistical capacity constraints; delays in CWIQ data analysis affected indicator updates. - Need for sectoral MTEFs and tighter integration of PAP-PRSP with budget preparation. ### 4.2 Outlook for 2006–08 — Baseline and Worst-case scenarios (selected exact figures) Baseline scenario — macro and poverty targets - Poverty incidence target: drop from 46.4 percent in 2003 to 39.9 percent in 2008 (average annual reduction ~1.1 points). - Average annual economic growth about 7 percent over 2006–08. - Sector average annual growth: - Primary: 4.2 percent. - Secondary: 8.8 percent. - Tertiary: 8.9 percent. - Average GDP per capita improvement: about 4.5 percent. - Cotton production projections: - Projected cotton production in 2006: 799,500 metric tons (2005: 750,975 metric tons). - Inflation forecast: rise in overall prices around 2 percent on average over 2006–08; for 2006 overall price increase estimated at 3.6 percent; oil price assumption for 2006: around US$45.00 a barrel. - Financing needs and gap (2006–08): - Total resources needed to implement PRSP over 2006–08: CFAF 2,007.3 billion (program costs CFAF 2,416.2 billion). - Public investment financing over 2006–08: CFAF 1,246.8 billion (average CFAF 415.6 billion per year). - External financing: CFAF 658.8 billion (52.8 percent). - Government budget financing: CFAF 588 billion (47.2 percent). - Financing gap over the period: CFAF 132.3 billion (average CFAF 44.1 billion per year). - HIPC Initiative resources estimated: CFAF 71.3 billion. - Residual funding requirements after HIPC: CFAF 61 billion (CFAF 20.3 billion per year). Worst-case scenario — macro indicators and financing gap - Assumptions: reduced crop production, cotton price drop, petroleum price increase to around US$55 a barrel. - Selected macro indicators (worst-case): - Real GDP growth (%): 2006: 4.7; 2007: 4.2; 2008: 5.0. - Inflation rate (%): 2006: 2.9; 2007: 2.8; 2008: 2.6. - Budget deficit, including grants (% of GDP): 2006: 4.9; 2007: 5.7; 2008: 6.5. - Current account deficit, including transfers (% of GDP): 2006: 9.8; 2007: 10.3; 2008: 11.4. - Change in overall incidence of poverty (%): 2006: 43.0; 2007: 43.4; 2008: 43.9. - Financing gap (worst-case) over 2006–08: - Resources needed: CFAF 1,865.8 billion (program cost CFAF 2,425.6 billion). - Financing gap over the period: CFAF 273.9 billion (average CFAF 91.3 billion per year). - HIPC funds: CFAF 71.3 billion. - Residual financing needed after HIPC: CFAF 202.6 billion (CFAF 67.5 billion per year). ### 4.2.2 Economic policy measures (main thrust — selected actions) - Strengthening of budget management and MTEF use; establishment of sectoral MTEFs within priority ministries. - Tax and customs measures: - Continued modernization of tax administration; implementation of revised single financial identification number (IFU); DGE tax audits of 60 large enterprises. - Continue installing fully functional ASYCUDA++ and enhance interconnectedness of General Customs Directorate departments. - Public expenditure management improvements: - Implement CPAR action plan; computerize public procurement (SIMP); improve public procurement oversight (IGF on-site audits increased: 24 in 2005). - Effectiveness of public investments: - Enhance project selection to reflect growth, job creation, and poverty reduction objectives. - Liberalization/privatization: - Continue privatization program (nine enterprises listed including SONABEL, ONATEL, ONEA). - Business climate and private sector measures: - Make one-stop window fully operational and transfer to Burkina Faso Enterprise Office (CEFORE operations launched January 9, 2006; average processing time seven working days). - Revise Investment Code by end-2006 and extend IFU to all taxpayers. - Energy sector priorities: - Adopt legal and regulatory framework; national electrification plan; Electrification Development Fund contracts (CFAF 2.4 billion signed to bring electricity to 13 communities). ### Monitoring, indicators, and implementation readiness (selected monitoring figures) - ANNEX I monitoring indicators (selected exact values, 2005 provisional levels where reported): - Gross primary school enrollment rate: 2005 Level = 60.2 percent. - Gross primary school enrollment rate, Girls: 2005 Level = 54.5 percent. - Primary school completion rate: 2005 Level = 34.9 percent. - Adult literacy rate: 2005 Level = 30.5 percent (Provisional results 2005). - Real GDP growth: 2005 Level = 7.1 percent. - Average annual inflation rate: 2005 Level = 6.4 percent. - Fiscal balance (commitment basis, including grants) as percentage of GDP: 2005 Level = -3.2 percent. - Taxation rate: 2005 Level = 11.3 percent. - Proportion of AIDS patients under ARV treatment: 2005 Level = 33.9 percent. - DTC3 vaccination coverage: 2005 Level = 96.29 percent. - Rate of budget execution in priority ministries: 2005 Level = 75 percent. - Time required to complete procedures for setting up businesses: 2005 Level = 7 days. - Number of administrative procedures for setting up businesses: 2005 Level = 4. ### Implementation status summary and key capacity gaps (Annex II highlights) - Organizational audits and capacity building: - Audits of DGB, DCCF, DGCOOP, DGI in progress; DRH audit completed. - DMFAS and external financing monitoring: project work group began work in October 2005; more than 60 percent of external financing entered in DMFAS by end-2005. - Procurement and oversight: - CPAR action plan adopted; national committee (CNCS) to supervise action plan implementation. - Inspectorate-General of Finance conducted 24 procurement audits in 2005 (versus 15 in 2004). - Computerization and systems: - CID revision in progress; specifications for SIMP finalized; SIGASPE strengthening and rollout to ministries ongoing. - Decentralization: - Decree establishing the financial and accounting system for local governments and draft law on revenue/expenditure of local governments under preparation; CICL accounting software implemented in 10 accounting units. - Key unfinished reforms and constraints: - Low mobilization/execution rates for some programs (notably Pillar 4 mobilization rate 36.7 percent). - Delays in tax census and full deployment of IFU across all taxpayers. - Need for improved statistical timetables and timely availability of CWIQ and census results (initial results of general population and housing census expected June 2007; agriculture census scheduled 2007 results 2008; Fourth EDS in 2008 results March 2009). *Source: _cr07320 - Introduction; 1.1 Review of the vision for Burkina Faso’s long-term development; 2.2 Status of implementation of Pillar 1; Pillars 2–4 implementation; 4.2 Outlook for 2006–08; Annex I; Annex II (2005 PAP review report).* ### Introduction............................................................................................................ ### Introduction ### Background and justification - The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) prepared in 2000 and revised in 2003 continues to be the frame of reference for development actors. - The Priority Action Program (PAP) makes the PRSP operational and increases the visibility of public policies in the area of poverty reduction. - As part of the sixth PRSP review, the government and the development partners agreed to review the consolidated report on implementation of the 2005 PAP. - The 2005 PAP review is intended to: - Strengthen dialogue between the government and development partners. - Collectively assess progress in implementing poverty reduction initiatives. - Propose adjustment measures to improve results in the field. - The 2005 PAP review report also serves as a budgetary support mechanism because it facilitates the assessment of policy measures and outcome indicators. - Conducting the sixth review in a timely manner is intended to give the government another opportunity to emphasize its firm commitment to reinforcing the general framework for the organization of budgetary assistance in support of PRSP implementation. ### Methodology followed to prepare the report - Main stages in preparation of the 2005 PAP review report: - Meeting of the Ministerial Steering and Monitoring Committee, held on February 16, 2006 and chaired by the Prime Minister, the Head of Government, launched the process and the implementation of the activities contained in the guidelines. - Regional report preparation process, which began with the methodology meeting held with the region’s Governors on February 23, 2006. - Methodology meetings held with the directors of research and planning, in which information on PAP implementation was compiled for the discussions of the sectoral and thematic commissions (CST). - CST meetings, in accordance with the tasks set forth in the guidelines. - Preparation of CST reports based on their work. - Preparation of the review report based on the work of the CSTs. ### Scope and focus of the PAP review report - The PAP review report focuses on: - I. Review of the vision for development, national priorities, main objectives, and strategic pillars. - II. Status of implementation of the 2005 PAP. - III. Lessons learned and outlook for 2006–08. *Source: _cr07320 - Introduction (2005 PAP review report).* ### 1.1 Review of the vision for Burkina Faso’s long-term development ### 1.1 Review of the vision for Burkina Faso’s long-term development ### Long-term vision and strategic orientation - Poverty reduction is a long-term strategic objective requiring a future-oriented stance. - 1995: Government outlined long-term development vision in the Letter of Intent on a Sustainable Human Development Policy, centering on the concept of human security (economic, health, food, environmental, individual, and political security). - PRSP (2000, revised 2003) builds on the Letter and interim results of the national study “Burkina 2025,” emphasizing the urgency of addressing poverty from a structural perspective and the role of regional integration in enabling fuller participation in globalization. - Core strategic requirements: - Pursue highly effective macroeconomic policies to achieve strong, sustainable, and better distributed growth. - Increase and enhance the quality of government expenditure to expedite human capital development. - Strengthen decentralization and modernize public administration. ### Quantitative medium-term development objectives (PRSP) - Major objectives: - Reduce the incidence of poverty from 46.4 percent in 2003 to less than 35 percent by 2015. - Increase GDP per capita by at least 4 percent per year from 2004 onward. - Increase life expectancy to at least 60 years by 2015. - These objectives are consistent with the Millennium Development Goals and NEPAD. ### National priority sectors - Designated priorities: education and basic health, safe water and rural development (including food security and improved access to remote areas), HIV/AIDS prevention, environment and quality of life (desertification, sanitation, rural electrification), public safety, small and medium-sized enterprises and industries and small-scale mining, capacity building (including promotion of information and communication technologies (ICTs)). - Synergy among these sectors is expected to significantly support anti-poverty efforts. ### 2005–07 Priority Action Program (PAP): objectives and strategic pillars - PAP aim by 2007: reduce overall poverty rate to 43.3 percent, with rural and urban poverty rates of 48.1 percent and 16.6 percent, respectively. - Targets for 2005: 43.7 percent (overall), 48.1 percent (rural), 17.9 percent (urban). - Intermediate objectives: - Improve fundamentals and competitiveness of the economy and business climate. - Enhance efficiency of social expenditure to expand access to basic social services and welfare. - Create jobs and income for the poor to reduce rural poverty. - Accelerate decentralization and increase efficiency and transparency of fiscal management to promote strong growth with equity. - Four strategic pillars: - Pillar 1: Acceleration of equity-based growth (macroeconomic consolidation/stability, competitiveness, support for productive sectors). - Pillar 2: Improved access for the poor to basic social services and welfare (education, healthcare/nutrition including HIV/AIDS prevention, safe water and sanitation, housing and welfare). - Pillar 3: Broadening job and income-generating opportunities for the poor (reduce agricultural vulnerability; access to land; diversify plant/animal/forest/fish products; support producer organizations; promote employment/vocational training; improve rural access). - Pillar 4: Promotion of good governance (political, administrative, economic, and local governance). ### Financing of the 2005 PAP - Public Investment Program (PIP) required: CFAF 410.3 billion; 2005 budget law PIP: CFAF 292.7 billion. - Financing mobilization: - CFAF 289 billion in appropriations acquired (70.4 percent mobilization rate). - CFAF 121.3 billion (29.6 percent) yet to be mobilized. - Mobilization rate of 70.4 percent virtually equal to 2004 rate of 70.3 percent. ### Implementation results for the PIP of the 2005 PAP (summary table data) - Pillar 1: - Initial programming (CFAF million): 128,231.12 - Amount acquired or mobilized (CFAF million): 89,209.15 - Mobilization rate (%): 69.6 - Execution 2005 (CFAF million): 59,639.53 - Rate of execution (%): 66.8 - Pillar 2: - Initial programming (CFAF million): 128,796.17 - Amount acquired or mobilized (CFAF million): 100,198.49 - Mobilization rate (%): 77.8 - Execution 2005 (CFAF million): 68,136.91 - Rate of execution (%): 68.0 - Pillar 3: - Initial programming (CFAF million): 118,166.61 - Amount acquired or mobilized (CFAF million): 86,708.06 - Mobilization rate (%): 73.4 - Execution 2005 (CFAF million): 53,966.55 - Rate of execution (%): 62.2 - Pillar 4: - Initial programming (CFAF million): 35,151.46 - Amount acquired or mobilized (CFAF million): 12,893.03 - Mobilization rate (%): 36.7 - Execution 2005 (CFAF million): 9,538.07 - Rate of execution (%): 74.0 - TOTAL: - Initial programming (CFAF million): 410,345.35 - Amount acquired or mobilized (CFAF million): 289,008.73 - Mobilization rate (%): 70.4 - Execution 2005 (CFAF million): 191,271.06 - Rate of execution (%): 66.2 - Source: DGEP/MEDEV. April 2006 - Note: Data on the implementation of some projects was unavailable. ### Financing breakdown and emphasis - Of total CFAF 289.0 billion mobilized: - Resources mobilized for social and growth sectors: 65.5 percent. - Resources mobilized for employment/revenue generation and good governance: 34.5 percent. - Pillar 4 recorded lowest mobilization rate: 36.7 percent. - Financial execution: CFAF 191.3 billion disbursed; financial execution rate: 66.2 percent. - Funding concentrated on Pillar 2 and Pillar 1, representing 66.8 percent of total execution. ### Pillar-specific implementation highlights and key figures - Pillar 1: Accelerate equity-based growth - Programmed: CFAF 128.2 billion; mobilized: CFAF 89.2 billion; disbursed: CFAF 59.63 billion; execution rate: 66.8 percent (exceeded 2004: 65.8 percent). - Major objectives accounting for >93 percent of disbursements: - Boost competitiveness and reduce cost of production factors: CFAF 1.6 billion spent; execution rate: 94.3 percent. PACDE and rural metal construction enterprises: execution rates 100 percent. - Increase agricultural production: programmed CFAF 97.12 billion; mobilized CFAF 86.4 billion; spent CFAF 56.2 billion; execution rate: 61.5 percent. - Support for rural advancement: more than 100 percent, or 28.2 billion, mobilized; execution rate: 63 percent. - Activities aimed at increasing agricultural production and marketing: programmed CFAF 15.8 billion; mobilized 18.2 billion; disbursed 15.2 billion; execution rate: 83.4 percent. - Increase pluviometry activities: mobilized 1.4 billion of projected 1.6 billion and fully spent (100 percent). - Promotion of Burkinabè culture: 884.8 million spent; execution rate: 95.1 percent; construction of BBDA headquarters and National Museum, transport acquisition and capacity-building account for ~99 percent of this component. - Overall execution: of CFAF 128.2 billion financing needs, only 46.5 percent executed. Execution rates by component range from 41.6 percent (promotion of culture) to 55.8 percent (consolidating macroeconomic stability). - Pillar 2: Guarantee access for the poor to basic social services and welfare - Projected: CFAF 128.8 billion; mobilized: CFAF 100.2 billion; spent: CFAF 68.1 billion; execution rate: 68 percent (increase of 2 percentage points over 2004). - Subprogram execution highlights: - Promoting access for the poor to healthcare services and nutrition programs: 88.9 percent execution rate. - Promoting access for the poor to safe water and sanitation: 87 percent execution rate. - Improving access for the poor to welfare services: 80.1 percent execution rate. - Improving access for the poor to basic education: execution rate ~47.2 percent; investment expenditures: CFAF 22.5 billion. - Pooled resources of the Ten-Year Plan for Basic Education Development (PDDEB): execution rate 5.7 percent (negligible); program and PDDEB management tools should be strengthened. - Subprogram to improve income and working conditions of women: execution rate 39.6 percent; expenditures: CFAF 345 million. - Notable outputs: - Health: rising indicators for CSPS operating according to staffing norms; increased rate of assisted births and vaccination coverage. - Education: increases in gross enrollment ratio and primary school completion rate. - Safe water: 1,890 boreholes dug (objective: 1,000). - Main challenges: low efficiency of education expenditure, need for better monitoring of expenditures, increased capacity for responsible ministries and deconcentrated administration, more accountable communities, and straightforward supervisory mechanisms. - Pillar 3: Broaden job and other income-generating opportunities - Mobilized: CFAF 86.7 billion; disbursed: CFAF 54 billion; execution rate: 62.2 percent. - Subprogram breakdown: - Improved access to rural areas (road infrastructures): 83.7 billion mobilized; execution rate: 61.7 percent. - Development of cattle raising: 2.12 billion mobilized; execution rate: 71.6 percent. - Development of rural roads: CFAF 705 million spent; execution rate: 19.4 percent. - Expansion of managed natural forests: 142 million mobilized and fully spent (100 percent). - Observations and needs: - Highest financial mobilization rate after Pillar 2 (73.4 percent). - Continued efforts needed in rural electrification, job creation and youth promotion, wildlife area management, village-level hunting organization, anti-desertification, improved access to financing for small and medium-sized enterprise owners. - Emphasis on market infrastructure, telecommunications, alternative energy, access to land and technologies for rural women, and reduction of rural illiteracy to increase employment and income-generation. - Pillar 4: Promote good governance - Programmed: CFAF 35.2 billion; mobilized: CFAF 12.9 billion; disbursed: CFAF 9.5 billion; execution rate: 74.0 percent (increase of 1.6 percentage points over 2004). - Subprogram execution highlights: - Judicial institutions access subprogram: zero execution rate. - National communication for development policy (political governance): 1.3 billion mobilized; execution rate: 81.5 percent. - Improvement of operational capacities of security services (political governance): 411.5 million spent; execution rate: 91.4 percent. - Local governance (construction of governorships and further decentralization): CFAF 3.9 billion mobilized; execution rate: 71.1 percent. - Economic governance: CFAF 4 billion mobilized; execution rate: 73.3 percent. - Concerns: - Low mobilization rate (36.7 percent) could adversely affect efforts to reinforce achievements. - Need to promote a more accessible and effective judicial system, improved public resource management in decentralization context, and increased grassroots and civil society participation. ### Implementation challenges and recommendations (implicit and explicit) - Overall absorption of financial resources remains relatively low and needs correction. - Required initiatives: - Improve monitoring of project and program implementation. - Better project planning and selection. - Regular oversight of project management. - Adherence to project start-up schedules. - Improvement of government procurement procedures. - Strengthening technical capacities of certain project managers. - Next general meeting of project heads intended to extract lessons and formulate recommendations to enhance project contributions to poverty reduction. *Source: _cr07320 - 1.1 Review of the vision for Burkina Faso’s long-term development* ### 2.2 Status of implementation of Pillar 1: Acceleration of equity-based growth ### 2.2 Status of implementation of Pillar 1: Acceleration of equity-based growth ### 2.2.1 Macroeconomic results — Real sector - Objective of the 2005–07 Priority Action Program (PAP): lower the global poverty rate to 43.7 percent in 2005. - Macroeconomic environment: - Terms of trade deterioration: 16.8 percent. - Real GDP growth: 4.6 percent in 2004; 7.1 percent in 2005 (objective: 4.7 percent). - Real GDP per capita growth: 2.2 percent in 2004; 4.6 percent in 2005 (increase of 2.4 percentage points). - Strong contributors to 2005 growth: cereal production (+24.7 percent) and cotton (+16.9 percent). - Comparative performance 2000–05: - Burkina Faso average GDP growth rate at constant prices: 6.2 percent. - WAEMU average: 2.8 percent. - Sectoral contributions to GDP growth in 2005: - Primary sector: 3.9 percent contribution to growth. - Secondary sector: 1.1 percent contribution to growth. - Tertiary sector: 1.8 percent contribution to growth. - Sectoral shares of GDP in 2005: - Tertiary sector: 41.9 percent of GDP. - Primary sector: 39.4 percent of GDP. - Secondary sector: 18.7 percent of GDP. - Primary sector details: - Primary sector growth: 15.3 percent in 2005 versus -2.9 percent in 2004. - Cereal production in 2005: 3,649,533 metric tons. - Off-season crops production in 2005: 57,438 metric tons (2004: 27,000 metric tons). - Cereals balance sheet net surplus: 704,527 metric tons. - Provinces with coverage rate < 90 percent: 5 (2004: 15). - Cottonseed production 2005: 750,985 metric tons (increase of 16.9 percent over previous crop year; initial forecast: 665,000 metric tons). - Livestock value added increase: 2.5 percent in 2005; contribution to growth: 0.3 percent in 2005 (2004: 0.2 percent). - Primary sector value added: CFAF 696 billion in 2005 versus CFAF 628.8 billion in 2004. - Agriculture subsector contribution in 2005: +3.3 percent. - Secondary sector details: - Value added increase: 6 percent in 2005 versus 9.8 percent in 2004. - Manufacturing growth: 3.5 percent in 2005 versus 9.9 percent in 2004; manufacturing accounts for 64.6 percent of secondary sector value added. - “Construction and public works” subsector growth: 11.5 percent in 2005 versus 8.8 percent in 2004. - Extractive industries (non-monetary gold) value added growth: 28.9 percent in 2005; gold price rise: 3.8 percent in 2005. - Tertiary sector details: - Tertiary value added growth: 4.4 percent in 2005 versus 7.6 percent in 2004. - Market services subsector growth: 3.1 percent in 2005 versus 9.7 percent in 2004. - “Transportation and telecommunications” growth: 3.1 percent in 2005 versus 16.6 percent in 2004. - Tourism subsector: vigorous growth due to increased hotel occupancy during international meetings. - Table 2 (selected figures from source): - PRIMARY SECTOR: 2001 5.42%; 2002 0.95%; 2003 4.03%; 2004 -1.1%; 2005 3.9% - Agriculture: 2001 5.46%; 2002 1.78%; 2003 2.29%; 2004 -1.5%; 2005 3.3% - Livestock: 2001 0.38%; 2002 -0.78%; 2003 1.06%; 2004 0.2%; 2005 0.3% - SECONDARY SECTOR: 2001 0.05%; 2002 2.28%; 2003 1.62%; 2004 1.7%; 2005 1.1% - Manufacturing (contribution): 2001 0.40%; 2002 1.65%; 2003 1.27%; 2004 1.2%; 2005 0.4% - TERTIARY SECTOR: 2001 1.02%; 2002 1.31%; 2003 2.41%; 2004 3.0%; 2005 1.8% - GDP (market price): 199? 6.8%; 2004 4.6%; 2003 8.0%; 2004 4.6%; 2005 7.1% - Inflation rate: 2001 4.9%; 2002 2.3%; 2003 2.0%; 2004 -0.2; 2005 6.4 - Source for table: DGEP/MEDEV, March 2006. ### Application of GDP - Total final consumption growth: slowed from 9.5 percent in 2004 to 7.7 percent in 2005. - Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF): - GFCF as percent of GDP: 19.9 percent in 2004 and 19.8 percent in 2005. - Public component of GFCF: 12.2 percent of GDP. - Private component of GFCF: 6.5 percent of GDP. ### Consumer prices - Annual average consumer price inflation: 6.4 percent in 2005 versus -0.4 percent in 2004. - WAEMU maximum allowable inflation rate: 3 percent. - HCPI components with significant variation: food products, accommodations, transportation. - Price changes noted: - “Transportation” price rise: 7.8 percent. - Increase in “Food and nonalcoholic beverages” despite falling cereal prices in the last three months of 2005. - Hydrocarbons consumption: - Total sales of hydrocarbons: 450,147 million liters in 2004; 448,120 liters in 2005 (decrease of 0.5 percent). ### Government finances - Fiscal policy: continued prudent fiscal policy; 2005 budget properly executed despite exogenous shocks. - Government revenues: - Current government revenues rose 3.9 percent between 2004 and 2005. - Tax revenues grew by 3.7 percent. - Tax ratio: 11.3 percent of GDP in 2005 (objective: 12.3 percent). - Government expenditures: 22.4 percent of GDP in 2005 versus 22.1 percent in 2004. - Investment rate: virtually unchanged (19.9 percent of GDP in 2004; 19.8 percent in 2005). - Social sector budget allocations in 2005 (excluding HIPC resources and external financing project): - Basic education and literacy: 14.6 percent. - Healthcare: 10.6 percent. - Secondary and postsecondary education and scientific research: 8.2 percent. - Ministry of Social Action: 0.9 percent. - Social spending on poverty reduction as percent of GDP: 4.7 percent in 2003; 5.5 percent in 2005. - Donor/budgetary assistance: - Total budgetary assistance on December 31, 2005: CFAF 93.05 billion (99.1 percent of the total programmed amount). - Close to 75 percent of this amount disbursed during the first three quarters of 2005. - Budget deficit (including grants): equivalent to 5.4 percent of GDP in 2005. *Source: _cr07320 - 2.2 Status of implementation of Pillar 1: Acceleration of equity-based growth* ### 4.6 percent in 2004. ### _cr07320 - 4.6 percent in 2004. ### Debt management - Objective for 2005: continue building debt management capacity to create conditions for long-term debt sustainability. - Debt management is incorporated into the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). - National Government Debt Committee reviews all new loan requests; grant component should be at least 35 percent. - DFMAS software is functional and used to monitor and assess government debt. - Outstanding government debt at end-December 2005: CFAF 1,231.8 billion (CFAF 1,072.8 billion in 2004). - External debt: 92 percent (1,131 billion). - Domestic debt: 8 percent (100.6 billion). - Multilateral debt at end-December 2005: CFAF 957.4 billion (84.6 percent of external debt). - Bank debt accounts for 65 percent of domestic debt. - Ratio of outstanding debt to GDP: 41.3 percent (WAEMU figure normally fixed at 70 percent). - External debt service: 11.6 percent of exports in 2005 (17.1 percent in 2004). - IMF and World Bank debt sustainability analysis (June 2005) based on end-2004 external debt: Burkina Faso’s debt appeared to be moving toward the completion point; persistent exogenous shocks pose a threat to debt sustainability. - MDRI actions: - IMF Executive Board approved 100 percent debt relief for all outstanding IMF-contracted debt prior to January 1, 2005. - Amount: approximately US$82 million (excluding aid remaining under the HIPC initiative). - IDA and African Development Bank (holding 67.3 percent of outstanding debt) will assess eligibility for MDRI. ### Balance of payments - 2005 overall objective: improve the country’s external position. - Trade deficit: - 2004: minus CFAF 244.7 billion. - 2005: minus CFAF 252.9 billion. - Exogenous shocks: dramatic drop in world cotton prices and sharp rise in per-barrel oil price. - Government transfers rose by +7.7 percent. - External current account deficit (including transfers): - 2004: 13.2 percent of GDP. - 2005: 11.3 percent of GDP. - Deficit was reabsorbed thanks to a large inflow of external aid. - International reserves: 5.4 months of imports in 2005 (5.0 in 2003; 6.7 in 2004). ### Monetary survey (end-December 2005 vs 2004) - Net external assets: declined by -22.6 percent. - Credit to the economy: increased by +22.7 percent. - Money stock: increased by +1.8 percent. - Net external assets contracted by CFAF 62 billion; attribution: 54 percent central bank, 46 percent deposit banks (BCEAO, February 2006). - Domestic credit increased by CFAF 91.3 billion over 2004: - Credit to the economy increased by CFAF 86 billion (vigorous activity in cotton and construction sectors). - Net government position (NGP) dropped by CFAF 4.6 billion. - Money stock grew by CFAF 10.9 billion overall: - Currency in circulation: +CFAF 12.7 billion. - Deposits: contracted by CFAF 1.8 billion. ### Key macroeconomic indicators (Table 3) - Nominal GDP (billions of CFAF): 2002 2,251.2; 2003 2,503.6; 2004 2,700.3; 2005 2,985.1. - GDP in volume (billions of CFAF): 2002 1,545.1; 2003 1,669.0; 2004 1,745.6; 2005 1,869.3. - Growth of GDP in volume (percent): 2002 4.6; 2003 8.0; 2004 4.6; 2005 7.1. - Inflation rate (percent): 2002 2.3; 2003 2.0; 2004 -0.4; 2005 6.4. - Budget deficit, including grants (percent of GDP): 2002 4.8; 2003 2.9; 2004 4.6; 2005 5.4. - Current account deficit, including transfers (percent of GDP): 2002 9.2; 2003 8.4; 2004 10.2; 2005 10.2. - Gross international reserves (in months of imports): 2002 4.5; 2003 5.0; 2004 6.7; 2005 5.4. - Change in terms of trade (percent): 2002 -17.0; 2003 -0.8; 2004 1.8; 2005 -16.8. - Change in overall incidence of poverty (percent): 2002 46.4; 2003 46.0*; 2004 42.4*. - Source: DGEP, March 2006. *PAMS simulations. ### Status of WAEMU convergence - First-level criteria (2005 results vs standards): - Ratio of budgetary balance (commitment basis), grants included, to nominal GDP: -3.2 percent (Min 0). - Average annual inflation rate (IHPC): 6.4 percent (Max 3). - Ratio of total outstanding debt to nominal GDP: 41.3 percent (Max 70). - Non-accumulation of payment arrears (internal and external): 0 (standard 0). - Only two of the four first-level criteria were met in 2005. - Second-level criteria (2005 results vs standards): - Ratio of wage bill to tax revenues: 43.2 percent (Max 35). - Ratio of public investments financed with own resources to tax revenues: 41.4 percent (Min 20) — only one of the four second-level criteria met. - Ratio of current external deficit excluding grants to nominal GDP: 11.5 percent (Max 5). - Tax ratio: 11.3 percent (Min 17). - Observations: - Budgetary balance/nominal GDP ratio worsened from -2.5 percent in 2004 to -3.2 percent in 2005. - Average annual inflation rose to 6.4 percent in 2005, exceeding WAEMU criterion of 3 percent. - Tax ratio fell from 12 percent in 2004 to 11.3 percent in 2005 (community objective: 17 percent minimum). - Need for continued efforts to meet second-level criteria and improve current account deficit (11.5 percent of GDP in 2005 vs Community objective of 5 percent maximum). ### Impact of growth on poverty reduction - PAMS simulations attribute cumulative effects of growth in 2003 (8 percent), 2004 (4.6 percent), and 2005 (7.1 percent) to poverty reduction. - Total incidence of poverty (P0): - 2003 Reference/Source INSD: 46.4. - 2004 Estimated: 46.0. - 2005 Estimated: 42.4. - Incidence of rural poverty (P0): 2003 50.4; 2004 50.6; 2005 46.7. - Incidence of urban poverty (P0): 2003 21.5; 2004 18.0; 2005 16.8. - Depth of poverty (P1): 2003 14.2; 2004 14.2; 2005 12.8. - Severity of poverty (P2): 2003 6.2; 2004 6.3; 2005 5.7. - Between 2003 and 2005: - Incidence of rural poverty fell by 3.7 points. - Incidence of urban poverty fell by 4.7 points. - Depth of poverty fell by 1.4 points. - Severity of poverty fell by 0.5 point. - Rate of income growth by socioeconomic group (selected figures): - Public sector wage earners: 2004 1.3 percent; 2005 1.4 percent. - Self-employed food crop growers: 2004 0.2 percent; 2005 5.0 percent. - Self-employed cash crop growers: cotton: 2004 3.0 percent; 2005 8.6 percent. - Paid rural family helpers: 2004 0.6 percent; 2005 2.1 percent. - Wage earners in formal private sector, nontradables: 2004 23.7 percent; 2005 -2.4 percent. - Self-employed urban workers: 2004 24.0 percent; 2005 8.8 percent. - Unpaid rural family helpers: 2004 -1.5 percent; 2005 -1.5 percent. - Non-active (rural): 2004 0.3 percent; 2005 0.3 percent. - Source: DGEP/DPAM. February 2006. ### Social indicators and access to services - EAP/CWIQ survey (INSD, Aug–Sep 2005) confirms improving social indicators. - Access to primary education for the poor: - 87.3 percent of households are less than one half-hour from the nearest primary school (versus 62.3 percent in the 2003 ECBVM). - 12.7 percent are between one half-hour and one hour’s walk (versus 23.9 percent previously). - Discrepancy by residence: urban 1.4 percent vs rural 15.8 percent for the one half-hour to one hour category. - Literacy: - Literacy rate for population over 15 years: 34 percent (38.9 percent for men; 29 percent for women). - 2003 survey result: 21.8 percent able to read and write in any language. - Increases: 12.2 points versus 2003; 19 points versus 1994. - Projection: national goal of 40 percent likely attained by 2010; projected rate for 2010 is 41.2 percent. - Noted: large disparities by place of residence, gender, and standards of living. - Healthcare access and satisfaction: - 77.2 percent of the population satisfied with available medical services. - 36.9 percent of households must travel an average of one hour to reach the nearest healthcare establishment: - Of these, 45.4 percent live in rural areas and 4.9 percent in urban areas. - Comparison: 33 percent in prior measure. *Source: _cr07320 - 4.6 percent in 2004.* ### 2003. The figures for the southwestern, Sahel, northern central, and eastern central regions ### _cr07320 - 2003. The figures for the southwestern, Sahel, northern central, and eastern central regions are above the average. ### Safe water indicators - 7.6 percent of households have a safe water point in the home. - 88.8 percent of households must walk less than one half-hour to reach a safe water point, versus 71.5 percent in 2003. - 3.4 percent of the population travel about one hour to reach a safe water point: - 4.2 percent live in rural areas. - 0.1 percent live in urban areas. - The south-central region: 10.7 percent of the population lives more than one hour away from a safe water point. ### 2.2.2 Budgetary reforms — overview - The Action Plan to Strengthen Budget Management (PRGB) is the frame of reference for programming and monitoring budgetary reforms. - Main 2005 actions covered four pillars: - the organizational and legal framework of government finance, - the formulation of the State budget, - the execution of the State budget, - supervision and accountability. ### Legal and organizational framework of government finances - On April 1, 2005, the Council of Ministers adopted the main enabling texts of Law 006/2003/AN of January 24, 2003 on the Budget Law, consisting of decrees containing: - (i) the general regulations on government accounting (RGCP); - (ii) the rules governing government accountants; - (iii) the rules for government payment authorizing officers and appropriations managers; - (iv) the method for monitoring the financial operations of the State and other government agencies. - Organizational audit recommendations for the General Directorate of the Treasury and Public Accounting (DGTCP) continued to be implemented. - Report on the Directorate of Human Resources Directorate (DRH) is available. - Audits of the Central Government Financial Control Office (DCCF) and the General Directorate of Cooperation (DGCOOP) are mostly underway; results could be available in the first quarter of 2006 if timetables are respected. - Audit of the General Directorate of the Budget (DGB) delayed by a procurement appeal (CRAL); consultants are performing audits over a period of two months after delays were overcome. - Creation of a national committee as part of the second Country Procurement Assessment Review (CPAR) to coordinate and monitor government procurement reform; CPAR and a 2004 procurement audit were carried out in 2005 and an action plan was developed for government approval. - ENAREF in-service training: a set of 17 modules covering budget management, taxation, insurance, financial management of communities, and human resources management. - Rehabilitation of records of the MFB and the MEDEV postponed from 2005 to 2006. ### Budget formulation - The 2005 budget law, based on the 2005–07 MTEF, aimed to ensure optimal financing for the Priority Action Program (PAP) of the PRSP by improving revenue collection and controlling spending. - Budgetary assistance disbursements in 2005 were made primarily within the budget cycle, supported by members of the Framework for Budget Support to the PRSP (CGAB-PRSP). - Expenditure projections aimed to cover financing requirements under the PAP-PRSP while accounting for limited resources and protecting priority expenditures. - Progress in 2005: - Sectoral MTEF testing: November 2005 workshop in Bobo-Dioulasso produced a preliminary model for the sectoral MTEF at MFB; data compilation is underway. - Preparation of an MTEF manual began but lacked progress under French cooperation (PAREF); financing from the PRGB line in the 2006 PAP-PRGB is being reconsidered. - Improved recording of external financing achieved in the 2006 budget using DGCOOP statistics processing software; a summary table of commitments by CGAB-PRSP members was included in the budget law for budgetary assistance. - Fiscal Operations Table (TOFE) manual prepared in 2005 with a consultant; distribution planned in 2006. - MTEF training organized for staff of Directorate of Administration and Finance (DAF), Directorate of Administrative and Financial Services (DAF), MFB units, and the Ministry of Infrastructure. - Substantial support to MEBA to update its sectoral MTEF and to MESSRS to develop its sectoral MTEF; both working to produce an education-sector MTEF. - DGB prepared a balance sheet report in March 2005; a workshop for DAF and DEP staff held in Ouahigouya from August 24 to 26, 2005 to define program budget outlook and guidelines. - DGEP provided direct support to ministerial departments for sectoral strategies (Ministry of Economy and Development, Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity, Ministry of Culture, the Arts, and Tourism); planned support in 2006 for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation and Ministry of Youth and Employment. - DGEP prepared terms of reference and guidelines for drafting gender policy. - Activities not completed in 2005 and slated for 2006: - Completion of the Integrated Investment Projects Bank (PIB). - Preparation of a revenue forecasting model. - Define mechanism for coordinating sectoral policies and accelerate national gender policy formulation. - Formulate strategy to expand sectoral MTEF to large line ministries in 2006. ### Budget execution - 2005 budget execution managed prudently amid subregional and international uncertainties (crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, rising prices for cotton and petroleum products, drought in northern region due to locust invasions). - Government increased allocations to priority poverty reduction sectors. - Reforms and progress in 2005: - Introduction of stock accounting: - Training began July 2005 for overseeing agents. - Inventorying and coding launched in November 2005 in 43 provinces after regional awareness campaign. - Process suspended for strategy review due to higher costs and management difficulties; expected to resume by end of the first quarter in Ouagadougou, then in Bobo-Dioulasso. - Data compiled in 43 provinces are being processed using specially designed software to facilitate automatic uploading to management software under development. - End-year obligations: units in the Ministry of Finance and Budget produce general Treasury account balances, end-year Treasury accounts, and budget review laws routinely. - Government procurement: - Second analytical review (CPAR) and 2004 procurement audit performed; reports produced and action plan formulated and submitted to government. - National committee (CNCS) established in late 2004 to coordinate and monitor procurement reforms will supervise action plan implementation once adopted. - Inspectorate-General of Finance increased on-site procurement audits: 24 audits conducted in 2005 versus 15 in 2004. - Decentralization: - Two instruments adopted by the Council of Ministers on February 1, 2006: - a decree establishing the financial and accounting system applicable to local governments; - a draft law defining the revenue and expenditure of local governments in Burkina Faso. - Instruments on transfer of assets and responsibilities, and human resources, are approaching completion. - CICL accounting software implemented in 10 accounting units in 10 administrative regions; deployment continues. - The 13 governorships, newly created in 2004, allocated close to CFAF 1 billion to set up units in regional capitals. - Faster settlement of government purchases: - Ministerial order on nomenclature for supporting documents signed; implementation expected to begin in 2005. - Integrated Expenditure Circuit (CDI) review continued; new functionalities and new classifications for supporting documentation added. - Average time required to execute expenditures between verification and payment phases was 28 days in 2005, versus 29 days in 2004; Ministry goal is less than 55 days. - Payment Delay Monitoring Committee (CODEP) closely monitored expenditure execution in 2005. - Deconcentration of budget management: - Delegated appropriations for deconcentrated units of core ministries (health and basic education) implemented beginning in February 2005. - CFAF 4.8 billion was delegated in 2005. - Preliminary work to link regional budget services (SRB) of Fada N’gourma, Dori, and Diébougou undertaken to deconcentrate expenditure authorization function. - Officers of these three SRBs and local authorities received training, significantly increasing the total volume of transactions processed at regional level in 2005. - Transactions valued at CFAF 4.8 billion in 2004 and 2005. - Debt and external financing management: - Decision to use UNCTAD Debt Management and Financial Analysis System (DMFAS) as main tool for managing external financing. - Project work group set up in March 2005 but not assembled until the last quarter of 2005 due to lack of national expertise and unsuccessful bidding; WAEMU zone staff recruited and work began in October 2005. - Project work group responsibilities: - (i) adapt DMFAS to monitor external financing; - (ii) design interfaces between DMFAS and the CIE and CID software; - (iii) train DMFAS users. - Project team given necessary knowledge to install and manage DMFAS; implementation of a software monitoring/assessment mechanism expected to yield results in 2006. - In 2005, all 330 agreements for external financing in the form of loans that were distributed among projects and programs were integrated into the current DMFAS format, exceeding the projected goal of 80 percent of external financing agreements. - 56 grant agreements totaling CFAF 400 billion were entered into the system. - DGCOOP statistical tool improvements allow breakdown of external financing data by project and by recipient ministry. - Computerization and systems: - CID overhaul with new on-demand functionalities for procurement file reference numbers; equipment and network maintenance contract signed; framework agreement for revision of the master computing plan signed. - Acquisition of computing and networking equipment to boost productivity of SIGASPE (integrated civil service personnel and salary management system). - Central Public Procurement Directorate (DCMP) computerization: - Terms and conditions for establishing public procurement information system (SIMP) finalized and validated. - SIMP database content will help compile more detailed indicators over the medium term. - Capabilities for monitoring different contracts have been integrated into the CID; challenge is to execute project phases once contracts are entered into CID. ### Improving revenue collection - Significant progress was made with a number of reforms in 2005. *Italic: Source: _cr07320 - 2003. The figures for the southwestern, Sahel, northern central, and eastern central regions are above the average.* ### 2005. In the DGI, priority was given to modernizing the collection system. Thus, following ### _cr07320 - 2005. In the DGI, priority was given to modernizing the collection system. Thus, following ### Tax administration modernization and revenue collection - Creation of the Large Enterprise Division (DGE) in 2004; emphasis on computerization and deployment of the Computerized Tax Information System (SINTAX). - SINTAX implementation timeline: - Began in March 2005 for self-assessed taxes. - Extended to the collection of other types of taxes in the second quarter of 2005. - Microcomputers for training SINTAX users and deployment in the Kadiogo I tax division were acquired in June 2005. - Single Taxpayer Identification Number (IFU) adoption began in March 2005 and facilitated re-registration of all priority DGE taxpayers during 2005. - Management reporting: monthly and quarterly reports on the ten identified management indicators began in March 2005. - Tax census: tax census methodology and implementing document adopted with a provisional budget of CFAF 635 million; half of which was made available to the DGI to begin the process. - Tax audits: 60 of the 134 files scheduled were audited in 2005. - Legal and institutional work: - DGI continued drafting the General Tax Code (CGI). - National Commission on Taxation (CNF) being set up through a decree issued by the Ministry of Finance and Budget. - Transfer of management of the Simplified Tax System (RSI) completed and took effect on January 1, 2005. - Capacity building: auditors were given training to enhance their capacity to effectively monitor the activities of businesses. - Implementation status summary: - Planned reforms were initiated in their entirety. - Pending/difficult reforms include implementing a stock accounting system, adapting ASYCUDA for monitoring external financing, and conducting a census of taxpayers. ### Customs administration and IT integration - General Directorate of Customs (DGD) continued development of ASYCUDA++ software with specific deployments: - Implemented the prepayment function in main offices of Ouaga Gare, Ouaga Route, Ouaga Airport, Bingo, and Bobo Gare beginning January 1, 2005. - Implemented the credit management system at the same locations, and in Banfora Koudougou. - Work on linkup and interface between DGD software and the Statistics and Information Technology Directorate (DSI)/DGD is progressing gradually. - Cooperation with the DGI: - Ongoing discussions to improve collection and application of data by developing exchange programs with other tax administrations and partners. - A cooperation and information-sharing agreement between DGD and DGI has been signed; the agreement will address joint teams. ### Revenue outcomes and anti-fraud - The package of reforms to improve revenue collection, together with anti-fraud mechanisms developed by customs and finance administrations, helped boost government revenue yields in 2005. ### Oversight, accountability, and public procurement monitoring - Budget execution monitoring and fulfillment of end-year obligations are improving year by year; efforts made to compensate for long-standing delays in government accounting. - Inspectorate-General of Finance on-site public procurement audits: - 24 audits conducted in 2005, compared with 15 in 2004. - These audits focused on a total of CFAF 3 billion of procurement activities in 2005. - Total procurement activities in 2005 reached around CFAF 31.26 billion (this amount excludes Faso Baara agency public procurement activities). - Audit Office and end-year Treasury accounts: - 2004 end-year Treasury accounts of public accountants (senior Treasury accountant, Paymaster General, and Receiver General) were prepared and submitted to the Audit Office on July 6, 2005. - For local governments: 141 end-year Treasury accounts for 2004, out of a total 150 expected, were produced by September 30, 2005. - For Central Government Public Establishments (EPE): 43 end-year Treasury accounts for 2004 were produced by September 30, 2005. - The 2001, 2002, and 2003 end-year Treasury accounts of senior public accountants were also submitted. - Legal and institutional reform: - Recognition of the Audit Office as highest jurisdiction in financial matters informed status of its financial judges and review of Organic Law 14/AN of May 16, 2000 organizing the Audit Office. - Draft Organic Law and accompanying decree sent to the Ministry of Justice; draft law expected to be adopted by June 2006. - Budget review laws and timelines: - Draft 2004 budget review law prepared and submitted to the Audit Office on September 19, 2005, and to the National Assembly at end-August 2005 for review during the first session of 2006. - Unit price reference system update: - In August 2005, Burkinabè officials traveled to Mali to update the unit price reference system; surveys conducted with support of the National Institute of Statistics and Demographics (INSD). - An initial version of the reference values is available to better ensure reasonableness (no overbilling) of supplier unit prices. - Coordinating body for oversight entities: - First meeting organized by the General Inspectorate in August 2005; participants included senior staff of the CC, the HACCLC, the IGE, the Finance Inspectorate, technical departmental inspectorates, and the General Inspectorate of the Treasury (IGT). - First report of the coordinating body was produced during 2005 and will be officially submitted to the Head of State. - Continuing gaps: - Limited progress on some reforms, notably the legal solution for budget review laws not produced before 1992, and the review of IGE texts. - Government adopted IGF statutes through the decree organizing the Ministry of Finance and the Budget; the decree grants finance inspectors the status of civil service employees. ### Broader reforms, decentralization, and financing - National microfinance strategy adopted by decree of the Council of Ministers on November 30, 2005. - Decentralization progress: - Workshop in Tenkodogo in 2005 adopted a mechanism for transferring knowledge and resources. - Three main instruments drafted to support transfer process: - Decree establishing the financial and accounting system applicable to local governments. - Law defining the revenue and expenditure of local governments in Burkina Faso. - Draft instruments on the transfer of assets, skills, and human resources. - At end-December 2005, none of the three instruments had been adopted. - National anti-corruption strategy: draft prepared and in final stages of completion by the government. - Reform financing in 2005: - Difficulties mobilizing funds meant reforms were largely financed from the State budget. - Exceptions: World Bank’s PRCA project funded a few organizational audits; European Union supported the Technical Secretariat of the Plan to Strengthen Budget Management (PRGB) and financed the government procurement audit for the 2004 fiscal year. - In the State budget, the PRGB line had been allocated 527.25 million and had a 99 percent execution rate for both funds committed and disbursed. - Government commitment: efforts planned in 2006 to eventually implement the remaining reforms. ### Improvement of the business climate and business registration (CEFORE) - Instruments available to the private sector to reinforce capacities: (i) CEFORE; (ii) the Burkina Faso Enterprise Office; (iii) Trade Point; and (iv) Fasonorm. - CEFORE legal and operational milestones: - Decree 2005-332//PRES/PM/MCPEA/MFB/MTEJ/MJ of June 21, 2005 created Business Registration Centers (CEFORE) and defined their creation, powers and duties, organization, and functions. - CEFORE objectives and outcomes: - Reduced time to complete all legal formalities to set up a business from 21 working days to a maximum of seven. - Reduced number of procedures to start a business in Burkina Faso from eight to four. - Adopted a single form for starting a business. - Administrative arrangements: administrations appointed representatives to CEFORE management and consultation committees; committees began activities on October 6, 2005. - Staffing and materials: staff recruited; a manual on how to start a business and a sample business plan were prepared. - Ouagadougou CEFORE operations: - Began operations on January 9, 2006. - During its first month, welcomed 978 new entrepreneurs and processed 334 business registration applications. - Average processing: 15 applications per day (compared with 12 applications per day prior to creation of CEFORE). - Average time to complete all formalities for registering a business is seven working days; several procedures completed within five working days. - Business registration composition: individuals account for 75.4 percent of registrations; corporations account for 24.6 percent. - Sectoral distribution: Trade and services account for the largest number of businesses created, at 49.7 percent. *Source: _cr07320 - 2005. In the DGI, priority was given to modernizing the collection system. Thus, following (PDF).* ### 28.8 percent of all registrations, respectively. ### _cr07320 - 28.8 percent of all registrations, respectively. ### MEBF (Enterprise Center of Burkina Faso) — 2005 activities and outputs - As of December 31, 2005, the MEBF had 415 members, 30 of which had not yet been accredited by the annual meeting. - Assistance and outreach: - 737 entrepreneurs assisted in 2005; 914 entrepreneurs served since operations began in January 2004. - Organized four information meetings for economic agents and representatives of professional associations in Kaya, Tenkodogo, and Koudougou. - Supported 82 businesses and associations in file validation for identifying sources of financing, preparation of partnership documents, business trips, and flash diagnostics. - More than 50 business contacts made at trade fairs in Ouagadougou and outside Burkina Faso. - Organized three days of information and awareness-raising in Koupéla, Fada N’Gourma, and Bobo-Dioulasso (June 16–17 and July 6, 2005), attended by 11 private sector-support organizations and consulting offices. - Provided 102 individual consultations to businesses and professional groups across sectors. - Achievements and institutional developments: - Regular and exemplary functioning of involved entities, confirming MEBF’s vitality and respect for good governance principles. - Recognition of MEBF as a useful institutional tool in the private sector landscape through mission accomplishment and involvement in collaborative economic frameworks. - Establishment and reinforcement of Shared-Cost Support Fund (FSCP) activities. - Close advisor–member relationships and expansion of technical and financial partners via acceptance of European Union consultancy vouchers; new projects launched with Belgium and the International Trade Center (ITC), Geneva. - Began restoration and expansion of MEBF headquarters. - Business capacity building through the FSCP. ### Trade Point, Fasonorm, and Approved Management Center - Trade Point outputs in 2005: - Some 20 enterprises became members of the World Trade Point Federation (WTPF). - Websites hosted by Trade Point partners grew from 10 sites in 2004 to 19 sites in 2005. - Acquired Market Access Map software with ITC support as a market analysis tool. - Fasonorm: - Established a Technical Committee on Standardization for the chemical sector and two Technical Subcommittees on Standardization for cereals and oilseed crops. - Approved Management Center: - Draft decree and feasibility study report being finalized; implementation planned for 2006. - Expected functions: (i) provide technical assistance and information in accounting, management, tax matters and training; (ii) increase confidence among members and partners (tax administration, bankers, insurers). ### Regulatory, institutional and business-entry reforms - Measures taken to facilitate starting a business and integrate informal businesses into the formal economy: - No residency certificate requirement for starting a business (facilitates nonresident investors). - Corporations no longer required to obtain a professional business license. - Effective application of the OHADA. - Businesses no longer required to obtain an opinion on their by-laws. - Foreigners no longer required to make a capital contribution of CFAF 50 million. - Centralization of procedures for starting a business by establishing CEFOREs. - Fee reductions and changes in 2006 budget law: - Fee to register articles of incorporation and amendment set at CFAF 6,000. - Registration fees for leasing agreements for patents, trademarks, licensing, and manufacturing processes reduced by half. - BIC down payment reduced from 2 percent to 1 percent to benefit importers in the formal sector. - Withholding rate for the informal sector and occasional importers set at 5 percent. - References to addressee and purpose of certification of tax compliance suspended for 3 months and applicable under various circumstances. - Labor service procedures amalgamated into a single form for CEFORE implementation. - Adoption of implementing legislation for the Labor Code. - Background checks carried out after the fact instead of beforehand, reducing wait time to obtain authorization to start a business from 90 to 15 days. - Dismantling of the ad hoc license review committee; the one-stop window became sole entity empowered to determine prospective business eligibility and make recommendations to government without prior committee review. ### Tax administration, exemptions, and anti-evasion measures - New taxpayer identification system based on a Single Taxpayer Identification Number (IFU) set up on January 1, 2006: - Software developed and deployed in the Large Enterprise Division (DGE) and other tax divisions of Kadiogo. - Interfaces designed between IFU and the Integrated Expenditure Circuit (CID). - Tax exemptions in 2005: - 33 businesses granted tax exemptions accounting for CFAF 48 billion in investment and creating 1,182 jobs. ### Privatization and public enterprise reform — status as of end-2005 / early-2006 - Privatization program affected 11 enterprises; selected status highlights: - ONATEL (telecommunications): - Revised privatization plan (March 16, 2005): transfer capital as (i) 51 percent to strategic operator/consortium; (ii) 20 percent to public via BRVM; (iii) 6 percent to ONATEL staff; (iv) 23 percent residual capital to the State. - Investment bank contract: authorized December 30, 2005; signed January 16, 2006; services to start January 30, 2006 (timetable updated). - IDA (World Bank) notice of non-objection obtained; investor/ operator meeting held January 2006; process expected to be completed by end-2006. - Delays due to prolonged wait times for IDA non-objection and lengthy document processing. - SONABEL (electricity): - Consultant recruitment began in 2005 but delayed due to delayed non-objection. - Audit of accounts 2002–2004: evaluations March 30 and July 27, 2005; IDA non-objection requested July 29, 2005 and received January 20, 2006; IDA authorized inclusion of 2005 fiscal year. - Technical audit of infrastructure and inventory: initial invitation declared unsuccessful July 27, 2005; new call issued October 2005; IDA approved shortlist January 20, 2006; proposals to be forwarded to shortlisted firms after IDA non-objection via PACDE. - Rate review / low-cost investment program: World Bank requested SONABEL short-term rate study (with DANIDA support) before authorizing study; report forwarded February 14, 2006 for Bank response. - Human resources audit: TOR approved by IDA January 20, 2006; expressions of interest March 2006; bids received March 31, 2006. - Privatization strategy implementation: shortlist for “investment bank” submitted June 22, 2005; IDA response subject to review of Law 16-2005/AN of June 12, 2005. - Overall: privatization of SONABEL did not make significant progress in 2005 due to process complexity, request to review electricity law, and consultant recruitment delays. - SONABHY (oil company): technical and financial proposals for audit evaluated March 24 and July 27, 2005; TOR for regulatory body consultant finalized October 2005; IDA non-objection on financial assessment issued January 20, 2006; revised TOR March 3, 2006. - ONEA (water & sanitation): process temporarily halted pending government instructions. - Hôtel Silmandé: leasing-management strategy; initial call for bids unsuccessful; Council of Ministers authorized negotiations with sole bidder (Accor Group) December 28, 2005. - BUMIGEB (Mines & Geology): bids received February 2005; SOFIDEC selected September 21, 2005; contract signed and work began January 2006. - CCVA (Vehicle Inspection): CGIC selected; services contract signed and work began January 2006. - CENATRIN (Data Processing Center): administrative liquidation announced June 29, 2005; personnel laid off and paid benefits; process in final stages. - SONACIB (Cinema): being liquidated; agreement signed with ARPA; liquidation report nearing completion. - CBMP (Precious Metals Board): administrative liquidation announced December 8, 2005; contractor instructed to begin work. - Airports (Ouagadougou concession & Bobo-Dioulasso leasing): invitation to bid on airport management issued; awaiting government instructions on creation of mixed company (COPRONA) before finalizing new airport project. ### Cotton sector developments - New cotton-producing zones opened to private operators (SOCOMA and FASO COTON) in central and eastern regions in September 2004. - Producer shareholdings in three cotton companies: 30 percent in SOFITEX (since 1998), 20 percent in SOCOMA, and 10 percent in FASO COTON. - SOCOMA installed a 45,000-ton ginning unit in Diapaga (operating since October 2005), creating 254 direct jobs and more than 500 indirect jobs. - Interprofessional Cotton Association of Burkina Faso (AICB) created in 2005 at end of transition period; government plans a study (with partners) to determine strategic vision and address volatility of world cotton prices, yield improvements, on-site processing, and agricultural diversification. - Government followed up on the “Sectoral Initiative in Favour of Cotton” proposal presented to the WTO in April 2003 by Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Chad; participated in Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in December 2005. ### Energy sector reform, electrification, and fuel pricing - Legislative and institutional reforms: - Law 16-2005/AN on general regulations for electricity supply adopted by National Assembly May 12, 2005 and enacted by Decree 2005-333/PRES of June 21, 2005. - Decision of March 24, 2004 included creating an asset management company, transforming SONABEL into a private company underwritten by the public sector (société fermière), and opening majority share to a strategic partner; TOR for asset management company submitted for World Bank non-objection. - Electrification Development Fund: - Operational in 2005; Board held two regular meetings. - Contracts worth CFAF 2.4 billion signed to bring electricity to 13 communities (slated for completion in 2006). - Electrification studies conducted for 15 new communities; funding being sought. - Tanghin Dassouri electrification project completed in 2005 and facilities began operating. - National electrification plan drafting continued; provisional version to be available in March 2006; timetable included national validation workshop in August 2006, government adoption in November 2006, and presentation to donors in December 2006. - Solar energy promotion: - Spain’s international cooperation agency committed CFAF 2.6 billion to equip 60 communities with photovoltaic systems; invitations to bid issued February 22, 2006; work to be carried out in 2006 and 2007. - Fuel/gas pricing and mitigation: - Price per barrel of Brent Crude rose 58 percent from 2004 to 2005, from US$38 to US$60. - Government measures limited retail price increases to 25 percent. - Established ad hoc committee of sectoral ministers to engage actors in subsector; early dialogue results to inform supply management, biofuel production potential, and improved price regulation. ### Telecommunications and ICT developments and factor-cost impacts - Network and service growth: - 10,732 fixed telephone lines installed in 2005, raising main lines to 91,506 in 2005 versus 85,225 at end-2004. - Mobile subscriptions rose from 399,941 in 2004 to 639,208 in 2005 — an increase of 59.8 percent. - Mobile telephony sector growth rate of nearly 30 percent. - Structural and capacity improvements: - Fiber optic network established between Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Togo. - Connection to SAT 3 submarine cable via Mali and Senegal increased bandwidth from 38 mbps at end-2004 to 72 mbps at end-2005. - New products/services available: WiFi and ADSL. - 65 frequency operating licenses and 32 permits granted for value-added services. - Fixed and mobile density increased from 0.66 in 2000 to 4.04 in 2004 and to 5.70 in 2005. - Postal sector actions: - Opened a post office in Kouka; rehabilitated post offices in Batié, Garango, Bokin, Gaoua, and Ouaga-Tampouy. - Opened two Western Union offices in Ouagadougou. - Launched Money Express funds transfer product. - Factor-cost reductions and competition: - Fixed telephony rates unchanged since 2004; only TELECEL FASO lowered mobile call rates by an average of 22.5 percent in 2005. - ONATEL’s monopoly ended December 31, 2005; sector opened to competition; fiber optics use expected to reduce communication costs and improve quality. ### Labor market, labor law, and workplace regulation - Labor Code: - Law 33-2004/AN of September 14, 2004 establishing the Labor Code enacted. - Rules and regulations adopted in 2005 include: - Paid holidays system. - Employer-provided accommodations cases and circumstances. - Methods for preparing employment and probationary contracts. - Contract of apprenticeship. - Regulations on overtime and remuneration modalities. - Employer registry. - Employee representatives. - Methods for implementing the 40-hour work week in nonagricultural establishments. - Draft order on establishing a periodic consultation committee among government, labor, and management. - Four draft decrees being finalized on: (i) National Technical Consultative Committee on Occupational Health and Safety composition/functioning; (ii) Consultative Labor Committee composition, powers, duties, functioning; (iii) filing/publishing/communicating/observing labor-management agreements; (iv) establishments in which children may be employed under certain conditions. - Negotiations in 2005 to increase the Minimum Guaranteed Interoccupational Wage (SMIG) per Decree 99-081/PRES/PM/MEF/METSS of April 6, 1999 were unsuccessful. ### Transport infrastructure and road policy - Government developed draft texts for framework law and related implementing legislation; plan to submit to stakeholders at a national workshop to organize sector and promote activities. - Road security policy formulated under the Sectoral Transportation Program (PST); corresponding action plan to be implemented to reduce transport and mobility risks and lower factor costs. ### Regional integration, trade agreements, and services promotion - WTO and cotton: - Burkina Faso attended Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference (Hong Kong) in December 2005; co-authored Sectoral Initiative in Favour of Cotton to address developed-country subsidies harming African cotton producers. - AGOA: - Burkina Faso became eligible for AGOA preferential regime on December 10, 2004; organized information sessions for economic agents. - Decree 2005/647/PRES/PM/MCPEA/MFB establishing a visa system for apparel and textile exports to the United States under AGOA adopted December 28, 2005. - Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with EC: - Negotiations began October 6, 2003; ECOWAS led West African negotiations assisted by WAEMU. - First-phase objectives achieved for groups 1 and 2 (free trade area/customs union/trade facilitation; standardization/quality control/SPS/TBT). - Disagreement points: intellectual property law; competition policy; trade in services and investment; production sector; reabsorption of revenue losses from tariff dismantling; allocation of additional resources for adjustment costs. - Regional Preparation Task Force (RPTF) created June 16, 2004 to link West Africa and EC for EPA financing; Burkina Faso represented by Minister of Finance. - National commission established to implement EPAs, comprising ministerial departments, private-sector agencies, professional organizations, NGOs, and trade unions. - Impact assessment prepared showing short-term revenue impact from trade levies; terms of reference prepared for three complementary studies. ### Rural development, food security, and CNSA activities - 2004/2005 crop year marked by food shortages due to drought and locust invasion; government and monitoring entities mobilized responses. - Technical Committee of the National Food Security Council (CNSA) held 10 meetings in 2005 addressing: - Review of legal texts of SONAGESS; financing for national food security stock replenishment; management of financial and physical resources; financing of ongoing agricultural survey; locust eradication program reporting and proposed initiatives including locust information system; audit of 2004 locust eradication program; review of food security legal texts. - SE-CNSA activities: prepared CT-CNSA meetings and minutes, monitored execution of decisions, managed Food Security Support Fund (FASA) financial resources. - Prepared training modules for CNSA members on national food security strategy documents (Operational Strategy and Sustainable Food Security Program as part of Poverty Reduction; Action Plan for the Food Security Information System (PA-SISA); General Framework for State-Partner Cooperation for Food Security); “training for trainers” planned and modules to be finalized and copied. - DGPSA (General Directorate of Agricultural Forecasts and Statistics) outputs: - Conducted ongoing agricultural survey showing a cereal surplus of 704,527 metric tons. - Began consultations for specifications of the Food Security Information Center. - Vegetable production survey not carried out due to lack of resources. - Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS): multidisciplinary technical committee set up to study implementation of a National Special Programme for Food Security (PSNSA); committee began work in January (2006 context inferred by surrounding dates). *Source: IMF staff report content provided in the supplied PDF excerpt.* ### 2005. Currently, this new program is in the predevelopment phase and will be validated ### _cr07320 - 2005. Currently, this new program is in the predevelopment phase and will be validated ### SONAGESS: management of national food security stock, food aid, and market information - Management of national food security stocks: collection of "1,288.7 metric tons" of cereals and destocking of "15,273.1 metric tons" of cereals for loans to the State, the Local Development Program (PDL)/Local Development Unit (UDL), and the World Food Programme (WFP). - National intervention stock: purchases and borrowings totaling "10,905.75 metric tons" of cereals and distribution of "12,297.69 metric tons" during the food crisis. - Food aid: "7,032.31 metric tons" of rice received, and "6,772.38 metric tons" distributed and sold. - Agricultural market information system outputs: - regular production of "52 information bulletins" on prices of agricultural products; - weekly radio broadcast of cereal prices; - production of "three quarterly bulletins" on price trends in agricultural markets; - publication of a cereal prices yearbook. ### Food situation (2005/2006 crop year) and emergency response - Rainfall and crop conditions: - early start to the rainy season in the northern region; - persistent pockets of drought in parts of the west; - good year-end throughout the territory; - stable phytosanitary situation except for some attacks by seed-eating birds in part of the Sahel. - Reservoir threshold levels were positive from "June to September 2005". - Provincial coverage rates for meeting population needs: - "5 provinces" have a coverage rate of less than "90 percent"; - "14" provinces have coverage between "90 percent and 120 percent"; - "26" provinces have coverage exceeding "120 percent". - Locusts: there were no locust invasions in 2005. - Seed-eating bird damage: estimated loss of "430 metric tons" of cereals in part of the Sahel. - Government emergency distribution: the Permanent Secretariat of the National Council for Emergency Aid and Rehabilitation ensured distribution of "14,000 metric tons" of affordably-priced cereals as part of government efforts. ### Financing, audits, and EU-funded initiatives - To obtain the second disbursement for the national food security strategy, the government requested Deloitte & Touche Burkina to perform a financial audit and prepared the technical report on implementation of the official letter. - Proposal to provide institutional support to SE-CNSA using remaining 9th EDF funds: - request for "EUR 900,000" submitted via letter "2004-000412/MFB/SG/DG-COOP/DCM/TN" of "March 4, 2004". - SE-CNSA institutional support project for implementation of the action plan of the food security information system: - launched in 2005; - first program began on "August 17, 2005" and provides funding of "CFAF 91,729,015". ### Delays and urgent actions for the new food security mechanism (PA-SISA / General Framework) - Implementation continues to experience delays. - Urgent actions listed: - Installation of the members of the CNSA; - Organizing a donor roundtable meeting to discuss financing of PA-SISA; - Establishing the entities provided for in PA-SISA, particularly the National Coordinating Office and the Management Unit; - Strengthening and revitalizing the information systems of the food security mechanism to facilitate implementation of priority activities outlined in PA-SISA. ### Microfinance promotion and sector results - International Year of Microcredit (IYM-2005) activities began on "February 24, 2005". - Draft national microfinance strategy adopted by the Council of Ministers on "November 30, 2005", with objective to improve access to financial products and professionalize the sector by "2015". - Inter-ministerial committee examination: "15 applications" for authorization to operate ( "10 licenses" and "5 agreements") were examined. - As at "December 31, 2005": - "349 institutions" in the decentralized financial system in Burkina Faso; - "320" officially accredited; - "29" in the accreditation process. - A study on the country’s microfinance strategy was carried out in 2005 to aim for better Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) outcomes. ### Mining sector: policy, projects, and small-scale mining - Implementation of the new mining code: "6 of 11 implementing decrees" adopted in the Council of Ministers in 2005; remaining decrees are being drafted. - State participation in three private corporations (State holds "10 percent" of the shares): SOMITA (Taparko, Namentenga), SOMIKA (Kalsaka, Yatenga), and BMC (Youga, Boulgou). - Mana project: feasibility study completed in "December 2004" and accompanying reports submitted in 2005. - Perkoa zinc project: partner found to update feasibility study; private corporation "Nantou Mining" created; construction began. - Construction continuing on gold mines in Taparko, Kalsaka, and Youga; Perkoa (zinc) and Mana (gold) projects in advanced stages. - Small-scale mining developments in 2005: - four mechanical processing units began operating in Boungou (Tapoa), Bendogo (Oubritenga), Moussobadougou (Houet), and Fandjora (Comoé); - social infrastructure built at these sites (boreholes, pharmacies, daycare centers, water towers); - reforesting initiatives and pollution control measures carried out in auriferous areas; - onsite training for gold washers in prospecting and mineral processing techniques; - awareness campaign on hygiene, health, and safety for gold washers. - Sector accomplishments (explicit enumerated results): - four production units obtained, each containing one pulverizing machine, two grinding mills, and a generator, in addition to dewatering and drilling equipment on four sites (each consisting of one air compressor, two jackhammers, and two extraction pumps); light equipment such as washing mats and protective gear (retors); and social infrastructure (boreholes, daycare centers, latrines, pharmacies) on four sites; - technical training for more than "200" gold washers; - creation of reforestation zones. - Main results achieved: - "6 decrees" were adopted in 2005; - "4 gold washing sites" equipped with a processing unit; - "4 gold washing sites" equipped with social infrastructures; - "4 gold washing sites" equipped with dewatering equipment; - "4 gold washing sites" were reforested; - A "1:200000-scale geological map" covering "1 square degree" was made. ### SMEs/SMIs, investment, and trade - Industrial support and outcomes: - industrial infrastructures (Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso zones) studied and rehabilitated; - "11 industrial facilities" began operations in 2005 with an investment amount of "CFAF 14.6 billion", creating "678 new jobs". - "27 facilities" were registered under the new investment code in 2005; - "36 authorizations" granted to set up industrial facilities; - three partnership agreements to promote and protect investments being negotiated with the Republic of the Congo, France, and Italy. - Trade sector authorizations in 2005: - "139 authorizations" to conduct trade issued to foreign corporations and individuals; breakdown by origin: - Africa: "61" - United States: "6" - Asia: "12" - Europe: "50" - Middle East: "10" - Trade promotion: trade missions led by the Prime Minister provided opportunities for Burkinabé businesspeople to visit Paris, Toulouse, Louvain la Neuve, and Kuala Lumpur. ### Tourism and cultural heritage development - Strategic decision to focus on ecotourism and agrotourism. - Collaboration among cultural and touristic heritage managers resulted in a joint inventory compiled by the Cultural and Touristic Heritage Directorate in 2005. - Cultural infrastructure developments: construction of the Naba Oubri, Naba Yadég, and Tiéfo Amoro mausoleums. - Tourist camp constructions: Sindou, Koro, and Pobe Maengao. - Some tourist camps and mausoleums managed under memoranda of understanding between the National Burkinabé Tourism Office and local governments, generating revenues for both parties. - Promotional activities included climbing Mount Ténékourou and organizing the Ouagadougou International Tourism and Hotel Industry Fair. - Establishment of tour operators and guide services created jobs for local populations and travel agencies. ### Handicrafts sector initiatives - Conducted information and trade missions in the "45 provinces" to recruit professional handicraft associations and local governments for establishing the chamber of handicrafts (chambre des métiers). - Formulated a tentative draft handicrafts code to be validated during a national workshop in 2006. - Prepared an action plan for implementing the handicrafts promotion strategy; the action plan, already adopted in a national workshop, covers organization, certification and training, financing, regulations, and marketing for artisans. - Training and coaching for individuals in identification and exploitation of business opportunities (fairs, trade shows, etc.). - IMPLEMENTATION of the Project to Promote the Artisanal Textile Sector (PROFITA), financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation; PROFITA began activities in "July 2005" to build production capacity of artisans in the textile sector. ### External economy: MIDA Programme and diaspora mobilisation - MIDA pilot stage executed in 2005 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation via the Supreme Council for the Burkinabé Diaspora (CSBE). - Financing obtained from IOM: "US$52,000" to carry out pilot activities: - awareness-raising missions to Senegal and Italy in "May and June 2005"; - design and publishing of the web site for the diaspora; - survey of the priority needs of Burkina Faso; - survey of expertise among the Burkinabé diaspora; - organization of a training workshop for the unit responsible for implementation. - Total project cost: "US$1,093,987"; Burkinabé government contribution: "US$164,623" ( "15 percent" of total cost); donors for remaining "85 percent" need identification. - Coordination meeting held on "December 8, 2005" to inform development partners about project objectives. - Databank of Burkinabé expertise abroad: as of "December 31, 2005", "Some 200 Burkinabé experts" were living outside the national territory; a website for the diaspora will contain a form for registration to build the databank. - Migration policy document: no action taken in 2005; planned symposium by the Ministry of Economy and Development did not take place. - CSBE restructuring: recommended since its "1998" general meeting; several draft texts are ready and will be submitted to the General Secretariat of the Government and the Council of Ministers. - Dakolé Project: incorporated into the PAP of the PRSP in 2005 to increase visibility and revitalize potential; project aims to offer irrigated areas in Dakolé to qualified agricultural workers formerly working abroad; site visit planned in 2004 not yet carried out due to lack of financial resources. ### Status of implementation of Pillar 2: improved access for the poor to basic social services and welfare — Education access (2005/2006) - National preliminary flash survey results (MEBA, December 2005): - total enrolled nationally in 2005/2006: "1,379,837 children" ( "610,199 girls" ); - comparison: "1,270,837" ( "555,518 girls" ) in 2004–05. - In the 20 priority provinces: "385,425 children" enrolled ( "166,094 girls" ) in 2005/2006, compared with "803,126" ( "390,056 girls" ) in 2004–05. - New CP1 (1st grade) enrollments: - national CP1 new enrollments rose from "295,426" in 2004/2005 to "301,501" in 2005/2006, an increase of "10 percent". - in the 20 priority provinces, CP1 new enrollments increased from "91,962" in 2004/2005 to "95,614" in 2005/2006, growth rate "10 percent". - Gross enrollment ratio (TBS) for primary education: - moved from "56.8 percent" in 2004 ( "51 percent" for girls ) to "60.2 percent" ( "54.5" for girls ) in 2005; - target for 2005: "58.1 percent" ( "52.9 percent" for girls ). - Gross admission rate to CP1 (national level) remained at "70 percent" ( "64.1 percent" for girls ) in both 2004 and 2005. - In the 20 priority provinces, gross admission rate jumped "12.7 percentage points" from "47.3 percent" ( "43.8 percent" for girls ) in 2004 to "60 percent" ( "54.8 percent" for girls ) in 2005. - Night school: a May 2004 workshop led to 628 teachers in Ouaga and Bobo teaching night school to "10,716 students" in "102 schools"; similar courses held in Ouahigouya, Koudougou, Kaya, Garango, and Boussé. - Education infrastructure and staffing in 2005: - "1,427 new classrooms" constructed (target "3,391"); - "13 satellite schools" built; - "8 inspection offices" in process of being built; - construction slowdown affected execution of 2005 PAP financed by "pooled resources"; - of 2003/2004 pooled-resources constructions, "654 classrooms" completed and "609" being built; - only "323 homes for teachers" being built using State budget and HIPC resources (target "3,715 homes" in 2005); - recruitment of new teachers: "3,000" teachers recruited (projection "3,450"). - Proximity to school: almost "90 percent" of students travelled less than "3 km" to reach school in 2004, compared with "89.3 percent" in 2003 and "88.8 percent" in 2002. - Literacy and nonformal basic education: - "11 Nonformal Basic Education Centers (CEBNF)" constructed and equipped (target "32" in 2005); - Beginning Literacy (AI) enrollment in 2005: "197,412 students" vs "182,323" in 2004 (increase "8 percent"); - Supplementary Basic Training (FCB) enrollment in 2005: "90,913" (increase "39 percent"); - In the 20 priority provinces, AI tests increased from "76,184" in 2004 to "179,250" in 2005 (increase "135.5 percent"); - FCB growth in 20 priority provinces: "36.1 percent" with "38,806" tests in 2005. - Proportion of women enrolled in AI grew: - nationwide: from "54.5 percent" in 2004 to "57.7 percent" in 2005; - in the 20 priority provinces: from "52.3 percent" to [text truncated in source]. *Source: IMF staff report content (2005/2006 sections reproduced from the provided PDF content).* ### 54.1 percent (provincially). The number of female students in AI is growing, moving from ### 54.1 percent (provincially). The number of female students in AI is growing, moving from ### Enrollment trends and gender - Female students in AI: 99,273 in 2004 and 113,982 in 2005, an increase of 14.8 percent. - New students in FCB: continue to show a substantial increase nationally and in the 20 priority provinces, but a significant gap remains. ### Pilot Project in Literacy (APA) - Launched during the 2005 holidays to teach literacy to 25,000 students in the 13 regional capitals. - Registered prospective students: some 50,000 (double the original forecasted number). - Impact: ensured classrooms were properly used during the holiday period. ### Improvement of quality, relevance, and effectiveness of formal education - Initial teacher training: 2,547 new teachers received initial training during the 2004/2005 school year. - Trainer capacity building: teaching inspectors and advisors were trained and/or retrained in various issues affecting teaching activities. - Textbooks and minimum school bags: number distributed free of charge during the 2004/2005 school year doubled. ### Textbook distribution (total and by subject) - Total books distributed free of charge: some 3.5 million books to all public and private schools in two stages. - Student books by subject: - history: 385,236 - geography: 779,432 - science: 418,322 - reading: 957,439 - mathematics: 384,790 - Teacher books by discipline: - reading: 32,733 - mathematics: 22,477 - science: 30,287 - history: 20,365 - geography: 20,045 ### Achieved textbook and manual ratios - Reading: from CP1 (1st grade) to CM1 (5th grade), 1 book for every 2 students; CM2 (6th grade), 1 book per student. - Mathematics: 1 book for every 2 students. - Other subjects: 1 book for every 2 students. - Teacher manuals: 1 manual per class and per teacher. - Conclusion on objectives: - Objectives 2 and 3 (1 book for every 2 students in history, geography, and science; 1 teacher manual per class/teacher) have been largely achieved. - Execution rate for the objective of 1 student per book in French and mathematics is 50 percent, or 1 book for every 2 students. ### School supplies and cafeterias - Minimum school bag kits: all schools were given a “minimum school bag” kit of school supplies during the 2004/2005 school year. - Five provinces: benefited from a school funding program enabling direct purchase of school supplies for students. - Schools with student cafeterias: - 2002/2003: 48 percent - 2003/2004: 52.9 percent - 2004/2005: 56.74 percent - Community contributions during 2004/2005: more than 1,000 metric tons of food to 1,167 schools. - National Forum on School Cafeterias held in January 2005: increased grassroots participation; recommendation to pursue and reinforce community momentum through awareness-raising, training, and information campaigns to sustain the initiative amid gradual withdrawal of some partners. - Rationale: school cafeterias improve access, encourage good attendance, help improve students’ performance, and act as a catalyst for social mobilization. ### Repeater, drop-out, and promotion rates (three school years) - Note: flash survey results cannot be used to calculate rates; indicated rates are in advance of National Statistics Day. - Repeater rate in primary school by subcycle: - 2002–03: - primary school: 10.80 percent, with 10.65 percent for girls - elementary school: 15.23 percent, with 15.22 percent for girls - middle school: 25.94 percent, with 27.16 percent for girls - 2003–04: - primary school: 8.99 percent, with 8.87 percent for girls - elementary school: 14.01 percent, with 13.75 percent for girls - middle school: 24.70 percent, with 25.69 percent for girls - 2004–05: - primary school: 7.97 percent, with 7.62 percent for girls - elementary school: 13.20 percent, with 12.90 percent for girls - middle school: 23.13 percent, with 24.22 percent for girls - Primary school drop-out rate: - 2002–03: - primary school: 5.65 percent, with 5.54 percent for girls - elementary school: 7.44 percent, with 6.55 percent for girls - middle school: 25.94 percent, with 27.16 percent for girls - 2003–04: - primary school: 5.52 percent, with 5.47 percent for girls - elementary school: 6.47 percent, with 5.50 percent for girls - CM1: 7.04 percent, with 6.75 percent for girls - 2004–05: - primary school: 6.79 percent, with 7.57 percent for girls - elementary school: 5.67percent, with 4.88 percent for girls - CM1: 7.59 percent, with 6.73 percent for girls - Primary school promotion rate: - 2002-2003: - primary school: 83.55 percent, with 83.81 percent for girls - elementary school: 77.34 percent, with 78.23 percent for girls - CM1: 75.63 percent, with 74.79 percent for girls - 2003–04: - primary school: 85.50 percent, with 85.67 percent for girls - elementary school: 79.52 percent, with 80.76 percent for girls - CM1: 77.26 percent, with 76.87 percent for girls - 2004–05: - primary school: 85.24 percent, with 84.81 percent for girls - elementary school: 81.12 percent, with 82.22 percent for girls - CM1: (rate not provided in supplied text) *Source: Excerpt from IMF content unit _cr07320 - 54.1 percent (provincially). The number of female students in AI is growing, moving from* ### 77.72 percent, with 77.58 percent for girls. ### _cr07320 - 77.72 percent, with 77.58 percent for girls. ### Primary education outcomes - Success rate at primary level: 77.72 percent, with 77.58 percent for girls. - Success rate progression: 62.91 percent in 2002 → 70.01 percent in 2003 → 73.73 percent in 2004 → 69.01 percent in 2005. - Primary school completion rate: 31.3 percent in 2003–04 and 32.8 percent in 2004–05. - Completion rates for girls: 27.3 percent in 2003–04 and 28.7 percent in 2004–05. - Flash survey result for 2005/2006 completion rate: 34.9 percent (32.2 percent for girls), exceeding the 33.8 percent goal set for 2005–06. - Between 2002–03 and 2004–05, positive trends observed in: promotion rate, repeater rate, drop-out rate, and completion rate. - Note: success rate at primary level decreased in 2004–05. ### Intensifying and improving literacy/nonformal education - Downstreaming approach and establishment of National Fund for Literacy and Nonformal Education (FONAENF) reinforced nonformal education extension. - Number of languages used in literacy activities: increased from 18 in 2003 to 24 in 2005. - Basic Literacy Training (AI) learning hours: increased from 200 to 300. - Supplementary Basic Training (FCB) learning hours: increased from 240 to 300. - Total hours for basic training cycle: 600 hours. - AI assessed learners: 172,023 in 2004–05 versus 153,667 in 2003–04. - Percentage of women assessed in AI: 56.09 percent in 2003–04 → 88.52 percent in 2004–05. - In 20 priority provinces, AI assessed learners: 76,184 in 2003–04 → 179,250 in 2004–05. - FCB assessed learners: 80,021 in 2004–05 versus 56,328 in 2003–04. - In 20 priority provinces, FCB assessed learners: 28,514 in 2003–04 → 38,806 in 2004–05. - Number of learners assessed as literate: 47,780 in 2003–04 → 67,472 in 2004–05. - In 20 priority provinces, learners assessed as literate: 24,268 in 2003–04 → 32,422 in 2004–05. - Percentage of women determined to be literate: 51.29 percent in 2003–04 → 83.61 percent in 2004–05. - FONAENF impact (2004–05 campaign): registered students rose from 31.52 percent in 2003–04 to 43.06 percent in 2004–05 for all levels together; operators increased from 175 to 239. - Nonformal Basic Education Centers (CEBNF): grew from 52 in 2003–04 to 63 in 2004–05. - Apprenticeship course registrations: 2,968 in 2004–05 versus 2,387 in 2003/2004 and 1,896 in 2002–03. - For the 2005 campaign, authorization was given to include literacy initiatives without earmarked funds in community subprojects. - Factors contributing to improvements: PDDEB implementation, faire faire (downstreaming), faire ensemble/mixed/fair inclusif strategies, Parents’ Associations (APE) covering girls’ tuition, free distribution of textbooks and supplies, and public opinion campaigns in favor of girls’ education. ### Improvement of planning and management capacities in the education sector - 2005 action plan preparation involved all DPEBAs. - Sectoral MTEF for “Basic Education” 2006–08 defined central and regional appropriation ceilings for 2006 action plans. - Planned preparation of a sectoral MTEF entitled “Education” for MEBA and the MESSRS. - Implementation needs: align budget preparation timetable with planning of physical needs. - Education map implementation across 45 provinces for microplanning and management; training sessions aimed at local and deconcentrated directorates. - Two sets of regulations drafted and adopted to accelerate MDG achievement: regionalization of recruitment, and compulsory and free basic education. - 2005 inter-ministerial committee established comprising Ministries of Finance and Budget; Local Government and Decentralization; Civil Service and Government Reform; Infrastructure; Infrastructure, Transportation and Housing; and Basic Education and Literacy to discuss contract performance and teacher situation. - Inventories of MEBA assets and personnel for transfer to rural municipalities completed; transfer to be gradual. - Main remaining problems: coverage, quality, and efficiency in use of resources; need for better coordination between sector priorities, programs, and budget allocation/execution. - Measures to improve social spending effectiveness: creation of Earmarked Treasury Special Account (Compte d’affectation spéciale du Trésor - CAST) and a related monitoring committee following elimination of Education Projects Bureau (BPE); improve expenditure monitoring, reinforce MEBA management capacity, decentralize administration, make communities accountable, and streamline control systems. - Main challenges listed: - increase the supply of education services; - ensure the provision of basic education free of charge; - improve the success rate at the end of primary school studies; - strengthen financial management instruments and public procurement procedures; and - develop a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MEBA and MESSRS). ### Secondary, higher education, and technical/vocational education - Continued policy to increase enrollment capacity with construction and upgrades: - Bassi General Education School (Collège d’enseignement général – CEG), archives building for Academic and Professional Guidance Information Center of Burkina, and 13 classrooms (standardization) in listed institutions (each with 02 classrooms in named CEGs and schools). - Three boreholes dug at Bassi, Matiacoli, and Botou CEGs for student access to safe water. - 2004 government began building and equipping two lecture halls seating 250 students each in Bobo-Dioulasso; project slated for completion in 2006. - University of Koudougou founded; ENSK saw construction of R+2 building including classrooms, teachers’ offices, and a library. - Bobo-Dioulasso Polytechnical University: complex including classrooms and a practical research laboratory constructed. - Ouagadougou university campus construction progressing satisfactorily and should be completed by 2006. - Education IV/BAD project execution rate: 112 percent; delays occurred in CPAF, CPR, and equipment delivery to vocational secondary schools of Fada N’Gourma and Ouahigouya. - Technical and In-Service Training Center project execution rate: 16.6 percent, with China suspending disbursements for purposes other than center functioning; resulting in halted training, construction, and equipment orders. - Costs for equipping laboratories and technical establishments were fully covered. - Modular teaching experiment second phase: seven workshops (of 10 planned) covering validation of methods and tools for assessing skills-based modular training; approval of manuals on on-the-job training implementation and validation of acquired knowledge; training of teacher advisors for technical and vocational secondary teachers using skills-based modular approach. - Institutional capacity-building in 2005 included construction of MESSRS Regional Directorate for the Sahel in Dori, headquarters of the National Institute for Social Sciences and the Institute for Health Sciences Research, offices of the university president, and ENSK guest house plus equipment and office furnishings. - Enrollment indicators: - Gross secondary enrollment rate: 13.02 percent in 2002 → 15.55 percent in 2004. - Post-secondary enrollment rate: 1.52 percent in 2002 → 2.22 percent in 2004. - Conclusions and recommendations: - Subsector performance steadily improving but slowly; MTEF resource envelopes insufficient to attain sector objectives. - Some activities scheduled since 2004 were not fully executed in 2005; some will be carried over to 2006 without funding. - Recommendation to extend devolved appropriations system from MEBA to MERSS. - Government should define a strategy for sustainable growth of postsecondary education, including cost recovery. - Pursue teacher training policy in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology to meet needs and improve teaching quality. ### Access to health and nutrition services for the poor, and control of HIV/AIDS - Healthcare infrastructure and facility developments: - Eight complete CSPSs built. - 22 dispensaries and 39 maternity care centers transformed into CSPSs. - 20 EGD (essential generic drug) storage facilities built. - 67 housing units, 128 latrines/showers, 18 incinerators, 41 boreholes, and 67 kitchens built. - Four youth centers built. - Kaya CHR inaugurated; Banfora CHR remained under construction. - CHUYO, CHUSS and four CHRs in Gaoua, Dori, Koudougou, and Dédougou upgraded. - Six dispensaries and six maternity care centers rehabilitated. - Training and human resources: - 17 physicians trained in health district management and 16 in essential surgery. - Management committees (COGES) trained in managing healthcare facility activities and EGD storage facility management procedures by ECDs. - Traditional practitioners received service-quality improvement training. - National list of essential drugs revised. - 200 community outreach workers and 100 mothers per district in 55 health districts trained in home-based treatment of simple malaria. - Regulatory texts on decentralization of health services adopted and circulated by CADSS. - Quality of health services: - Quality care rules and standards established and distributed for all levels of health system. - Diagnostic and treatment guides (GDT) revised and provided to public health centers in remote areas. - Regular supply and distribution of EGDs in health districts ensured and overseen. - Emergency services of five hospitals upgraded. - Nutrition and micronutrient activities: - Continued free distribution of vitamin A. - National workshop on strengthening nutrition components of health-related activities organized. - Consultation meeting on integrated communication plan organized. - Meeting to consult with consumer groups and restaurant owner associations organized. - Supply of titration equipment for testing iodized salt to laboratories in border areas and major quality control centers. - Staff in six health regions trained in use of equipment for quality control of iodized salt. ### Malaria control: treatment, vector control, communication, and monitoring - Treatment activities in 2005: - Adoption of the new malaria treatment protocol. - Revision of malaria treatment training modules and directives. - Training and refresher training of public and private sector health workers in treatment based on new protocol. - Workshop to validate diagnostic and surveillance algorithm for serious malaria organized. - Supply of emergency anti-malaria medicines and medical consumables to Medical Centers, CHRs and CHUs. - Provision of laboratory supplies and reagents to CMA laboratories. - Training/refresher training of community outreach workers and mothers in treatment of simple malaria and distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITMNs). - Supply of therapeutic units to trained community outreach workers. - Vector control activities: - Training/refresher training of technicians from CRESAs and health workers in insecticide treatment of nets. - Awareness training for community health workers on ITMN benefits and establishment of community-based distribution networks. - National distribution of Séréna brand ITMNs through a joint public/private sector campaign. - Purchase of insecticides and treatment kits. - Support for establishment of 60 insecticide treatment sites by providing supplies and equipment. - National workshop to build consensus on vector control plan held. - Communication and outreach: - Preparation and implementation of an integrated communication plan. - Preparation of a plan for community-based interventions. - Planning and monitoring/assessment: - Regular collection of malaria morbidity and mortality data in health districts. - Monitoring sensitivity of parasites to anti-malaria drugs and of vectors to insecticides. - Training of DRS, CHU/CHR and district managers of Health Information and Epidemiological Surveillance Units (CISSÉ) in data collection. - Preparation of 2006–10 strategic plan focusing on: - The treatment of serious malaria in health centers - The promotion of chemoprophylaxis in pregnant women - Community-based treatment of simple malaria - The promotion of insecticide-treated materials - Support strategies: IEC, communication for behavioral change, epidemiological surveillance, supervision, operational research and monitoring/assessment. - Achievements resulting from efforts: - Adoption of the new malaria treatment protocol. - Adoption of the health code. - Development of a healthcare waste management plan. - Improvement in rate of use of healthcare services and coverage of preventive care due in part to introduction of free preventive care services and medical coverage of some illnesses. - Decline in the rate of deaths from serious malaria in health centers in 2005 (text ends mid-sentence). *Source: _cr07320 - 77.72 percent, with 77.58 percent for girls.* ### 5.03 percent in 2004 to 3.89 percent in 2005; ### _cr07320 - 5.03 percent in 2004 to 3.89 percent in 2005; ### Health workforce and geographic access - Application of measures recommended by the study on the motivation of health personnel to encourage health workers to serve in disadvantaged areas (special allowances). - Over 95 percent of new healthcare graduates were assigned to remote facilities as a priority. - The theoretical radius of action in 2004 was 8.34 [km] (the figure for 2005 is not yet available). - The percentage of Health and Social Promotion Centers (CSPS) that comply with staffing standards stood at around 76 percent for the 2003–04 period. ### Maternal, neonatal, and reproductive health initiatives - Adoption of the national subsidization strategy for births and emergency obstetrical care (SOU). - Adoption of the law on reproductive health. - Adoption of a fistula eradication program. - Development and validation of the strategic plan to secure contraceptive products. - Training of healthcare workers in obstetric and neonatal care (SONU). - Provision of preventive care services for children and prenatal care free of charge improved affordability of healthcare. ### Vector control and supplies - 300,000 pretreated mosquito nets were packaged and distributed under the brand name SERENA. - National health accounts measuring national health expenditures were prepared for 2003 and 2004 and serve as a decision-making tool for the allocation of resources. ### HIV/AIDS prevention, surveillance, and treatment scale-up - In 2005, the program for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission was applied in 38 health districts, and 10 are in a preparatory phase; combined, 134 health centers incorporated MCT/HIV services in their minimum package of activities. - Since 2004, thirteen monitoring sites across the thirteen health regions have been collecting data at 42 Health and Social Promotion Centers (CSPS). - In 2005, the epidemiological surveillance team trained over 100 health personnel in the use of the second-generation protocol, continued reproducing and disseminating the protocol, and set up a technical committee on surveillance of the AIDS epidemic. - At end-2005, HIV prevalence among adults between 15 and 49 years of age, estimated according to the UNAIDS/WHO EPP model, was 2.3 percent. - UNAIDS estimates that of the 180,000 persons living with HIV in 2005, 88 percent are adults between 15 and 49 years of age and 12 percent are children under 15 years old. The 88 percent of adults is further broken down into 49.4 percent women and 50.6 percent men. - The total number of AIDS cases reported since 1986 rose from 20,931 in 2003 to 26,977 at end-2004 (6,046 new cases recorded by health centers in 2004). - Launch of the project to expedite access to antiretroviral therapy with: - Involvement of the districts, through the CMAs, in the medical treatment of PLWHIV with ARV prescriptions. - Accreditation of health centers established and run by associations which prescribe ARVs. - Capacity-building activities for ARV scale-up: - Training of 150 public and private sector pharmacists in the dispensing of ARVs. - Training of 105 laboratory technicians in biological follow-up. - Rehabilitation of four CHRs to provide medical treatment (in progress). - Training of 20 dental surgeons in counseling, screening and psychosocial care of PLWHIV. - Training of 75 physicians in the medical treatment of PLWHIV. - Training of 25 social workers from treatment centers in psychosocial care. - Training of 50 paramedics in providing medical treatment. - Supply of laboratory reagents and consumables to health centers for the medical treatment of PLWHIV across the country. - Key HIV/AIDS program outcomes: - Adoption of the AIDS Strategy Paper for the 2006-2010 period. - The total number of PLWHIV receiving ARVs jumped from 3,867 in 2004 to 8,136 in 2005, representing an increase of 110.4 percent. - The percentage of persons with AIDS receiving ARVs was 33.9 percent in 2005, up from 7.1 percent in 2004 and 2.5 percent in 2003. - The total number of treatment centers providing ARVs increased from three in 2003 to 24 in 2004 and 45 in 2005, representing an increase of 87.5 percent between 2004 and 2005. - The proportion of health districts with at least one treatment center providing ARVs rose from 20 percent in 2004 to 38 percent in 2005. - The total number of voluntary screening counseling centers was up from 56 in 2004 to 85 in 2005. - The proportion of districts with at least one voluntary screening counseling center rose from 40 percent in 2004 to 55 percent in 2005. - The total number of MTC/HIV centers climbed from 31 in 2004 to 135 in 2005, representing a 335.5 percent increase. - The proportion of districts with at least one MTC/HIV center soared from 9 percent in 2004 to 69 percent in 2005. - The number of laboratories with a CD4 counter (Global Fund and TAP) progressed from 5 in 2004 to 22 in 2005, i.e. a 340 percent improvement. - The average cost of monthly treatment stood at US$10.00, or around CFAF 5,000 in 2005, compared to US$77.00, or around CFAF 38,500, in 2003. - Fight against sexually transmitted infections (STIs): - Reproduction and distribution of the third version of the algorithms for the case management of STIs, including a poster version. - Preparation and sale of STI treatment kits at affordable prices (CFAF 100-200 and CFAF 250); health units of the ministries of defense and security and those attached to detention centers included in distribution. - Setting up of an enhanced surveillance system at monitoring sites. - Series of training sessions on specific issues, also available to private practitioners nationwide. - Extension and strengthening of successful approaches piloted in commercial sex areas (e.g., Zoodo unit in Pissy; units in Ouahigouya, Banfora, Koupéla, and Secteur 30 districts of Ouagadougou to address sex workers’ healthcare needs). - In the context of providing free treatment of opportunistic infections in PLWHIV, the Ministerial Committee on AIDS (CMLS) continued to supply healthcare facilities with drugs and, over several workshops, drew up a list of opportunistic infections eligible for treatment and a list of essential drugs related to these opportunistic diseases and/or symptoms. ### Vaccination and preventive services coverage - Very satisfactory vaccination coverage in 2005 as compared to previous years. - DTC3 vaccination coverage increased from 88.4 percent in 2004 to 96.3 percent in 2005. - Vaccination coverage against measles improved from 78.3 percent in 2004 to 84 percent in 2005. - Vaccination coverage against yellow fever improved from 76 percent in 2004 to 84.1 percent in 2005. ### Service efficiency, pricing, and healthcare financing mechanisms - Revised treatment and diagnostic guides were distributed to all health districts and are being used in almost all health and social promotion centers. - A drug registration system based on the appreciation of the wholesale price excluding taxes set up in 2004 continued to be implemented in 2005. - Price reductions achieved by the purchasing center (CAMEG) and other supply entities are automatically passed on to the peripheral level; the general inspectorate for health services conducted regular field visits to monitor effective application of the prices. - The document outlining the mechanism for indigent care at each health center was adopted along with the strategy for implementing the mechanism. - A draft support plan for healthcare mutual societies was prepared to promote healthcare mutual societies. - Efforts aimed at increasing the efficiency of services and promoting healthcare risk-sharing mechanisms (including healthcare mutual societies) were implemented. ### Institutional capacity building and governance - Legal texts were either revised or prepared at the central directorate level. - Regional health directors and district chief medical officers received training in health law and legislation. - Job profiles or regulatory texts on the organization of specific jobs were adopted, though job descriptions still need to be updated. - At the PNDS monitoring committee meeting of May 17, 2005, partners decided that the time was not yet ripe for the management procedures manual common to all partners that was to be developed after the study on financing the National Health Development Plan (PNDS). - Collaborative frameworks were put in place and are functional at all levels of the health system, including CASEM and DRS conferences at the central level, CTRS (regional technical health committees) at the regional level, and district health councils at the district level. _Italic: Source: _cr07320 - 5.03 percent in 2004 to 3.89 percent in 2005;_ ### 2.3 percent in 2005, the prevalence of HIV seems to have stabilized thanks to the ### _cr07320 - 2.3 percent in 2005, the prevalence of HIV seems to have stabilized thanks to ### Health status, trends, and key challenges - HIV prevalence: "2.3 percent in 2005" — prevalence seems to have stabilized due to the government’s strong political commitment and prevention and treatment efforts supported by technical and financial partners. - BCG vaccination coverage: "far exceeds 100 percent." - Malaria: remains endemic and is the leading cause of death among children under five years of age. - Main programmatic and institutional challenges to improve access for the poor to health services: - Improve the performance-based budgeting and monitoring system (sectoral MTEF); - Strengthen monitoring and improve the application of existing price reductions for preventive care and primary health service; - Continue decentralization of budgetary resource management; - Strengthen accountability and improve performance in hospital management, in particular by introducing performance contracts between the State and hospitals including benchmarks for service provision, financial performance, and equity. - Policy message: increase resources allocated to the health sector and improve the equity and efficiency of existing health expenditure as well as the quality and affordability of care to make more rapid progress towards achieving the objectives set in the PRSP and realizing the Millennium Development Goals. ### Access for the poor to safe water and sanitation; pollution control - Government commitment: implementation of the "road map" for achieving the MDG drinking water and sanitation target; AEPA inventory conducted and validated in February 2006 to establish AEPA standards and indicators. - Infrastructure and services delivered/planned: - creation of safe water supply systems in five towns; - installation of "1,984 water points" and "12 mini water supply systems."; - effective start-up of the Water and Sanitation Sector Program Support (PADSEA 2) in 2005. - Institutional coordination: collaborative framework (CCP-AEPA) established by joint decree "2005/0045/MAHRH/MFB of August 11, 2005" to focus poverty reduction efforts in water and sanitation on PRSP objectives and the MDGs. - Pollution control and environmental management activities in 2005: - Issuing of "14 reasoned opinions" on environmental feasibility of public and private projects; - Examination by the National Investment Commission of "16 private investment projects," for seven of which reasoned opinions were issued; - Finalization of the national inventory of waste oils in Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou, and Banfora; - Conducting analyses of industrial waste waters in Bobo-Dioulasso and Banfora. - Public awareness and community activities: - Competitions such as Meilleur cadre de vie and Meilleure école écologique in Ouagadougou; - Environmental Days held in regions across Burkina to raise awareness. - Institutional capacity building: - Setting up of a National Biosafety Agency and development of national biosafety rules and regulations; - Operational launch of a corps of inspectors of dangerous, unhealthy, and unfit premises. - Framework documents prepared and validated in 2005 include: - national environmental policy; - second report on the state of the environment in Burkina Faso; - national plan for implementation of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants; - action plan for waste oil management; - two environmental assessment guides; - two decrees on application of the WAEMU regulation on importation of substances harmful to the ozone layer and on the nomenclature for premises classified as dangerous, unhealthy, and unfit; - national sanitation strategy reviewed and validated. ### Improvement of living conditions: Housing and waste management - Regulatory and institutional progress: - Draft code prepared in 2004 validated at national level in March 2005; - Three master plans completed (Pouytenga, Toma, and Réo); three others under way with estimated completion date of "end-2006"; - Process of setting up the Banque de l’Habitat (housing bank) could begin by "end-June 2006." - Investments and projects in the housing sector: - Production of serviced land parcels in Ouaga 2000, Bobo-Dioulasso, Garango, Bousé, Ouahigouya, Saaba, and Tougan; - Housing development projects in "16 departmental capitals;"; - "85 low-cost housing units" made available to the public through the Centre de Gestion des Cités (CEGECI), Ouagadougou; - Continued implementation of the ZACA project with compensation payment, parcel preparation and sale, opening of new roadways, finalization of technical studies on road and service networks construction, and award of contracts for construction of the main canal; - Completion of the Third Urban Project, under which Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso were provided with urban rainwater drainage and waste management infrastructure. - Waste management activities: - Installation of a plastic waste storage site in Fada N’Gourma; - Inventory of pesticides used in market gardening; - Support to associations involved in household refuse collection, assisting "51 associations and/or cleanliness committees (comités de salubrité)" in their activities; - Setting up a solid waste landfill in Ouagadougou. ### Welfare services for the poor: child and adolescent protection, family and social support - Institutional strengthening: continued efforts to protect the poor in areas of advancement and protection of children and adolescents, protection and promotion of families, promotion of solidarity and protection of specific groups, emergency assistance and rehabilitation, and strengthening the institutional capacity of the MASSN. - Early childhood development: - National policy on integrated early childhood development (PNDIPE) drawn up, approved in a national forum, and slated for submission to the Council of Ministers for adoption; - Simulation model developed with UNICEF support including projection of costs and resources up to "2010." - Pre-school education: - Enrollment rate: "1.17 percent in 2004" to "1.34 percent in 2005."; - Revision and printing of "26,625 copies of school books" used in the three sections of pre-school; - "Nine applications for land to set up preschools were examined and approved." - Nonformal childcare (Bisongos): - Construction and equipment of "12 new Bisongos" with indoor and outdoor play equipment, raising the number of Bisongos from "25 to 48."; - "182 management committee members of 26 Bisongos" received training in nutrition and management; - A study to measure the impact of Bisongos and other early childhood centers on the enrollment of girls in school was undertaken and findings presented in "December 2005." - Socioeducational and educational assistance for adolescents and young people in difficult circumstances: - Adoption of the National Action Plan for community-based education/ rehabilitation (PAN AEMO); - Operational resources made available to five provincial AEMO facilities; - Delivery of "400 primary healthcare interventions;"; - Supply of "4,565 meal vouchers and clothing" to "478 street children;"; - Organization of literacy classes and enrollment in school for "50" and "20" young people, respectively; - Preliminary vocational training offered in basketry, woodwork, wood staining, and mechanics to "220 young people living in the street;"; - Assisting "115 street children" to develop income-generating activities and placing "94 in apprenticeships" with craftspeople; - Supporting "60 girls living in the street." - Closed-environment outreach (Special Education and Training Center (CESF) and André Dupont Children’s Center in Orodara (MEADO)): - Served "523 young people aged between seven and 21 years" (of whom "291 borders and 232 day students"); - Socioeducational activities provided included: - "106 psychological counseling sessions"; - "72 supervised clothes washing sessions"; - "1,412 group discussions"; - "66 general cleaning sessions"; - "175 educational discussions"; - "96 board game activities"; - "126 film projections"; - "98 family mediation sessions"; - Schooling: out of total intake of "523 students," around "326 attended primary school classes."; - Examination data: "Of the 101 who took the CEP exam, 60 passed," (text ends at this point). *Source: _cr07320 - 2.3 percent in 2005, the prevalence of HIV seems to have stabilized thanks to the (PDF).* ### 59.41 percent. In terms of vocational training, 209 young people received training, of whom ### _cr07320 - 59.41 percent. In terms of vocational training, 209 young people received training, of whom ### Vocational training and youth employment - 209 young people received training, of whom: - 17 learned masonry - 36 learned auto mechanics - 72 learned carpentry - 58 learned welding - 26 learned sewing - All trainees received training in livestock production techniques (pigs, chickens, rabbits) and market gardening. - Around 95 young people found jobs in their area of specialization at the end of their training period. - Small business start-up scheme (introduced in 2004) continued with supply of materials to former students. - In 2005, HIPC resources supplied kits of materials for a total value of CFAF 150,000,000. ### Orphans and other children at risk (OEV) - A national program for OEVs is in the process of being validated. - Italian Cooperation Agency provided agreement in principle for building a shelter in Ouagadougou at a cost of CFAF 163,987,502. - CFAF 35,000,000 was allocated to facilities for children in moral danger (orphanages). - More than 5,000 OEVs were provided with school supplies. ### Poverty reduction and youth-targeted interventions (Houet and Tuy provinces) - Program focus areas: - Capacity building of State decentralized services for coordination, planning, monitoring and assessment related to youth in difficult circumstances. - Capacity building of civil society organizations and decentralized public services for psychosocial and behavioral stabilization services. - Assisting organization of over 68 listening/counseling sessions for over 70 young people. - Covering training costs in microenterprise development for 92 young people. - Selection of 37 new youth sponsorship beneficiaries, including 16 girls. - Financial project support to 20 young microentrepreneurs, including 12 girls; financing agreements were signed with relevant partners. ### Combating child trafficking and child labor - Strengthening measures in 2005: - Eight provincial watch committees (CVS) equipped with motorcycles. - 40 departmental CVSs received logistical and sound equipment. - All CVSs linked through a network. - Impact: - Over 600 children intercepted and returned to their families. - 263 victims of child trafficking rehabilitated through placement in training workshops, schools, or income-generating activities. - In Ouagadougou, 150 children removed from the Pissy quarry. - Nonformal education services promoted for child victims in the province of Ioba. - A shelter and training center rehabilitated. - Outreach activities included extension work in five arrondissements of Ouagadougou on Law 038 AN of May 27, 2003, awareness-raising, documentary showings, and sporting events. - Adoption of a national action plan to combat internal and crossborder trafficking in children planned to provide a coherent framework. ### Child sexual abuse and participation - Around 21 child victims of sexual abuse were taken into care in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso. - A national action plan to address sexual abuse of children forthcoming to provide coordinated framework. - Children’s Parliament activities: - 201 working sessions with Provincial Children’s Parliaments. - One ordinary session bringing together all 100 child parliamentarians. - Awareness-raising activities in 45 provinces, including radio programs, public lectures, film showings and debates. ### Capacity-building and data systems for child protection - Training conducted: - 30 social workers from specialized services (justice system, detention centers, hospitals). - 40 traditional chiefs. - Validation of training module on the rights of the child and action plan for introduction of child and adolescent rights in education. - A permanent data collection system on the situation of children is in the final stages of preparation to inform policy formulation and decision-making. ### Protection and promotion of the family - Main actions: - Seven new social welfare centers set up to strengthen outreach and training for young illiterate and out-of-school girls; ongoing acquisition of equipment for sewing, fabric dyeing, weaving, hairdressing. - Sourou production and training centers: 10 pilot market gardening groups supplied with production kits (inputs, pumping equipment, small tools); around 150 girls received refresher training in fabric dyeing techniques; 564 field visits conducted for post-training follow-up. - In October 2005, project intake of 500 girls for fourth training cycle of 18-24 months depending on specialization; continuous education program put in place to enhance staff skills. - Promoting adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health in Bazèga and Gourma: 33 activities conducted; PSADO village sites supplied with medical consumables; three youth centers equipped; financial assistance obtained for soap-making units managed by young married women. - Birth registration campaign: MATD acquired equipment for Northern and Sahel regions; in another drive, 16,597 children were duly registered in four provinces; 2005 action plan used to mobilize partner support. - Combating excision: 60 opinion leaders trained, 360 antennae within integrated communication program trained (support from the Netherlands), 30 association members and 73 physicians trained in IEC/Excision. - Surgical repair of 52 cases of excision-related injuries performed. - Clip and documentary film produced to raise awareness. - Preparation of a National Action Plan on Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation under way. - Ongoing preparation of the national action plan for the family. ### Promotion of solidarity and protection of specific groups - Solidarity days at end-2005 replaced solidarity month. - Awareness materials produced and distributed: around 1,500 leaflets, 1,000 tee-shirts and 500 publicity gadgets. - Assistance delivered: - Around 23,840 persons received aid in the form of food, clothing, medicines, etc. - 5,000 needy pupils received assistance to purchase school supplies. - Ten projects and two microprojects run by associations of disadvantaged persons were funded. - Community events: Christmas party for 300 disadvantaged children; ten vacation clubs organized for 456 pupils; a regional vacation camp organized for 100 needy children. - Contribution to care of disabled persons: acquisition of ten orthopedic prostheses, 76 pushchairs and three-wheel scooters. ### Emergency assistance and rehabilitation (2005) - 1,225 emergency cases documented. - Assistance provided to 2,674 affected persons. - In response to cereal shortfall: - Cereals sold at subsidized prices. - 17,726.46 metric tons were distributed free of charge. - Disaster prevention and management activities: - 754 informal talks-debates and 85 working sessions with COPROSUR organized. - Registration and assistance of repatriated persons: - Accommodation and assistance to 69 Burkinabè repatriated from Cameroon. - Assistance in the form of foodstuffs and basic necessities provided to 2,986 repatriated persons. - School supplies provided to 850 repatriated school-aged children. - Follow-up services to 753 repatriated persons engaged in income-generating activities. - Capacity-building: - 20 officers trained in various aspects of disaster prevention and management. - 210 COPROSUR members attended courses on disaster risk mitigation techniques. - 13 officers acquired skills in monitoring and assessment. ### Social welfare instruments and institutional reforms - 2005 social welfare policy three main thrusts: - (i) ensure access to basic social services for indigent people and particularly vulnerable groups; - (ii) provide appropriate social benefits for informal sector workers; - (iii) conduct an institutional reform of the social security system and strengthen its legitimacy. - Action plans to support implementation are under preparation. - Introduction of supplemental welfare benefits will use services of private providers, including non-profit entities, to complement the basic package under the general plan. - Work begun on a preliminary draft law on mutuality and on expanding social security benefits for wage earners. - Considerations underway: definition of a specific legal status for social security bodies, review of the social security code, raising of the retirement age. ### Strengthening capacity of the MASSN - Meeting of top MASSN officials validated situational analysis and recommended relevant programs for protection of the poor. - 19 officers trained in project planning, analysis and follow-up. - Preparation of national social action policy, framework law on social action, and social action ten-year plan launched in Q3 2005; to be finalized in May 2006 at the latest. - Government authorized hiring of 100 social workers from several socioprofessional backgrounds in 2005. ### Main investments within social welfare services for the poor - Social infrastructure development projects with total cost CFAF 590,000,000, including: - Social complex in Sebba - Three chicken-rearing projects in Konéan, Dablo, and Vogodo (Sanmatenga) - Five stockraising farms in Tougouri, Fada N’Gourma, Diapaga, Pama, and Legmoin - Four socioeconomic promotion centers in Zorgho, Sangha, Houndé, and Dissin - A cereals bank in Zam - Refurbishing of staff offices in Saaba, Réo, Pô, Kombissiri and at the Yam la tuuma center of Ouahigouya at a cost of CFAF 5,000,000. - Construction of the Western Central Regional Directorate and the Provincial Directorate of Koulpélogo for an amount of CFAF 54,000,000. - Completion of Provincial Directorates for Social Welfare of Pama, Sapouy, and Gayéri at a cost of CFAF 33,555,000. - Supply of production kits (grain mills, gardening implements, farm implements, carpentry tools, etc) to various associations and groups for an estimated amount of CFAF 691,682,797. - Purchase of 2 generators for girls’ production and training centers. ### Conclusion on social welfare sector - Numerous social welfare and solidarity activities implemented in support of the most disadvantaged social groups. - Importance of finalizing the MASSN sectoral policy to provide a coherent framework for partners. - Need for an action plan or medium-term expenditure framework to translate sector priorities into financial terms. - Setting up a framework for consultation among technical and financial partners viewed as a major prerequisite for mobilizing additional resources and improving equity and efficiency of current expenditure. ### Advancement of women - Continued implementation of policy to reduce degrading sociocultural practices detrimental to women and young girls, including a multimedia campaign to combat violence against women. - Training provided: - 35 members of associations and NGOs in listening/counseling techniques. - 40 teachers as paralegals. - 349 women in women’s rights issues. - Political decision-making representation in 2005: - Four female Ministers out of a total of 31, i.e. 12.9 percent versus 10.8 percent in 2001. - Thirteen female MPs out of 111, i.e. 11.7 percent versus 9 percent in 2001. - Three female mayors out of 57, i.e. 5.3 percent versus 8.6 percent in 2001. - Three female governors out of 13, i.e. 23.1 percent. - Literacy and self-sufficiency initiatives: - Literacy training for some 554 women. - Training for 92 women in microproject development and microcredit management. - Establishment of 12 literacy centers. - Female poverty reduction inputs provided: - 110 grain mills, ten dehullers, 60 sewing machines, eight motor pumps, 50 looms, 30 wheelbarrows, 100 wire fences, 75 donkey carts, ten manual shea butter presses, 50 two-wheel baggage carts, 20 soap manufacturing units, ten gas and coal driers, and five shea nut dehullers. - Infrastructure and equipment policy for women: - Women’s centers (maisons de la femme) in Gayeri, Sebba, Boromo, Sindou, Diébougou, Manga, and Tenkodogo. - A center de promotion féminine in N’Dorola. - Eight boreholes. - Study (with UNICEF) on impact of women’s centers in UNICEF convergence area launched; recommendations in initial stages of implementation. - Municipal programs for advancement of women prepared in fifteen municipalities under Poverty Reduction Program at the Municipal Level. - Institutional strengthening: - Harmonization of action plan for advancement of women with national policy. - Annual session for national coordination of the action plan for the advancement of women (CN-PAPF) held. - Government–technical and financial partners meeting on gender issues to strengthen policy dialogue. - Gender equality measures: - School fees for girls abolished. - System of subsidization for obstetric care introduced. - Literacy enrollment proportion of women in AI rose from 54.5 percent in 2004 to 57.7 percent in 2005 at the national level, and from 52.3 percent to 54.1 percent in the 20 priority provinces (PP). - Number of women AI students increased from 99,273 in 2004 to 113,982 in 2005. *Source: _cr07320 - 59.41 percent. In terms of vocational training, 209 young people received training, of whom (PDF).* ### 14.8 percent increase. The gender gap in the literacy rate is narrowing every year. Similarly, ### _cr07320 - 14.8 percent increase. The gender gap in the literacy rate is narrowing every year. Similarly, ### Education and literacy - The gender gap in the literacy rate is narrowing every year. - In terms of the gross rate of primary school enrollment, the gap between girls and boys narrowed from 5.9 percent in 2003 to 5.7 percent in 2005. ### Access to economic and productive resources - Households headed by women consume a significantly lower share of income and assets per capita. - In rural areas: - Women’s per capita expenditure is 21 percent lower. - Women’s income per capita is 34 percent less. ### Legal status and political participation - The Constitution of Burkina Faso guarantees equal legal rights for men and women. - The presence of women in political decision-making spheres (national assembly, government, municipal councils, and senior administration) is increasing. - Municipal elections are expected to further enhance the political role of women in elected assemblies. - Some political parties have given instructions to ensure male/female parity on their electoral lists. - Forced marriage is outlawed in Burkina Faso and both spouses have the right to seek divorce. *Source: _cr07320 - 14.8 percent increase. The gender gap in the literacy rate is narrowing every year. Similarly,* ### 2.4 Status of implementation of Pillar 3: Broadening, under equitable conditions, of job ### 2.4 Status of implementation of Pillar 3: Broadening, under equitable conditions, of job opportunities and income-generating activities for the poor ### 2.4.1 Reduction of the vulnerability of agricultural activity - Government promoted participation of the poor in production; in 2005 pursued accelerated implementation of action plans for production streams and stepped up soil fertilization. - Programs supported: Integrated Soil Fertility Action Plan and the Agricultural Mechanization Action Plan. - Hydro-agricultural development activities in 2005 included: - Holding of two round table discussions with the PDIS donors (Samendéni). - Conducting of around a hundred studies on dam sites. - Completion of around a dozen dams. - Start of construction of around forty dams expected to result in the mobilization of 140 million m3 and the irrigation of 3,000 ha of land. - Summary development and enhancement of around 140 ha of bottom land, including around fifty hectares handled directly by the PPIV. - Realization, with support from partners, of 103 wells for vegetable production, 156 manual wells, two water capture ponds, and two boulis. - Making available to producers of 346 motor pumps, 49 metric tons of seed, 954 metric tons of fertilizer, 826 pedal pumps and 14 power tillers. - Exploitation of 21,000 ha of surface planted, of which 5,700 ha of maize, 500 ha of cowpeas, 600 ha of cassava, 11,300 ha of vegetables, 1,500 ha of fruit, and 1,400 ha of other crops, for the production of 186,000 metric tons of agricultural produce, of which 21,613 metric tons of maize, 396 metric tons of cowpeas, 15,443 metric tons of cassava, 89,172 metric tons of vegetables, 49,860 metric tons of fruit, and 10,143 metric tons of other crops. - Job creation through the involvement of more than 105,370 people, including 36,879 women in small-scale irrigation activities spread across more than 1,161 sites throughout the 13 agricultural regions. - Livestock measures in 2005: - Implemented emergency fodder security plan. - Strengthened epidemiosurveillance system for African swine fever and infectious bronchitis. - Producers provided with over 1,000 pieces of equipment for fodder harvesting, processing, and transportation. ### 2.4.2 Improvement and protection of access to land - Launched preparation of a national policy on land tenure security in rural areas (PNSFMR); validation workshop held on March 14, 2006. - Next steps: preparation of a draft rural land law, policy implementation/action plan, and national legislation on land tenure security in rural areas. - Consultative process included the 10th National Farmers Day—held on February 27 and 28, 2006 in Manga—theme: «Land tenure security and the promotion of agricultural, forestry, and pastoral production systems». - OPSFs pilot initiative (PFR/G) main 2005 achievements: - Completion of the land advertising phase. - Preparation of land holding reports. - Implementation of three new components: "land mediation," "local land management support," and "legal facilitation." - PFR closed at end-December 2005; final assessment phase launched. - OPSF/PNGT2 and PDL/Ouest PADEMA pilot project ongoing. ### 2.4.3 Intensification and diversification of plant, animal, forestry and wildlife, and fisheries production - Agricultural sector actions: - Implementation basis: action plans for cereals development, integrated soil fertility management, and agricultural mechanization. - Adopted rural development strategy at Council of Ministers meeting of December 30, 2003. - Action plans in progress: - Rural finance action plan (PA/FMR): support development and professionalism of decentralized financing structures and SFD organization. - Rice action plan (PA/FR): increase national rice production by raising incomes of producers grouped as needed in OPRs. - Cereals action plan (PAC): revised March 2002; activities commenced June 2004; operationalized with program start-up budget (DP) October 2004–March 2005 financed by German and Danish Cooperation Agencies; activities included physical installation of the Interprofessional Cereals Committee, start-up of management unit (CG), missions and information meetings, development of operational implementation strategy. - Action plans prepared and seeking funding: - The Agricultural Mechanization Action Plan (PAMA). - The Action Plan for Integrated Soil Fertility Management (PAGIFS). - The Action Plan for developing the cowpea sector (PA/Niébé). - The Action Plan for promoting the oilseeds sector. - The Action Plan for the development of root crops. - Crop production promotion activities: - Operationalization of 17 seed farms. - Development of 1,180 ha of rice lowlands. - Training of 324 producers from management committees. - Inspection of 2,207 seed production parcels with certification of 5,000 metric tons expected. - Organization of 15 guided tours of seed farms and rice lowlands. - Plant protection and processing: - Established six desert locust surveillance and control teams. - Phytosanitary control of 290,000 metric tons of product, including 1,460 metric tons and 684,565 liters of pesticide. - Training of 40 agriculture technicians and 8,762 producers. - Capacity-building and support to rural institutions: - CRA organizational management training across 13 regions. - Support to young farmers under national strategy for retaining young people. - Support/counseling for producer organizations: 325 members of rice producer management committees trained in organizational and financial management. - Support for establishment of National Rice Producers Union and installation of consultative council of the cooperative movement. - Extension, research and development: - Construction of 536,835 manure pits in 2005 (execution rate of 107 percent) compared to 240,746 in 2004. - Under Operation China II, over 500 pieces of equipment provided to farmers in 2005. - Production outcomes: - Record cereal production of over 3.6 million metric tons in 2005, a 28 percent gain on 2004 and 26 percent in relation to the average for the last five crop years. - Cereal surplus evaluated at 704,527 metric tons for 2005. - Other crops: other food crops 575,060 metric tons; cash crops 968,359 metric tons, including 750,985 metric tons of seed cotton. - Fisheries and aquaculture: - Built three alewife production centers; national budget acquisition of 500 floating cages. - Launched construction of an aquaculture complex in Ziga (hatchery, commercial farm, training and research center). - Production of 1.2 million alewives out of a forecasted 2 million at Bagré, Bazèga, and Ziga stations. - Set up two fish food production units in Ziga and Bagré. - Constructed four regional fisheries equipment centers in Bobo-Dioulasso, Diébougou, Di and Pama. - Stocked four dam reservoirs with 200,000 alewives to improve productivity. - Adopted texts regulating committees for management of aquaculture perimeters; installed bodies at Bagré and Kompienga; launched co-management systems at Sourou and Ziga. - Implemented fish processing unit construction and prepared preliminary draft texts on metal thresholds in fish products, quality criteria, and a code of practice. - Livestock sector priorities and results: - Dissemination of the Framework Law on Pastoralism (LORP) reached 12,882 farmers, including 3,882 nomadic herders. - Pastoral infrastructure results: 17 boulis, 17 boreholes and 6 dams completed; marking of 1,105 km of livestock trails, 19 grazing areas, and ten pastoral zones. - Produced over 1,400,000 bales of hay (70 percent execution rate). - Mobilized close to 8,602 metric tons of agroindustrial by-products under rescue emergency plan. - Vaccination coverage: 91 percent of forecasts for contagious bovine peripneumonia (1,810,984 cattle vaccinated); 67 percent of forecasts for poultry (4,031,306 heads vaccinated). - Genetic improvement: 19 bulls and 125 inseminated cows from pure-bred stock placed on farms. - Infrastructure: six livestock markets, 27 slaughtering yards, one butchering facility; two mini-dairies built and ten equipped. - Producers supported to develop 632 microprojects; 2,283 private stakeholders obtained loans from financial institutions. - Transfer of Faso Kossam dairy in Bobo-Dioulasso to private operator; discussions underway on Cissin dairy in Ouagadougou. - Training: 17,837 producers received technical training out of a planned 400,000 (execution rate 4.5 percent). - Institutional actions: institutional audit of the Ministry of Animal Resources; preparation of Eastern and Northern regional programs and dairy sector action plan; national livestock survey funding mobilization plan prepared for implementation in 2006. - Environmental sector (forestry, PFNL, wildlife): - Strengthened capacity of national federation of unions of forestry management groups; literacy instruction for 282 members; formulated eight plans for timber resources management. - Forest trails and shallow water crossing construction: 8 crossings and a slab. - PFNL subregional program components implemented (Operation Acacia; ADM; gum/resin improvement) leading to awareness activities in Northern Central, Central Plateau, Sahel, Northern, and Eastern regions; training of seven supervisors and 23 community facilitators; inventory of PFNL at eight sites; market studies; user’s guide on gum Arabic; production of production/marketing databases; research on quality improvement via cloned high-yield trees. - Date palm pilot: ten private plantation sites in Sahel and one site at Dori regional nursery; project for a 200-ha date plantation under study. - Expansion/protection of forested areas: 39 departmental forests and 181 village forests planted on 20,635 ha; 276,800 ha of forests developed; 189,363 persons participated in awareness activities; 163,126 producers trained in 4,323 villages; 55 new forestry management groups set up and 64 revitalized; produced over 935,000 steres of firewood and 7,000 posts; 54 charcoal production sites identified in 23 provinces. - National reforestation campaign: 7,848,407 seedlings produced and nearly 7,228,000 planted. - Soil management: rehabilitation of 2,444 ha of degraded lands; preparation of eight development plans for natural forests; assisted natural regeneration of 344.75 ha. - Bush fire reduction: 240 new anti-fire committees set up; wildfire watch groups in 135 communities; 30,000 people received awareness information; 1,500 trained in rural fire management techniques; around 60 km of fire breakers completed. - Forestry research: around 3,500 kg of seeds produced; 6,113 kg of seeds made available to nurseries; around 100 producers trained in grafting; inventory of medicinal plants for treating children in Ouagadougou municipality. - Wildlife actions in 2005: inventories in 5 conservation areas; marking of around 4,000 km of trails and enrichment of 62 salt marshes; monitoring of 25 hunting reserves; legal regularization and monographs for Arly and Nazinga; support to two microprojects for rearing small game in Nazinga; over 6,000 producers trained; impact study of 25 hunting reserves conducted. - Framework documents prepared/validated: national strategy on wildfire management; national strategy for decentralization of the environmental sector; national strategy and action plan for the charcoal sector. - Legislative/regulatory texts adopted: order on charcoal making and selling; law regulating production, sale and use of agricultural and forestry seeds; related implementing texts. - Institutional capacity: environmental agency set up; directorate for monitoring resources established. ### 2.4.4 Growth and diversification of rural incomes - Microprojects and credit access: - 632 microprojects prepared with partner assistance enabling 2,377 producers, including 646 women, to access credit for animal fattening. - Around 1,000 Rhode Island Red cocks placed on farms. - Poultry and PDAV: - 874 new volunteer village vaccinators deployed. - Two new satellite units of the Village Livestock Development Program (PDAV) set up. - Promotional events supported: Chicken Day in Poa, Pork Week in Bobo, livestock show in Ouagadougou. - Fisheries: women trained in fish processing, conservation, and sale. - Professional agricultural organizations: - Under PNGT2, 703 community land management plans (PGTs) funded in the amount of over CFAF 9 billion. - Rural and urban employment promotion activities included: - Establishment of private nurseries. - Training of women in making and selling fuel-efficient stoves. - Horticulture promotion. - Production, transport, and wholesale/retail distribution of fuel wood and charcoal. - Harvesting and sale of PFNL (shea nuts, néré, gum Arabic, forest seeds). - Sale of medicinal plants. - Support for craftspeople in rational processing of natural products. - Promotion and production of honey. - Extension services for small game rearing. - Monitoring of restaurants selling wild meat. - Professionalization of hunting guides, taxidermists, reserve management staff and neighboring inhabitants. - Promotion of household refuse collection, plastic waste processing, landscape gardening, and flower production and sale. - Employment and enterprises: - Forestry and wildlife: over 450 farmers’ associations and a minimum of 8,808 private nurseries. - Permanent remunerative employment for a minimum of 200,000 people in forestry/wildlife sectors, including 3,000 wholesale wood and charcoal transporters and 48,000 retailers in Ouagadougou alone. - Sanitation sector employment in Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouahigouya: some 3,500 people, majority women. - BOYABA association in Eastern region involves more than 800 women in sanitation activities. - GAFREB in Bobo-Dioulasso recognized in plastic waste recovery and recycling. - CNSF provides 450 women with seasonal employment crushing seeds; many rural women regularly supply CNSF with gathered/harvested seeds. - Financial support: - Over CFAF 500 million injected into rural areas to support production, marketing, and processing activities. ### 2.4.5 Improving the living and working conditions of rural women - Focus in 2005: capacity-building and acquisition of appropriate technologies for women’s groups. - Shea butter processing beneficiaries: - Women of Song-taaba: turnover of CFAF 245 million and a 22 percent profit margin. - 17 women from Benkadi in Bobo-Dioulasso. - Four women’s groups contracted for 350 metric tons. - Milk processing support provided to three female entrepreneurs from Bobo-Dioulasso. - Support for fisheries sector organization, fish processing, cattle fattening, market gardening, and participation of 400 women in river basin development and management in the South-West. - Multifunctional platforms: - Identification of four intervention areas (East, Central West, North and Boucle du Mouhoun). - Selection of three new local execution agencies/partner NGOs to distribute platforms. - Establishment of support/advice units. - Installation of 28 platforms. - Construction in progress of a mini water network at Soaligu in the East region. - Several feasibility studies to facilitate access to credit for platform company promoters. - Impact: activities helped reduce income poverty in covered areas by increasing production and diversifying revenue sources. ### 2.4.6 Promoting employment and vocational training - Component: Jobs - ROME directory: Two officers from ANPE received training; draft agreement in process to adapt French ROME to Burkina Faso. - Collaborative frameworks: CNEFP enacted by Law 033-2004/AN establishing Labor Code; draft decree adopted by Consultative Labor Committee January 2006; government seminar expected before Council of Ministers adoption. Draft decree for national/regional apprenticeship commissions prepared. CCFPA set up as collaborative framework for apprenticeship. - Strengthening financial capacities of financing entities (FASI, FAPE, PNAR-TD). - The Informal Sector Support Fund (FASI): - Established branch offices in provinces; in 2005 financed 951 microprojects totaling CFAF 462,678,500. - Present in fifteen provincial capitals and covers 44 provinces (except Ziro). - 255 new jobs created and 2,391 consolidated. - Employment Promotion Support Fund (FAPE): - Opened new offices in four provinces: Bobo-Dioulasso, Ouahigouya, Koupèla, and Kaya. - In 2005 financed 135 microenterprises, creating/consolidating 675 jobs. - Pre-financed 15 entrepreneurs, with 150 jobs created or consolidated. - Loans granted: CFAF 459,547,000 (direct loans) and CFAF 77,362,374 (pre-financing). - National Program for the Reintegration of Retrenched Workers (PNAR-TD): - In 2005 financed 49 projects totaling CFAF 170,775,000, generating 101 permanent jobs (forecast 60) and 283 temporary jobs (forecast 200). - 2003 HIPC resources financed 11 projects totaling CFAF 55,320,000, generating 14 permanent jobs and 27 temporary jobs. - PNAR-TD operates in 29 provinces; operations not yet decentralized. - Government and HIPC resources provided operating subsidies to these funds. - Create a capital investment company by 2007: no progress to date. - Advisory/counseling network for entrepreneurs/job seekers: preliminary consultative meetings conducted; assessment and inventory prepared. - National action plans for Special Summit conclusions: framework and national action plan prepared but not yet adopted. - Guarantee fund for employment promotion by end-2005: draft decree and draft order prepared. - Component: Vocational training - ANPE regional offices rehabilitation: Gaoua and Ziniaré refurbished; Manga nearing completion; works started on Solenzo, Sindou, Koupéla, Diapaga Boromo, and Ouagadougou; equipment acquired for all except Ouagadougou. - CEFP Ouagadougou extension and modernization project (BID/EMCO): developing performance indicators, service procedures manual, equipment; feasibility studies for Ziniaré and Banfora specialized centers submitted to BID. - Training of staff: around thirty heads of private training centers trained. - Review framework document on strategy for employment promotion and vocational training by end-2006: terms of reference prepared; review scheduled April 2006. - National policy for promotion of informal sector and action plan by end-2006: first version of preliminary draft policy developed; forum plans not realized for lack of funds. - “Recognition of Excellence” event: 5th edition planned for Bobo-Dioulasso in 2005; terms of reference prepared but funds not raised. - ANPE placements and services in 2005: - Registered 5,307 job seekers. - Handled 535 offers of employment from businesses. - Placed 50 job seekers in internship programs. - Studies and assessments: - Study on promotion of youth employment using HIMO approach and local construction materials conducted. - Study on setting up a national volunteer program carried out. - ONEF conducted a study on promising sectors and another on trends in the job market. - Regulatory and curricular development: - Tripartite workshop on vocational training certification; regulatory texts on Permanent Secretariat of Consultative Committee for Apprenticeship prepared. - Study and workshop on modeling/structuring a modern apprenticeship system conducted. - Identification of seven priority sectors and curriculum development underway: construction; agriculture-related trades; maintenance and repair of household appliances; electrical engineering; maintenance of automobiles and other motor vehicles; transport; hotels and restaurants; beauty treatment and care. - ANPE training and support outputs in 2005: - Trained 98 job seekers in job-search techniques (TRE). - Provided entrepreneurship training to 166 job seekers. - Advised and supported 1,125 entrepreneurs and job seekers. - Compiled 90 files on qualified candidates for entrepreneurs. - Beneficiaries include 2005 graduates of ANPE vocational assessment and training centers. - Survey on matching training and employment in major businesses launched December 2005, expected completion in 2006. - Component: Capacity-building - Created websites: Ministry of Youth and Employment, ONEF, ANPE. - Implemented Ministry statistical program: workshops on labor and employment statistics, harmonization of concepts, data processing and analysis, and collection methodologies for central and regional statistical correspondents and Regional Directors. - Summary outcome: 2005 implementation led to a more favorable environment for job creation, vocational training and apprenticeship development, and operational capacity-building for employment promotion entities. ### 2.4.7 Opening up of rural areas - Media access improvements in 2005: - Enhancement and expansion of radio and television broadcast coverage: - Completion, equipment and start-up of 12 new television broadcast centers. - Equipment of 18 existing television broadcast centers. - Completion, equipment and start-up of a land station in Ouagadougou. - Subscription to Intelsat satellite TV. - Deconcentration and decentralization of rural radio stations: - Construction of a perimeter wall at the Fada N’gourma regional directorate. - Finishing works in progress on main building of the Fada N’gourma regional directorate. - Construction of a perimeter wall and parking facilities at the Ouahigouya regional directorate. - Major construction work 50 percent complete on the building sites of the Gaoua and Banfora regional directorates. - Decentralization of the Sidwaya publishing company: - Refurbishing of main building 60 percent complete and all equipment purchased. - Support for promotion of ICTs for development, specifically local radio: - Construction and finishing of Ouargaye local community radio station. - Construction work on Nouna local community radio station 70 percent complete. - Acquisition of all studio and broadcasting equipment for the three local community radio stations of Ouargaye, Nouna, and Gayéri. - Work on Internet connection of directorates attached to the ministry: RTB and Sidwaya. - Rural transport strategy (SNTR) implementation and road works in 2005: - Investment program pursued: construction and maintenance of rural and cotton roads; decentralization of rural road management by deploying civil engineering staff and equipment to 45 provinces. - Award of contracts for construction of 1,000 km of rural roads in four provinces. - Award of contracts for construction of 975 km of rural and cotton roads in thirteen provinces. - Construction of 80 km of rural roads nearing completion. - Detailed technical studies on 800 km of feeder roads serving departmental capitals. - Technical studies on 206 km of rural roads in two Sahel provinces. - Construction of 200 km of rural roads in three provinces of the Eastern region. - Maintenance of 227 km of rural roads already built and start-up of works on 143 km, 109 km and 69 km of rural roads. - Road infrastructure results in 2005: - Regular maintenance of 13,092 km. - Periodic maintenance of unpaved roads: works on 804 km started in 2004; of 476 km initially planned, 161 km treated to date; periodic maintenance currently covers a 648 km stretch. - Increase of paved roads: start-up of works on Ouagadougou-Koupéla stretch launched in second half of 2005; by end-December a 50 km section had been covered. - Reinforcement works underway on 391 km of paved roads. - Completion of work on 177 km of unpaved roads out of 504 km planned for the period from a stretch of 1,046 km earmarked for rehabilitation. - Paving works completed on 356 km of roads (against 350 km scheduled for 2005) and ongoing on 466 km. - Marking/signage of the classified and maintained road network started in 2005, may be completed in 2006. - Road transport sector capacity-building and studies: - Training to strengthen capacities of SMEs and SMIs in transportation. - Database configuration and setup studies launched; progress at DGTTM and DEP of MITH; CBC terms of reference prepared and recruitment of consultant underway. - Follow-up study on impediments to traffic flow (roadblocks, illicit fees) undertaken. - Road safety: formulation of a communication policy and plan started; material support to police for accident data collection and road user behavior. - Rail and air transport initiatives: - Steps towards realization of Ouagadougou-Koumassi-Bouankra railway; search for funding and common financing requests to AfDB and other donors. - Terms of reference prepared to update feasibility study on Kaya-Tambao railway and rehabilitation of Ouaga-Kaya line. - Air transport actions: - Revision/updating of air services agreement with Morocco enabling Royal Air Maroc to operate Casablanca-Ouagadougou route. - Opening of Accra-Ouagadougou-Accra route by Antrak Air. - Signing of double taxation agreement with Ethiopia. - Signing of air services agreements with Cape Verde and China. - Operations of Point Air Burkina between Cotonou and Dakar. - Correspondence with United Arab Emirates and Nigeria to conclude air services agreements. - Pursued activities for Ouagadougou–Donsin international airport: award of contracts for environmental impact studies, relocation studies, feasibility studies on access roads and financing from BOAD and IDB. - Generator installed at Ouagadougou airport in January 2005. - Telecommunications and ICTs: - Continued development of rural telephone services: replacement of equipment serving Koudougou and Dori to improve service and provide service to ten additional communities in provinces of Sanguié, Boulkiemdé, Séno, Oudalan, and Yagha. - Issuing of tenders for setting up sixteen high-speed Internet access centers in remote/disadvantaged localities under ADEN project. - Preparation of tender documents for license to build/operate telephone and Internet network in South-West region (Ioba, Noumbiel, Poni and Bougouriba) as pilot to develop universally accessible telecommunications service. - At December 31, 2005 the number of rural localities with fixed-line telephone service rose to 220, of which fourteen received service in 2005. *Source: _cr07320 - 2.4 Status of implementation of Pillar 3: Broadening, under equitable conditions, of job opportunities and income-generating activities for the poor* ### 2.5 Status of implementation of Pillar 4: Promotion of good governance ### 2.5 Status of implementation of Pillar 4: Promotion of good governance ### Overview and institutional framework - Following the assessment of the National Plan for Good Governance—1998-2003, by decree No. 2005-459/PRES/PM/MFPRE/MFB of August 31, 2005, the government adopted the framework document setting out national policy on good governance for the 2005–15 period. - Decree No. 2005-656/PRES/PM/MFPRE/MEDEV of December 30, 2005 established a steering mechanism for implementation of the national policy on good governance. ### 2.5.1 Political governance — findings and actions - Consolidation of the rule of law was strengthened by the successful holding of presidential elections in November 2005. - Expansion of opportunities for freedom of expression and continued government financial assistance to the private press: around fifty private press companies received government subsidies amounting to CFAF 150 million. - Significant progress in 2005 in television and radio broadcasting coverage to enhance public participation. Justice system reforms and access - Substantial progress implementing the National Strategy and Action Plan for Judicial Reform for 2002-2006. - Two draft texts in process for adoption: establishment of a Jurisdiction Court, and establishment of four regional courts (TGIs) and four detention/correctional facility (MACs) in Djibo, Nouna, Orodara and Diébougou. - Revision of the code of criminal procedure to include procedures applicable to minors. - Infrastructure works: - Building of the TGI and MAC of Boromo and the Court of First Instance of Bobo-Dioulasso. - Refurbishing-extension of the Directorate of Penitentiary Security and all jurisdictions at the Bobo-Dioulasso court of appeal headquarters. - Construction nearly completed on the TGI and MAC of Léo and Yako. - Diapaga and Dori institutions being refurbished. - Information and awareness campaigns (including open-house events) were held; a legal aid fund is being set up. Human resources, equipment, and working conditions - Recruitment and training under government policy and specific plans at ENAM and the national police academy resulted in: - 30 magistrates - ten chief bailiffs - six bailiffs - three court clerks and secretaries - 250 prison officers - 30 assistant prison officers - 20 senior prison offers - 15 inspectors of prisons - Judicial services equipped with vehicles, computing equipment, office equipment and furniture, and dedicated security equipment for penitentiaries; ENAM graduating magistrates received legal document kits. Human rights promotion and prison conditions - Ongoing public awareness campaign on civil registration. - Outreach to promote respect for human rights and the rule of law via mobile cinema, theatre, radio and television broadcasts, human rights prize competitions, awareness training of heads of penitentiaries and public lectures. - Prison and police holding cell visits conducted; corrective measures proposed to ensure compliance with acceptable detention standards. - Studies completed: - Study on the children’s rights code to take stock of existing legal texts; findings to be widely disseminated in 2006. - Study on the rights of the disabled outlining strategies for promotion of rights of people with disabilities. - Women’s rights addressed through a dedicated workshop within the fifth national forum on human rights focusing on forms and causes of violence against women and judicial instruments to combat such violence. Security sector strengthening - Acquisition of vehicles and transmission equipment and recruitment and training of security personnel: - 700 new police officers - 500 gendarmes - Official launch of community policing plan and setting up of local safety committees throughout the province of Kourrittenga. - 2005 training and awareness-building activities for major community policing stakeholders: Regional Police Chiefs, Regional Commanders of the Gendarmerie, Provincial Police Chiefs and Commanders of gendarmerie squads, Governors, High Commissioners, Prefects, and Mayors. - Watch patrols of high-crime areas organized, reducing the number of armed assaults and certain acts of delinquency. ### 2.5.2 Administrative governance — reforms, ICT, and remaining concerns - Amendments to texts on the organization of the Ministry of Civil Service and Central Government Reform to account for regional decentralization. - Revision of Law No. 13/98/AN of April 28, 1998 through adoption of Law No. 19/2005/AN of May 18, 2005; various texts on organization of specific jobs also adopted. - Functionality of the integrated civil service personnel and salary management system (SIGASPE) strengthened; SIGASPE rolled out to 22 ministries and institutions. - Decree No. 2005-203/PRES/PM/MFPRE/MATD/MFB of April 6, 2005 established general principles of administrative deconcentration. - Adjustment of standards of organization and management of public administrative structures via Law No. 11-2005/AN of April 6, 2005 modifying Law No. 20-98/AN of May 5, 1998. E-government and information access - Web sites set up at all ministerial departments and institutions with facilities for updating by the end user. - Official gazettes from 1954 to the present digitized and made accessible via a digital library. - Self-training interactive multimedia content produced in national languages for rural development and public health education. - Launch of a pilot project to set up a government Intranet by migrating the RESINA network linking the 30 buildings in the Ouagadougou administrative area to a very high speed voice and data network. Persisting concerns regarding civil service reform - Imprecise definition of responsibilities, lack of rationality in organization of administrative structures, and weakness of capacity for policy analysis and formulation. - Lack of forward-looking personnel management, limited capacity for human resources planning and monitoring, ineffective in-service training system not aligned with needs. - Inadequate communication with citizens/users of the public administration. - Inadequate enforcement of texts. - Inadequate enactment of enabling decrees for laws. - Inadequate capacities of oversight agencies and bodies. ### 2.5.3 Economic governance — anti-corruption and transparency measures - Government measures to strengthen administrative oversight and regulatory measures to strengthen transparency and administrative accountability, including: - Preparation and publication of procedural manuals containing information on services and procedures to access those services. - Strengthening control measures by making participatory management structures (such as CASEM and cabinet and management councils) more dynamic and publishing reports of oversight bodies. - Additional actions: - Publication of results of public procurement tenders in a newsletter established for that purpose. - Launch of a process to revise the general regulations on public procurement to enhance transparency. - Strengthening legal framework for business through gradual alignment of national law with provisions of the treaty of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA). - Support to civil society and media: - Government provides the private print and electronic media with an annual subvention of CFAF 100 million to support qualitative improvements. - A national anti-corruption policy outlining government strategies and mechanisms for combating corruption is in the process of being finalized. ### 2.5.4 Local governance — decentralization progress and delays - Adoption of the general code on local governments (CGCT) by the National Assembly in December 2004 advanced decentralization and devolution of powers to regional and communal levels. - Texts prepared for transfer of powers and resources: - Decree on transfer of government property to local governments; for urban municipalities three devolution decrees in health, primary and pre-school education, and culture/youth/sports/leisure plus enabling ordinances concluded in conformity with article 41 of the CGCT. - Draft law setting out resources and expenditures of local governments. - Decree establishing the financial system for local governments. - Draft law establishing legal framework applicable to posts and employees of local governments. - For rural municipalities: study on spatial population distribution, preparation of socioeconomic models, and assessment of start-up infrastructure needs concluded. - Strategic framework for implementing decentralization prepared, as were decentralization monitoring and assessment indicators; communications strategy devised. - Consultations and information events: - Three information workshops for regional governors, secretaries general of regions and provinces, and prefects. - Thirteen regional conferences on the CGCT and 351 departmental conferences organized. - Main delays: - Transfer of powers and resources to local governments. - Managerial capacity-building for elected representatives and employees of local governments. ### III. Monitoring/Assessment strategy — institutional mechanism and indicators - Institutional mechanism created by Decree 2003-560/PRES/PM/MEDEV dated October 29, 2003 comprises three levels: the Ministerial Steering and Monitoring Committee (CMOS), sectoral and thematic commissions (CST), and decentralized agencies at the Regional Consultative Development Council (CCRD) level. - Functioning: - Except for the CCRDs, the other levels have functioned relatively well. - CMOS, chaired by the Head of Government, held its first session on February 16, 2006 and adopted guidelines assigning objectives and targets to the CSTs. - CSTs met behind schedule in April 2006 due to the 2005 presidential election year and municipal/legislative election preparations; issues raised about sectoral ownership of PAPs and coordination with regional level. - CSTs validated the review report despite timing issues. Outcome measurement tools and monitoring indicators - Progress in poverty reduction measured using a consensus-based matrix of indicators. - Main issue: weak capacity of administrations to gather information for indicators. - Timetable requirement: reviews take place in April of year (T) for year T-1; statistical data for year (T-1) should be available by March of year (T). - Some indicators may be updated more than once a year to inform CST meetings. - 2005 devoted to finalizing the 2005–07 PAP, resulting in late delivery of the final document; future documents should be available at the time of review with implementation timetables. - The survey based on the Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire (CWIQ) carried out in 2005, but delays in producing and analyzing data made it impossible to gather information for most monitoring indicators. - Status of subject-based statistical timetable: education, health, and macroeconomics data available from administrative sources. ### IV. Lessons learned and outlook for 2006–08 — key lessons and planned timelines - Sectoral ownership of the PAP should be promoted and overall coordination with regional and decentralized levels improved. A precise timetable for CST processes up to the PAP review is needed; emphasis on ensuring CSTs and CCRDs function effectively. - Some monitoring indicators are not updated timely; the statistical calendar should be implemented per established timetable: - Preliminary results of the CWIQ survey for year (n) need to be available at the latest in February of year (n+1). - Initial results of the general population and housing census (mapping underway) are expected to be available in June 2007. - Agriculture census scheduled for 2007 with results set for release in 2008. - Fourth EDS to be conducted in 2008 with results to be made available in March 2009. - Government expects usual participation of partners for these operations. - Budget and planning integration: - Despite progress in budget management and emphasis on results, government intends to adjust budget preparation to better align with the PAP-PRSP. - Reinstatement of sectoral MTEFs and closer integration with planning and monitoring of the PAP-PRSP needed to avoid allocation imbalances among and within priority sectors. - The annual PAP-PRSP report should be available when the budget is prepared to derive lessons and establish guidelines to integrate into the overall MTEF; April of each year identified as a good time for the annual review. - Aid and budget alignment: aid and the budget are increasingly aligned with PRSP priorities, but additional efforts are needed to increase predictability of disbursements by partners and government. - Low absorption rate of financial resources remains a concern; corrective actions required: - Better project programming and selection. - Regular oversight of project management. - Adherence to project start-up schedules. - Improved public procurement procedures. - Strengthening technical capacities of certain project managers. *Source: _cr07320 - 2.5 Status of implementation of Pillar 4: Promotion of good governance* ### 4.2 Outlook for 2006–08 ### 4.2 Outlook for 2006–08 ### A. Baseline scenario — Real sector - Poverty incidence target: drop from 46.4 percent in 2003 to 39.9 percent in 2008, representing an average annual reduction of around 1.1 points. - Assumptions: continuation of sectoral policies and a relatively favorable international environment; inflation held at about 2 percent; cotton and mining production increase. - Macroeconomic growth: - Average annual economic growth about 7 percent over 2006–08. - Primary sector average annual growth: 4.2 percent. - Secondary sector average annual growth: 8.8 percent. - Tertiary sector average annual growth: 8.9 percent. - Average GDP per capita improvement: about 4.5 percent. - Agriculture and cereals production: - If rainfall is sufficient and action plans implemented, gross cereals production increases: 2 percent in 2006; 3 percent in 2007; 3 percent in 2008. - Primary sector value added growth under these conditions: 3.5 percent in 2006; 4.5 percent in 2007; 4.5 percent in 2008. - Cotton: - Projected cotton production in 2006: 799,500 metric tons (2005: 750,975 metric tons), an increase of 6.6 percent. - From 2007 to 2008, cotton production growth assumed to hold at 6.6 percent per year if world prices increase and producer prices are maintained. - Cotton exports volume increase: 17 percent in 2006; 6.6 percent in 2007; 6.6 percent in 2008. - Secondary sector detail: - Share of GDP expected to stabilize at 19.5 percent over 2006–08. - Sector growth estimates: 10.8 percent in 2006; 7.6 percent in 2007; 8.1 percent in 2008. - Contribution to GDP growth from secondary sector: 1.9 percentage points in 2006; 1.4 percentage points in 2007; 1.5 percentage points in 2008. - Construction: average annual growth projected at 12.7 percent (assumes continuation and start-up of several road and infrastructure projects). - Extractive industries (Youga, Taparko, Kalsaka): production expected to total 1.6 metric tons in 2006; 1.6 metric tons in 2007; 1.7 metric tons in 2008. - Tertiary sector detail: - Growth: 8.5 percent in 2006; 9.9 percent in 2007; 8.2 percent in 2008. - Share of GDP: 42.5 percent in 2006; 43.4 percent in 2007; 44 percent in 2008. - Contribution to GDP growth from tertiary sector: 3.3 percentage points in 2006; 4 percentage points in 2007; 3.4 percentage points in 2008. - Tourism: over 500,000 visitors expected by end-2006; development of tourism sites and construction of about fifty tourist encampments underway. ### A. Baseline scenario — Inflation - Forecast: rise in overall prices around 2 percent on average over 2006–08 under assumptions of strong agricultural performance and stable petroleum prices. - For 2006: overall price increase estimated at 3.6 percent. - Oil price assumption for 2006: around US$45.00 a barrel. ### A. Baseline scenario — Public finances and priority action program financing - Total resources needed to implement the poverty reduction strategy over 2006–08 based on the macroeconomic framework: CFAF 2,007.3 billion, compared to overall program costs of CFAF 2,416.2 billion. - Public investment financing over 2006–08: CFAF 1,246.8 billion (average CFAF 415.6 billion per year). - External financing over the period: CFAF 658.8 billion (52.8 percent of total financing). - Financing through the government budget: CFAF 588 billion (47.2 percent of total financing). - Financing gap over the period: CFAF 132.3 billion (average CFAF 44.1 billion per year). - HIPC Initiative resources estimated over the period: CFAF 71.3 billion. - Residual funding requirements after HIPC: CFAF 61 billion over the period (CFAF 20.3 billion per year). - Provisional Financing Plan for the 2006–08 Action Program (MTEF) — selected annual and total figures (CFAF billion): - Program costs, excluding debt, including net loans: 2006: 748.1; 2007: 796.1; 2008: 872.0; Total: 2,416.2. - Operating expenditure: 2006: 377.3; 2007: 408.2; 2008: 446.5; Total: 1,232.0. - Capital expenditure: 2006: 395.6; 2007: 406.6; 2008: 444.6; Total: 1,246.8. - Government budget (capital or program line): 2006: 183.7; 2007: 186.3; 2008: 218.0; Total: 588.0. - External financing: 2006: 211.9; 2007: 220.3; 2008: 226.6; Total: 658.8. - Program financing: 2006: 618.6; 2007: 682.2; 2008: 706.5; Total: 2,007.3. - Government budget (program financing detail): 2006: 459.0; 2007: 520.4; 2008: 542.8; Total: 1,522.2. - External financing (program financing detail): 2006: 269.7; 2007: 278.1; 2008: 284.4; Total: 832.1. - Budgetary support: 2006: 57.8; 2007: 57.8; 2008: 57.8; Total: 173.3. - Grant financing (PIP): 2006: 101.9; 2007: 104.0; 2008: 106.0; Total: 311.9. - Borrowing (PIP): 2006: 110.0; 2007: 116.3; 2008: 120.6; Total: 346.9. - Financing gap: 2006: 37.2; 2007: 23.0; 2008: 72.1; Total: 132.3. - HIPC: 2006: 29.1; 2007: 21.8; 2008: 20.4; Total: 71.3. - Residual funding requirements (-): 2006: 8.1; 2007: 1.2; 2008: 51.7; Total: 61.0. (Source: MEDEV/DGEP, IAP baseline scenario, February 2006) ### B. Worst-case scenario — Macroeconomic assumptions and risks - Key assumptions and risks: - Possible constraints on government financing and slower growth in tax revenues could compromise public expenditure financing and public investment. - 2006/2007 crop year assumption based on average change over the preceding four years: reduction of 2.5 percent in food crop production and cotton production lower than in the last three seasons, or 1.6 percent. - Deterioration in terms of trade assumed due to a drop in cotton prices and an increase in petroleum prices to around US$55 a barrel on average. - For 2006–08, an average petroleum price increase of 5 percent relative to its 2005 level is assumed. - Risks to balance of payments from international cotton price developments. - Selected macroeconomic indicators (worst-case scenario): - Real GDP growth (%): 2006: 4.7; 2007: 4.2%; 2008: 5.0%. - Inflation rate (%): 2006: 2.9; 2007: 2.8%; 2008: 2.6%. - Budget deficit, including grants (% of GDP): 2006: 4.9; 2007: 5.7; 2008: 6.5. - Current account deficit, including transfers (% of GDP): 2006: 9.8; 2007: 10.3; 2008: 11.4. - Gross international reserves (in months of imports): 2006: 5; 2007: 6.7; 2008: 5.4. - Change in terms of trade (%): 2006: 1.9; 2007: -1.1; 2008: 4.4. - Change in overall incidence of poverty (%): 2006: 43.0; 2007: 43.4; 2008: 43.9. - Financing requirements under worst-case scenario: - Resources needed over next three years: CFAF 1,865.8 billion, compared to overall program cost of CFAF 2,425.6 billion. - Public investment financing over 2006–08: CFAF 1,246.8 billion (annual average CFAF 415.6 billion). - External financing: CFAF 658.8 billion (52.8 percent of overall financing). - Government budget financing: CFAF 580.3 billion (47.2 percent of total). - Financing gap over the period: CFAF 273.9 billion (average CFAF 91.3 billion per year). - HIPC funds over the period: CFAF 71.3 billion. - Residual financing needed after HIPC: CFAF 202.6 billion (CFAF 67.5 billion per year). - Provisional Financing Plan for the 2006–08 Action Program (Worst-Case Scenario) — selected annual and total figures (CFAF billion): - Program cost, excluding debt, including net loans: 2005: 755.1; 2006: 797.1; 2007: 873.0; Total: 2,425.2. - Operating expenditure: 2006: 359.5; 2007: 390.5; 2008: 428.4; Total: 1,178.4. - Capital expenditure: 2006: 395.6; 2007: 406.6; 2008: 444.6; Total: 1,246.8. - Government budget: 2006: 182.0; 2007: 183.3; 2008: 215.0; Total: 580.3. - External financing: 2006: 211.9; 2007: 220.3; 2008: 226.6; Total: 658.8. - Program financing: 2006: 606.8; 2007: 614.7; 2008: 644.4; Total: 1,865.8. - Government budget (program financing detail): 2006: 447.1; 2007: 452.9; 2008: 480.6; Total: 1,380.6. - External financing (program financing detail): 2006: 269.7; 2007: 278.1; 2008: 284.4; Total: 832.1. - Budgetary support: 2006: 57.8; 2007: 57.8; 2008: 57.8; Total: 173.3. - Grant financing (PIP): 2006: 101.9; 2007: 104.0; 2008: 106.0; Total: 311.9. - Borrowing (PIP): 2006: 110.0; 2007: 116.3; 2008: 120.6; Total: 346.9. - Financing gap: 2006: 49.1; 2007: 90.5; 2008: 134.2; Total: 273.9. - HIPC: 2006: 29.1; 2007: 21.8; 2008: 20.4; Total: 71.3. - Residual financing requirements (-): 2006: 20.0; 2007: 68.7; 2008: 113.8; Total: 202.6. (Source: MEDEV / DGEP, IAP worst-case scenario, March 2006) ### 4.2.2 Economic policy measures and actions — Main thrust - 1. Strengthening of budget management: - More effective implementation of the plan for enhanced budget management over 2006–08; use of the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) to channel more resources to priority sectors. - Establishment of sectoral MTEFs within priority ministries (MEBA-MESSRS, MFB). - Delegation of appropriations introduced in regional MESSRS directorates by end-2006. - Public expenditure reviews (MATD and MFB). - Tax and customs revenue measures: - Continued modernization of tax administration, including implementation of the revised single financial identification number, support for the Large Enterprise Division (DGE), continuation of DGI computerization, and support for development of the Integrated Revenue System. - DGE to carry out tax audits of 60 large enterprises and finalize census of large enterprises in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso. - Continue installing a fully functional ASYCUDA++ and enhance interconnectedness of General Customs Directorate departments (add Bobo gare, Bobo CDP, BVA, Ouga CDP, Bittou, Dakola, Koudougou, and Niangoloko to the network). - Intensify efforts to combat tax fraud and evasion; establish a special unit within the General Customs Directorate to check final destination of duty-free imports under the Public Investment Program. - Draw up and approve sectoral policy, action plan, and sectoral MTEFs of the Ministry of Finance and Budget during 2006. - Public expenditure management improvements: - Strengthen capacities of budget management units; perform audits of DGB, DCCF, DGI, DAF, and DEP. - Improve and enforce legal framework for budget management; approve and implement CPAR action plan; computerize public procurement. - Improve quality and transparency of the budget law; prepare periodic reports on public finances. - Enhance monitoring of budget execution and fulfillment of end-year obligations (introduce materials accounting; prepare 2005 end-year treasury accounts of senior government accountants, local governments, and public enterprises (EPE)). - Expand deconcentration of budgets (develop financial regime for local governments; study deconcentration of MFB units; deconcentration of payment authorization; deploy CICL accounting software in local governments). - Improve management of specific expenditure (implement CGAB framework; audit of government domestic debt and the balance). - Improve quality and sustainability of computerization within the Ministries of Economy and Finance (revision of SIGASPE, CID, and SDI). - Strengthen budget management oversight (review texts pertaining to the IGE and approve new status of finance inspectors). - 2. Effectiveness of public investments: - Enhance impact and selection of public investment projects to better reflect growth, job creation, and poverty reduction objectives. - Give priority to employment issues in public investment programs to boost incomes and reduce poverty. - 3. Liberalization and privatization / Dialogue with the private sector: - Implement Policy Letter on Private Sector Development intervention objectives over 2006–08. - Continue disengagement from productive sectors via the privatization program involving nine (9) enterprises: SONABEL, SONABHY, CBMP, Hôtel Silmandé, BUMIGEB, CCVA, ONEA, ONATEL, and the Airports of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso. - Strengthen the role of the private sector in implementing the PRSP by drawing up State/private sector performance contracts. *Source: _cr07320 - 4.2 Outlook for 2006–08 (MEDEV/DGEP IAP scenarios and policy measures, February–March 2006)* ### 4. Improvement of the business climate to promote the private sector: The Burkinabè ### 4. Improvement of the business climate to promote the private sector: The Burkinabè ### Institutional reforms to reduce constraints and speed business creation - Make available human and logistical resources to ensure the one-stop window becomes fully operational and is physically transferred to the Burkina Faso Enterprise Office. - Bring the Mediation and Conciliation Center onstream. - Accelerate judicial reform by strengthening the commercial divisions of the higher courts and, from 2007 onwards, setting up commercial courts to create a more attractive and secure environment for private investment. ### Tax administration, Investment Code, and incentives - Extend the issuance of a single financial identification number to all taxpayers subject to the various tax regimes to combat tax fraud. - Improve mechanisms for monitoring exemptions. - Carry out necessary reforms to simplify the tax system and provide incentives for the private sector, particularly through revision of the Investment Code by end-2006. ### Labor market flexibility and factor costs - Continue efforts to improve productivity of primary factors such as labor and capital. - Labor Code reviewed and Law 33-2004/AN of September 14, 2004 promulgated. - Review regulations on working hours such as orders 932/FPT/DGTLD of January 01, 1976 and 243/FPT/DGTLS of February 9, 1976 to make them more flexible. - Aim to implement required reforms by 2006 to introduce greater flexibility into the labor market and reduce social costs that weigh heavily on SMEs/SMIs. ### Financial sector measures to support SMEs/SMIs - Encourage the banking sector to promote SMEs/SMIs through financial mechanisms: - Guarantee funds, including the operationalization of the interbank guarantee fund. - Interest rebates for certain priority sectors. - Streamlining of loan procedures. ### Energy sector reform and electrification (2006–08 priorities) - Implement strategy for reform of the energy sector, including: - Establishment of the regulatory agency for the electricity subsector. - Approval of a legal and regulatory framework for the electricity and hydrocarbons subsectors. - Adoption of the national electrification plan. - Construction of the line connecting Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou. - Financing of electrification projects by the Electrification Development Fund. - Electrification of (12) rural localities per year. - Continue automatic adjustment of retail prices based on import and distribution costs. - Encourage installation of petroleum product distribution pumps in rural areas lacking them. - Organize periodic consultations with partners to reach consensus on energy sector reforms and emphasize other energy sources such as photovoltaic cells, biomass and biofuels. ### Transport, roads, and sector regulation - Submit a draft framework law on the transport sector to the National Assembly for approval by end-2006 to outline objectives, principles, and projections. - Approve regulatory texts setting out new rules for the road transport industry. - Use the Transport Sector Program (PST2) to: - Continue training of carriers to boost managerial capacities of private carriers. - Help carriers gain access to the guarantee facility established by WAEMU for SMEs/SMIs. - Finance follow-up studies of roadblocks and associated illicit collection of fees and publish results on a half-yearly basis. - Support the Burkinabè Shippers Council (CBC) to expand services to small-scale transporters and strengthen the database for monitoring road transport services. ### Information and communication technologies (ICT) - Strengthen national regulatory capacities following complete opening up of the telecommunications sector to competition in January 2006. - Create a transparent, predictable, attractive, and secure environment to stimulate private sector development of basic infrastructure and guarantee access to reliable, good quality telecommunications services at affordable prices. - Promote e-administration, e-commerce, distance learning, e-medicine, and e-content and services in national languages, especially for rural populations. - Revise legal and regulatory framework to facilitate electronic transactions and teleworking while protecting fundamental rights and combating cybercrime. ### Private sector development programs and institutional support - Leverage components of the World Bank-financed Enterprise Development and Competitiveness Support Project (PACDE) to implement the Policy Letter on Private Sector Development and its action program, including: - Privatization program. - Enhancement of institutional capacities of the Burkina Faso Enterprise Office (MEBF) and the Shared-Cost Support Fund. - Use enterprise capacity-building program to improve competitiveness. - Strengthen financing and support structures: Informal Sector Support Fund, Employment Promotion Support Fund, and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Support Program (PAPME). - Put in place a system of chèques services (prepaid payment vouchers) and set up the approved Ouagadougou pilot management center. ### Trade integration, EPAs, and export promotion - Conduct a study under the Integrated Framework Initiative by end-2006 to foster greater integration into the global trading system; expected to lead to a letter of intent on international trade development policy by 2007 at the latest. - Conduct three complementary studies to benefit from Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs): - A study on export promotion through upgrading of export sectors and industries. - A study on the determinants of saving and private investment in Burkina Faso. - A study on the medium-term impact of EPAs on the main poverty indicators. - Use outcomes to explore facilities such as an export processing free zone. ### Rural development, food security, and agriculture - Continue support for regional Chambers of Agriculture and Farmers’ Professional Organizations (OPAs), strengthening capacities and obtaining swing credits and equipment. - Carry out the general agricultural census in 2006 to better assess agricultural potential. - Focus on management and prevention of food crises through national food security stocks and early warning systems. - Advance harmonization and coordination in the agricultural sector via: - Establishment of new government/partners food security consultation mechanism within the National Food Security Council (CNSA). - Deconcentration. - Implementation of the action plan for the food security information system (PA-SISA). - Implementation of institutional reorganization of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Fisheries. - Coordination, harmonization, and alignment toward an effective investment program and expenditure framework. - Establishment of a monitoring system to gauge poverty reduction impact of support provided, especially income and productivity improvements. - Provide incentives for creation of small agrofood processing and spinning units through tax breaks for equipment purchases, mainly via revision of the Investment Code by end-2006. - Adopted a national strategy for promotion of microfinance; objective for 2006 is to finalize and implement an effective action plan. ### Mining and artisanal employment - For 2006–08, develop activities to enable the mining sector, particularly artisanal mining, to contribute to growth and poverty reduction. - Artisanal mining employs about 200,000 people in over 200 gold-washing sites. ### SME/SMI national program, investment promotion, and tourism - Develop and implement a specific national program over the next three years to support SME/SMI development focusing on funding through creation of a national investment promotion agency, equipment, supervision, and operator training. - Revise the Investment Code to enhance incentives. - Tourism policy to promote ecotourism and agrotourism, develop ecological and cultural heritage, and supervise sector operators. - Adopt a tourism development policy by end-2006 to serve as framework for stakeholders. ### Handicrafts sector revitalization (key actions and timelines) - Conduct a census of craftspeople. - Organize the tenth Ouagadougou International Arts and Crafts Fair (SIAO) in 2006. - Modernize and strengthen SIAO’s operational capacities. - Implement the action plan of the strategy for promotion of handicrafts. - Establish a technical handicraft support center in the Hauts-Bassins region in 2006. - Conduct a study in 2007 on setting up a handicrafts village in Fada N’Gourma. - Conduct a study on setting up a handicrafts village in Ouahigouya en 2008. - Establish the Chamber of Handicrafts and launch its operations by end-2007. - Support the Bureau of Craftspeople. - Launch a handicrafts registry by end-2006. - Support establishment of handicrafts villages in Fada N’Gourma and Ouahigouya. - Finalization of the handicrafts code by end-2008. - Support handicraft centers by strengthening organizational and professional capacity through professional umbrella organizations, basic and refresher training, and improving access to credit and financing instruments. - Ease the tax burden on crafts and tradespeople by end-2008. ### Postal sector and decentralization - Pursue ongoing postal sector reforms to better define operating conditions and regulatory framework. - Develop a regulatory framework to promote sector development and strengthen decentralization through availability of reliable postal services. ### Cross-border economy and migration-related financial flows - Focus government policy on better understanding migratory movements and destinations. - Create an environment conducive to repatriation of financial flows resulting from migration. *Source: _cr07320 - 4. Improvement of the business climate to promote the private sector: The Burkinabè* ### 8. Basic social services and welfare ### 8. Basic social services and welfare ### (i) Access for the poor to basic education - Overall government policy for the period leading up to 2010 under the PDDEB is based on: - Greater coverage of basic education and simultaneous quality improvement; - Promotion of balanced development of the education system to be more responsive to the needs of the economy, in both quantitative and qualitative terms; - Development of a dedicated, coherent program providing broad opportunities for literacy and high-quality nonformal education for adults, in particular women; - Building capacity in education management and policy-making. - Implementation notes and priorities: - Construction accounts for over 60 percent of the budget. - Teacher training represents about 15 percent of the budget. - Operations represent about 25 percent of the budget. - Lengthening the basic education cycle to 10 years (instead of 6). - A discussion group was set up to review the second phase of the PDDEB and a possible new distribution of components. - An interministerial committee has been set up to study extension of basic education to include the first cycle of secondary education. - Targets and expectations: - With more efficient organization and action, the aim is to reach an enrollment rate of 70 percent by 2010. - Quantitative objectives will be updated for the second phase of the PDDEB to achieve the MDGs. - 2006–08 Priority Action Program emphases: - Updating the ten-year PDDEB to broaden the concept of basic education and incorporate initiatives such as Education for All, 25/2005 Initiative, Fast-Track. - Effective implementation of compulsory and free basic education, including provision of textbooks and school supplies and collection of parents' association dues. - Priority initial activities in the 20 provinces with the lowest enrollment rates; consolidation of alternatives such as satellite schools (ES), bilingual schools, nonformal basic education centers (CEBNF). - Continued experimentation with bilingual education; assessment of cost-effectiveness of the integrated program and the bilingual curriculum. - Accelerated development of tools to manage implementation, including institutional reforms. - Operationalization via broadening mandates of regional and provincial directorates and organization of local levels based on a high-quality education project. - Close monitoring of school infrastructure construction programs. - Implementation of the regionalization of teacher recruitment. - Development of a coherent and effective communication strategy on education issues. - Literacy and nonformal education: - Intensify literacy/training activities and improve quality by targeting disadvantaged areas through economic projects for women, creation of permanent literacy and training centers and CEBNFs, and linking literacy with health, education, credit, and extension services. - Dissemination of nonformal education through the “downstreaming” approach, strengthen monitoring and assessment, and develop the National Fund for Literacy and Nonformal Education. - Quality and management improvements: - Update curricula: redefine programs, reorganize basic education levels, increase classroom time, improve assessment. - Focus on basic teacher training, refresher training for principals and supervisors, and production/distribution of school books and supplies. - Enhance planning and management capacities: devise a master plan for computerized management, develop financial management tools, prepare legal framework for recruitment/management of new teachers. - Budgetary indication: - Education sector expenditure out of government own funds, including HIPC resources, will rise from 16.44 percent of the total budget in 2006 to 17.30 percent in 2008. - Other education measures for 2006–08: - Increase access to general, technical, and vocational secondary education and to higher education. - Improve the quality of education. - Reduce gaps in enrollment between girls and boys, rural and urban areas, and socioeconomic groups. - Improve relevance of schooling and apprenticeships to economic development needs. - Expand university enrollment capacity and strengthen teacher training. - Strengthen private initiatives and build management capacities in the Ministry of Secondary Education, Higher Education, and Scientific Research. ### (ii) Access of the poor to health/nutrition services — HIV-AIDS prevention and control - Main measures to foster better public health and well-being: - Increase national health coverage by developing infrastructure and equipment, setting up health districts, developing community-based services, and strengthening cooperation with private and traditional health sectors. - Objective: increase the percentage of the population living within 10 km of a health center from 60 percent in 2003 to more than 85 percent in 2007. - Improve quality and use of health services by enforcing quality standards, enhancing availability of essential drugs, reinforcing health promotion, and promoting risk-sharing mechanisms including healthcare mutual societies. - HIV-AIDS operational efforts: - Continue reducing new HIV infections via voluntary screening in health centers, improved syndromic STD case management, and expanded prevention of mother-to-child transmission. - Make condoms and high-quality drugs such as ARVs and medicines to combat opportunistic infections available at subsidized prices. - Build an integrated HIV screening center in each healthcare facility (CHU, CHR, CMA). - Train 200 physicians and 2,500 paramedics from 55 CMAs and 12 hospitals to prescribe ARVs. - Establish a functioning epidemiological and clinical HIV/AIDS observatory. - Micronutrient deficiency and nutrition actions: - Continue twice-yearly vitamin A supplementation program for infants aged between six and 59 months. - Organize consultations among consumer associations and restaurant owners; train officers in six health regions in quality control for iodized salt; develop hypocaloric diets using local foods and cooking techniques. - Produce and broadcast documentaries in national languages, radio and television programs, leaflets, and radio and television spots. ### (iii) Access of the poor to safe water and sanitation - Main rural sector challenges: - Strengthen coordination and sectoral planning for the MDG roadmap. - Decentralization: transfer responsibility for safe water, sanitation, and water resource management to the 350 new municipalities. - Sustainability: 23 percent of the 29,500 manual pumps and 40 percent of 360 water supply systems are non-functional. - Strengthen capacities and financial resources of the DGAEPs and DRAHRHs to complement donor efforts. - Promote hygiene and sanitation, particularly in rural areas. - Sanitation strategy and capacity requirements: - New national sanitation strategy (draft) expected to be validated in 2006; institutions will prepare specific action plans thereafter. - Improving access to stand-alone sanitary facilities is vital for environmental cleanliness, reducing child mortality and morbidity, and fostering school enrollment, particularly of girls. - To achieve the MDGs, the sector’s execution capacity in sanitation needs to be multiplied by 6.5 if 61 percent of the population is to have access to improved sanitation facilities. - Urban experiments and ONEA program: - ONEA has conducted hygiene promotion campaigns for over a decade, funded through cross subsidization of water rates, with NGOs and local masons in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso. - Around 9,000 stand-alone sanitary systems are built every year. - Households finance 50 to 80 percent of the systems. - ONEA has drafted four strategic plans and intends to prepare six more PSAs for Kaya, Dori, Tenkodogo, Koupéla, Pouytenga, and Dédougou with the following timetable: - 2006: outreach to communal authorities and establishment of partnerships through memoranda of cooperation, - 2007–08: selection of service providers and conduct of studies, finalization of the PSAs; - 2009: running of pilot projects and launch of implementation of the PSAs. - Aim: significant increase in hygiene best practices and installation of stand-alone sanitary systems in households, schools, and health centers over the 2007 to 2009 period. - Rural pilot programs: - Hygiene and sanitation education program within PADSEA 2 in Boucle du Mouhoun, Eastern Central, and Northern regions. - Reinforcement in three provinces by a pilot program to promote hygiene and build stand-alone sanitary systems with municipalities and NGOs, to give DGAEAP and DRAHRHs practical know-how before scaling up. ### (iv) Improving the living conditions of the poor: Housing — Pollution control - Main 2006–08 housing activities: - Draft and submit a national strategy paper on housing to government. - Improve regulatory framework via approval and dissemination of the urban planning and building code. - Continue preparation of planning documents for urban centers; implement town planning and land use development operations; construct public facilities; provide low-cost and subsidized housing and serviced lots; improve basic urban services in urban municipalities. - Anti-pollution priorities in 2006: - Implement air pollution control projects in Ouagadougou and the action plan to eliminate POPs. - Conduct environmental inspections; support decentralized waste management; ensure environmentally sound management of waste oils; further waste water analysis. - Environmental management and institutional strengthening: - Set up environmental units in strategic ministries to follow up environmental impact studies. - Finalize and implement the environmental and sustainable development plan, the ministry’s ten-year action plan, the national land use development strategy, and the national strategy on sustainable plastic waste management. - Strengthen partnerships and promote ‘green citizenship,’ environmental education campaigns, and implementation of environmental sector decentralization. - Develop a national biosafety framework and law organizing the legal regime for biosafety. - Establish a national nuclear safety and radiation protection agency. - Formulate and implement projects under the clean development mechanism aimed at reducing pollution through carbon sequestration or biofuel production. ### (v) Welfare services for the poor - Main areas of continued government effort over 2006–08: - Protection of children in danger, particularly combating trafficking in children and the sexual abuse of children. - Ongoing support for socioeconomic integration of young people trained in rehabilitation and training facilities. - Strengthening actions promoting national solidarity and social welfare of specific groups. - Pursuit and stepping up of implementation of the program for socioeconomic reintegration of repatriated persons. ### (vi) Advancement of women - Policy objectives for 2006–08: - Improve the social and legal status of women through enforcement of fundamental rights for women and young girls. - Promote women’s access to decision-making spheres (elective and appointed positions, representation in professional organizations) through awareness-raising and capacity-building. - Promote women’s education and capacities by achieving equal access to education and training for girls and boys, promoting women’s literacy, and encouraging self-promotion and self-management of women’s organizations. - Alleviate poverty of rural women by securing access to productive jobs, creating conditions for women entrepreneurs, improving access to agrofood technologies, and improving access to markets through promotion of small processing units. - Strengthen institutional frameworks and mechanisms for advancement of women by improving capitalization, monitoring/assessment, and vigilance. - Multifunctional platforms and rural energy services: - Continue dissemination of multifunctional platforms as modern energy services supply companies in rural areas to help reduce incidence of income poverty among women. - Aim to install 350 platforms over 2006–08, of which 40 percent with mini water and electricity networks. - These enterprises run by women are expected to generate around 2,500 jobs. ### (vii) Labor and social security, youth, promotion of employment and vocational training - 2006–08 activities: - Employment promotion. - Development of vocational training and apprenticeships. - Operational capacity-building of agencies responsible for labor, youth affairs, employment, and vocational training. *Source: _cr07320 - 8. Basic social services and welfare* ### 9. Equitable expansion of job opportunities and income-generating activities for the poor ### 9. Equitable expansion of job opportunities and income-generating activities for the poor ### Overall objective and priority actions - Enhance income-generating capacities of the poor by promoting their participation in the production process through: - (i) reduction of the vulnerability of agricultural activity; - (ii) improvement and protection of access to land; - (iii) intensification and diversification of plant, animal, fishery, forestry, and wildlife production; - (iv) increase and diversification of rural incomes; - (v) opening up of rural areas; - (vi) support for producers’ organizations and development of collective infrastructures; - (vii) improvement of the living and working conditions of rural women; - (viii) promotion of employment and vocational training. - Overall objective of the rural development strategy: ensure sustained growth of the rural sector so as to contribute to poverty reduction, greater food security, and the promotion of sustainable development by 2015. ### Reducing vulnerability of agricultural activity and water/resource management - Actions to reduce agricultural vulnerability: - agricultural water management; - building of manure pits; - establishment of a national water information system; - enhancing the security of pastoral activities; - development of off-season crop cultivation. - Planned water-resource mobilization and infrastructure (supporting off-season cultivation): - Complete 1,140 manual boreholes - Complete 68 wells for vegetable production - Complete 25 ponds ### Improvement and protection of access to land - Over the 2006–08 period: - Develop a policy paper on rural land tenure security with an implementation strategy and an action plan. - Implementation actions to ensure rural land tenure security: - Draft a rural land law or revise the RAF; - Define the institutions, procedures, and tools for rural land management; - Coordinate land management and local development. ### Intensification and diversification of plant production - Continue implementation of action plans for traditional cereals and rice. - Provide producers with tractors and motorized pumps. - Support small-scale village irrigation project (PPIV) and assist producers’ organizations in improved perimeter sites to structure activities. - PPIV program forecasts cultivation of 26,617 ha of off-season crops on a total of 1,504 sites involving 135,000 farmers, including: - 9,256 ha of maize - 1,122 ha of cowpeas - 789 ha of cassava - 1,800 ha of fruit - 12,244 ha of vegetables - 1,406 ha of other crops - Plans to start development of 2,000 ha of wheat in the Di department of Sourou province and a wheat seed multiplication project planned for the 2005–07 period. - Oilseed crops (groundnut, sesame, and shea nut) objectives and measures: - Re-energize production and increase product quality; - Enhance professionalization of stakeholders; - Disseminate high-yield varieties, particularly by: - (i) stepping up groundnut and sesame production; - (ii) disseminating varieties with high oil content; - (iii) improving organization of shea nut collection and training of women and collectors to obtain high-quality nuts; - (iv) protecting and conserving natural stands of shea nut trees; - (v) supporting the professionalization of stakeholders. ### Intensification and diversification of animal production (priority activities for 2006–08) - Area 1: Enhancement of the legal security of pastoral activities through: - (i) improvement of the legislative and regulatory framework governing access to resources; - (ii) dissemination of the framework law on pastoralism (LORP); - (iii) strengthening of pastoral infrastructure; - (iv) support for the development of pastoral zones; - (v) development of a pastoral water resources policy. - Area 2: Improvement of livestock productivity through: - (i) intensification of animal production via better feeding, good health coverage, and improved performance of breeds raised; - (ii) support for development of village poultry raising; - (iii) prevention of animal trypanosomiasis; - (iv) prevention of livestock diseases and surveillance of animal health. - Area 3: Improvement of competitiveness and market access through: - (i) assistance in facilitating access to the domestic market; - (ii) improving competitiveness and access to external markets; - (iii) supporting the development of growth sectors. - Area 4: Professionalization of stakeholders through: - (i) support for the private exercise of veterinary and zootechnical professions; - (ii) support for the professionalization of stakeholders and for the private sector. - Area 5: Strengthening of the institutional framework through: - (i) training of new staff; - (ii) strengthening of the monitoring/supervision mechanism; - (iii) regionalization of the livestock sector development policy. ### Natural resources management, forestry, wildlife, and sanitation - Forestry and related activities: - Ongoing forestry development and monitoring of wood and charcoal production; - Promotion of non-timber forest products; - Coming onstream of gum Arabic production expected to create jobs benefiting women in particular. - Wildlife sector: - Professionalization of stakeholders through monitoring, coaching, awareness-raising, and training to create jobs in management of concessions, development of game meat, and ecotourism. - Sanitation and landscaping: - Implementation of the plastic waste management strategy involving various stakeholders, including residents of municipalities. - Series of actions to promote landscaping and horticulture as a sector with strong potential for job creation. ### Opening up rural areas, infrastructure, and ICT - Priority improvement of rural roads over the 2006–08 period to create opportunities for communication and trade. - Plan to foster access to lighting for at least 20,000 households each year through solar energy systems or connection to the network. - Set up community call centers to foster universal access to information and communication technologies and improve accessibility of all areas. ### Labor market flexibility and employment promotion - Pursue efforts to inject greater flexibility into the labor market and stimulate job creation by adopting implementing instruments for the new labor code. - Conduct a study on the labor market in Burkina Faso to provide an analytical basis for implementation of the national employment strategy. *Source: _cr07320 - 9. Equitable expansion of job opportunities and income-generating activities for the poor* ### ANNEX I: MONITORING INDICATORS OF THE 2005 PAP ### ANNEX I: MONITORING INDICATORS OF THE 2005 PAP ### Education (basic and nonformal) - Gross primary school enrollment rate: 2003 = 52.2%; 2004 = 56.8%; 2005 Target = 58.1%; 2005 Level = 60.2%. - Gross primary school enrollment rate, Girls: 2003 = 46.3%; 2004 = 51.0%; 2005 Target = 52.9%; 2005 Level = 54.5%. - Gross CP1 (first grade) admission rate: 2003 = 65.95%; 2004 = 70.0%; 2005 Target = 70.7%; 2005 Level = 70.0% (Provisional results 2005). - Gross CP1 admission rate, Girls: 2003 = 61.5%; 2004 = 64.1%; 2005 Target = 66.7%; 2005 Level = 64.1% (Provisional results 2005). - Primary school completion rate: 2003 = 31.3%; 2004 = 32.8%; 2005 Target = 33.8%; 2005 Level = 34.9% (Provisional results 2005). - Primary school completion rate, Girls: 2003 = 27.3%; 2004 = 28.7%; 2005 Target = 29.7%; 2005 Level = 31.2% (Provisional results 2005). - Adult literacy rate: 2003 = 27.0%; 2004 = 28.4%; 2005 Target = No data; 2005 Level = 30.5% (Provisional results 2005). - Student/teacher ratio: 2003 = 52; 2004 = 52; 2005 Target = 50. - Math books per student: 2003 = 0.58; 2004 = 0.63. - Reading primers per student: 2003 = 0.68; 2004 = 0.81. - Gross preschool enrollment rate: 2004 = 1.17%; 2005 Target = 1.5%; 2005 Level = 1.34%. ### Health, Nutrition, Demography, and Water & Sanitation - Vaccination coverage by antigen (regional/health district): - BCG: 2003 = 86.32%; 2004 = 110.95%; 2005 Target = 100%; 2005 Level = 111.72%. - DTCP3: 2003 = 78.3%; 2004 = 88.39%; 2005 Target = 90%; 2005 Level = 96.29%. - Measles: 2003 = 71.08%; 2004 = 78.34%; 2005 Target = 80%; 2005 Level = 84.00%. - Yellow fever: 2003 = 66.32%; 2004 = 76.02%; 2005 Target = 80%; 2005 Level = 84.09%. - Rate of assisted childbirths: 2003 = 30.92%; 2004 = 33.49%; 2005 Target = 40%; 2005 Level = 33.79%. - Infant/child mortality rate: 2003 = 184% (Indicator provided by EDS in 2003); 2005 Target = No data. - Seroprevalence of HIV/AIDS infection: UNAIDS = 4.2% (2003); EDS = 1.8% (2003); 2005 Target = Not available (NA); 2005 Level = 2.3% (UNAIDS sentinel site). - Prevalence of underweight children under the age of 5: 2003 = 38%; 2004 = 38%; 2005 Target = < 40%; 2005 Level = NA (Indicator provided by EDS in 2003). - Rate of safe water coverage: - Rural and suburban / Urban: 2003 = 70% / 80%; 2004 = 75% / 82%; 2005 Target = 72.2% / 84% (Region, province; PR 2005). - Percentage of households with access to working latrines: 2004 = 33.3%; 2005 Target = 35%; 2005 Level = No data. - Rate of sanitation coverage (2004 baseline; 2005 Target; 2005 Level): - Ouagadougou: 2004 = 40%; Target = 45%; Level = 44%. - Bobo-Dioulasso: 2004 = 20%; Target = 25%; Level = 22%. - Other urban centers: 2004 = No data; Target = 5%; Level = Not available. - Rural and suburban: 2004 = No data; Target = No data; Level = Not available. - Percentage of population living within 10 km of a health center: EDS – 1998 = 87%; 2005 Target = > 87%; 2005 Level = No data. - CPN2 (prenatal care) coverage rate: 2004 = 62.05%; 2005 Target = 75%; 2005 Level = Not available. - Percentage of EGD storage facilities without supply failure (10 EGDs): 2004 = 90%; 2005 Target = 80%; 2005 Level = 91.28%. - Number of new contacts/year in primary care units (CSPS and CMA): 2004 = 0.34; 2005 Target = 0.34; 2005 Level = 0.32. ### Macroeconomic Performance and Competitiveness - Real GDP growth: 2003 = 8.0%; 2004 = 4.6%; 2005 Target = 4.7%; 2005 Level = 7.1%. - Average annual inflation rate: 2003 = 2.0%; 2004 = -0.4%; 2005 Target = 3.1%; 2005 Level = 6.4%. - Fiscal balance (commitment basis, including grants) as percentage of GDP: 2003 = -1.3%; 2004 = -2.5%; 2005 Target = -2.1%; 2005 Level = -3.2%. - Contribution of exports to GDP (current prices, IAP): 2003 = 7.4%; 2004 = 9.4%; 2005 Target = 9.2%; 2005 Level = 8.7%. - Taxation rate: 2003 = 10.8%; 2004 Target = 12%; 2005 Target = 13.1%; 2005 Level = 11.3%. - Nonaccumulation of domestic and external payment arrears: 2003 = 0.0; 2004 = 0.0; 2005 Target = 0.0; 2005 Level = 0.0 (According to IAP). ### Additional Sectoral and Social Protection Indicators - Percentage of CSPSs meeting staffing standards: 2003 = 76.8%; 2004 = 75.8%; 2005 Target = 85%; 2005 Level = No data. - Breakdown in supply of essential and generic drugs at CAMEG (45 essential products): 2003 = 1.84%; 2004 = 1.63%; 2005 Target = < 5%; 2005 Level = 2.96%. - Proportion of AIDS patients under ARV treatment: 2003 = 2.5%; 2004 = 7.1%; 2005 Target = Increase of 50%; 2005 Level = 33.9%. - Rate of contraceptive prevalence: 2003 = 15.85%; 2004 = 16.39%. - Number of jobs created by projects financed with support funds: 2003 = 780; 2004 = 1,030; 2005 Target = 1,050; 2005 Level = No data. - Apparent rate of cereals coverage: 2003 = 114.3%; 2004 = 127.7%; 2005 Target = 106.5%; 2005 Level = 96.8%. - Cereals production growth (IAP): 2003 = 0.6%; 2004 = 16.5%; 2005 Target = -19.4%; 2005 Level = 24.7% (IAP). - Rate of budget execution in priority ministries: 2003 = 69%; 2004 = 70%; 2005 Target = 80%; 2005 Level = 75%. ### Pillar 1 — Accelerate Equity-Based Growth (highlights and targets) - Incidence of overall poverty: INSD 2003 = 46.4%; 2004 = 43.7%; 2005 Target = 42.4%. - Incidence of urban poverty: INSD 2003 = 21.5%; 2004 = 16.6%; 2005 Target = 16.8%. - Incidence of rural poverty: INSD 2003 = 50.4%; 2004 = 48.5%; 2005 Target = 46.7%. - Selected sectoral production targets (IAP, MCPEA, DG/Mines, SP/CPSA): - Annual increase in cowpea and wadzoo production: Past situation = -38.1% in 2004; 2005 Target = 3.5%; 2005 Level = 76.6% (IAP). - Annual increase in seed cotton production: Past = 32.8% in 2004; 2005 Target = 3.8%; 2005 Level = 16.9% (IAP). - Annual increase in agricultural exports: Past = 13.3% in 1998-2003; 2005 Target = 15-30%; 2005 Level = 4.7% (IAP, balance of payments, and export price index). - Annual increase in livestock exports: Past = 27.78% in 2004; 2005 Target = 6.5%; 2005 Level = 37.6% (IAP). - Annual increase in gold exports: Past = 4.2% in 2004; 2005 Target = 30%; 2005 Level = 3.8% (IAP). - Road network and maintenance targets and levels (DGR/DGPR): - Number of km of roads classified as receiving ongoing maintenance: 2004 = 12,697 km; 2005 Target = 13,092; 2005 Level = 13,092. - Number of km of earthen roads receiving periodic maintenance: 2004 = 475; 2005 Target = 161; 2005 Level = Work in progress on 643 km. - Number of km of paved roads: 2004 = 0; 2005 Target = 0; 2005 Level = 50 (Start of work on 391 km in 2005). - Number of km of earthen roads rehabilitated: 2004 = 823 km; 2005 Target = 504; 2005 Level = 177 (Work in progress on 868 km). - Number of km of paved roads built: 2004 = 75 km; 2005 Target = 350; 2005 Level = 356 (Work on 466 km in progress). ### Pillar 2 — Access to Basic Social Services and Welfare (highlights) - Education and health budget shares (as % of total public expenditure): - Education: 2003 = 13.8%; 2005 Target = 14.5%; 2005 Level = 14.7% (PR 2005). - Health (incl. HIV/AIDS): 2003 = 11.8%; 2005 Target = 13.25%; 2005 Level = 13.60% (PR 2005). - HIV/AIDS share: 2005 Level = 3.3% (PR 2005). - Access to educational services in 20 priority provinces (DEP/MEBA, PR 2005): - Gross primary school enrollment rate: 2004 = 39.8%; 2005 Target = 44.9%; 2005 Level = 46.8%. - Gross primary enrollment, Girls: 2004 = 34.7%; 2005 Target = 39.6%; 2005 Level = 41.6%. - Gross first grade admission rate: 2004 = 47.3%; 2005 Target = 60.0%; 2005 Level = 60.0%. - Gross first grade admission rate, Girls: 2004 = 43.8%; 2005 Target = 56.5%; 2005 Level = 54.8%. - Drinking water access: - Number of provinces having over 75% coverage: 1999 = 10; 2005 Target = 35; 2005 Level = 24. - Number of new boreholes drilled: 2004 = 2,490; 2005 Target = 1,804; 2005 Level = 1,890. - Social protection and child welfare: - Percentage of children in functioning and monitored rehabilitation centers: 2004 = 44.3%; 2005 Target = 50%; 2005 Level = 43.24%. - Number of children trained: 2004 = 800; 2005 Target = 960; 2005 Level = 1,065. - Number of children reintegrated: 2004 = 2,285; 2005 Target = 2,032; 2005 Level = 411. - Number of vulnerable persons covered by government budget: 2004 = 365,918; 2005 Target = 383,500; 2005 Level = 37,106. - Rate of prevalence of the practice of excision (0-20 years): 2004 = 42%; 2005 Target = 39%; 2005 Level = 43%. ### Pillar 3 — Broadening Job Opportunities and Income-Generating Activities - Land recovery and irrigation: - Land recovered (ha/year): Past = 7,273 ha in 2000–01; 2005 Target = 30,000; 2005 Level = 23,817. MECV = 2,444 ha in 2005; MRA = 1,300 ha (PDES II 2005). - Number of hydroagricultural development projects (ha/year): 2004 = 1,360 ha; 2005 Target = 1,000; 2005 Level = 1,180 ha of lowland rice fields. - Manure pits built/year: 2004 = 240,476; 2005 Target = 500,000; 2005 Level = 536,835. - Livestock vaccination targets and levels (DEP/MRA): - Newcastle disease vaccination: Past = 12.7% (2,542,143 head); 2005 Target = 80% (20,694,771 head); 2005 Level = 19,5% (4,031,306 head). - CBPP vaccination coverage: Past = 26% (1,538,699 in 2004); 2005 Target = 80% (6,085,544); 2005 Level = 28% (1,810,984). - Number of poultry vaccinated: Past = 2,542,143 head; 2005 Target = 20,694,771 head; 2005 Level = 4,031,306 head. - Fisheries and aquaculture (SP/CPSA targets and levels): - Alewife production/year: target/level entries present but not quantified in the 2005 table. - Creation of fishing equipment centers and fish food production units: targets specified (05, 05) and levels (04, 02) but numeric levels not provided for some entries. - Managed forestry areas for wood energy/year: 2004 = 115,000 ha; 2005 Target = 120,000 ha; 2005 Level = 276,800 ha (PR 2005). - Microcredit for rural women: - Number of women receiving microcredits: 2004 = 54,920; 2005 Target = 56,000; 2005 Level = No data. - Total microcredits granted to women: 2004 = 2.269 billion; 2005 Target = 2.700 billion; 2005 Level = No data. - Employment and vocational training: - Number of jobs created by projects financed by the Support Fund: 2004 = 1,030; 2005 Target = 1,050; 2005 Level = No data. - Number of projects to be financed by FAPE: 2004 = 100; 2005 Target = 175; 2005 Level = No data. - Total value of projects financed by FAPE: 2004 = 297 million; 2005 Target = 600 million; 2005 Level = No data. - Rural roads and electrification: - Number of km of departmental roads built: 2004 = 0 km; 2005 Target = 200; 2005 Level = 200 (Work in progress; study for 300 km in progress in 2005). - Number of other rural roads built: 2004 = 463 km; 2005 Target = 80; 2005 Level = 136 (Work on 408 km in progress in 2005). - Number of km of departmental roads maintained: 2004 = 4,300 km; 2005 Target = 4,450; 2005 Level = 4,450. - Number of schools equipped with lighting systems, by province: 2004 = 0; 2005 Target = 90; 2005 Level = 0 (Slowness of negotiations with Spain; financing not received). - Number of health centers equipped with lighting systems, by province: 2004 = 0; 2005 Target = 90; 2005 Level = 0 (Slowness of negotiations with Spain; financing not received). - Number of departmental capitals equipped with telephones in rural areas: 2004 = 17; 2005 Target = 40; 2005 Level = 14. - Number of provincial capitals equipped with call centers: 2004 = 0; 2005 Target = 15; 2005 Level = 0 (Project not yet launched). - Media coverage: - Rate of radio coverage: 2004 = 80%; 2005 Target = 90%; 2005 Level = 80%. - Rate of television coverage: 2004 = 70%; 2005 Target = 85%; 2005 Level = 80%. ### Pillar 4 — Promoting Good Governance (highlights) - Existence of a national strategy for State reform: In progress (Delay). - Existence of an updated SIGASPE database: Continual updating. - Action plan for expansion of SIGASPE to sectoral ministries and decentralization of personnel management: In progress; Action plan prepared in March 2005. - Reducing armed attacks: DEP/Security 2004 = 284 cases; 2005 Target = Reduction of 50%; 2005 Level = No data (Data collection problems prevented obtaining data for 2005). - Security forces’ scope of action: 2004 = 60 km; 2005 Target = 40 km; 2005 Level = None (Construction of new infrastructure and redeployment not yet accomplished). - Number of new courts established: 2004 = 1; 2005 Target = 3; 2005 Level = 4. - Number of judges recruited: 2004 = 30; 2005 Target = 30; 2005 Level = 30. - Number of public procurement contracts audited: 2004 = 10; 2005 Target = 12; 2005 Level = 24. - Execution rate of the ‘PRGB’ line in budget (%): 2004 ≥ 85%; 2005 Target ≥ 85%; 2005 Level = 99%. ### Other organizational and program monitoring indicators - Social action (as % of total public expenditure): 2004 = 0.8%; 2005 Target = 0.9%; 2005 Level = 0.9%. - Growth rate of cotton fiber exports: 2004 = 19.9%; 2005 Level = 31.6% (IAP estimate). - Time required to complete procedures for setting up businesses (days): 2004 = 15; 2005 Target = 7; 2005 Level = 7. - Number of administrative procedures for setting up businesses: 2004 = 13; 2005 Target = 4; 2005 Level = 4. - MEBA budget execution rate (% verification basis): Target ≥ 85%; 2005 Level = Overall = 93.5%. - MS budget execution rate (% verification basis): Target ≥ 85%; 2005 Level = Overall = 97%. - Rate of inclusion of project loans and budget assistance in SYGADE (%): 2005 Target = 60%; 2005 Level = 100%. - Rate of tax revenue collection: Target ≥ 90%; 2005 Level = 88%. - Rate of increase in total exports: 2004 = 35.9%; 2005 Level = 4.1% (IAP estimate). - Contracts audited by IGF: Number 2004 = 12 / 2005 Target = 24; Value: 2004 = 5% / 2005 Level = 3 billion out of 31.3 billion concluded directly by the CID. *Source: ANNEX I: MONITORING INDICATORS OF THE 2005 PAP (2005 PAP monitoring tables and PR 2005 provisional results).* ### ANNEX II ### ANNEX II ### Status of Implementation — Organizational audits and capacity building - Conduct organizational audit of DGB — Responsible: DGB — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: The firm CAFECKA is conducting this audit during a contractual period of 60 days - Conduct organizational audit of DCCF — Responsible: DCCF — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: The contract was awarded to the firm of Deloitte and Touche - Conduct organizational audit of DGCOOP — Responsible: DGCOOP — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Provisional report available - Conduct organizational audit of DGI — Responsible: DGI / Audit Office — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: TOR available - Conduct organizational audits of DAF, DEP, and DRH — Responsible: SG/MFRE/DGB/DGEP / Every ministry and Institution — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: DRH completed and DAF and DEP not completed - Implement recommendations of previous organizational audits (capacity-building plan and investment plan, etc.) — Responsible: DGTCP/Agencies concerned — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Design a plan to rehabilitate files and begin implementation - Prepare a sectoral strategy and MTEF — Responsible: SP-PPF — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Diagnostic assessment available - Prepare a PTAS — Responsible: SP/PPF/DAF/DEP — Implementation Status: Not completed - Comment: Depends on availability of sectoral strategy - Conduct a Public Expenditure Review (PER) of MFB — Responsible: SP/PPF/DAF/DEP — Implementation Status: Not completed - Comment: Programmed in 2006 - Reform basic training at ENAREF (CIE SIG ASPE CID modules... + training Infrastructure) — Responsible: ENAREF/DSI/DRH — Implementation Status: In progress - Placement in service by DGI of steering mechanism for the DGE, K& and H1 — Implementation Status: Completed - Prepare a matrix of measures and indicators to monitor performance under the CGAB — Implementation Status: Completed - Prepare a matrix of agreed measures and indicators to monitor the 2005 PRGB and a government finance sectoral strategy — Responsible: MFB — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: If the timetable for formulation of the strategy is adhered to, the strategy, action plan, and indicators for monitoring its implementation should be available by end-May 2006 ### FOCUS 2: Improve the legal framework for budget management and its enforcement - Adopt and widely disseminate texts implementing Law 006/2003/AN — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: Completed - Comment: Wide dissemination in progress - Identify and draft texts for application of the implementing decrees of Law 006/2003/AN — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: Completed - Train trainers in public procurement and carry out public procurement training program — Responsible: DCMP — Implementation Status: Completed - Adopt an action plan for CPAR implementation — Responsible: DCMP — Implementation Status: Completed - Audit procurement contracts concluded under the fiscal 2004 government budget — Responsible: DCMP — Implementation Status: Completed - Proceed with the computerization of procurement — Responsible: DSI/DCMP / Partner: MEDEV — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Specifications for the government procurement information system (SIMP) were finalized and validated; choice of operating method to be made by steering committee based on fact-finding trip to Morocco; procurement software is available. - Adopt 2006 budget law on the basis of the sectoral ceilings of the 2006 METF in accordance with PRSP priorities — Responsible: MFB — Implementation Status: Completed - Comment: The budget law was adopted by the National Assembly on December 15, 2005 ### FOCUS 3: Improve the quality and transparency of the budget law - Finalize the integrated investment project database — Responsible: DGEP — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: The databases exist. The authorities plan to hire a consultant to finalize them. - Include budget assistance in the 2006 budget law — Responsible: DGB/DGCOOP — Implementation Status: Completed - Implement a sectoral policy coordination mechanism — Responsible: DGEP — Implementation Status: In progress - Revitalize the introduction of program budgets — Responsible: DGB — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Assessment of program budget implementation finalized and forwarded for amendment in March 2005; document discussed in workshop in Ouahigouya from August 24 to 26, 2005 to define aims and objectives. - Draft and disseminate a TOFE preparation manual — Responsible: SP-PPF — Implementation Status: Completed - Comment: Provisional version available; inclusion of central government agencies and social security agencies under consideration; main problem is obtaining data from units involved. - Draft and disseminate the MTEF manual — Responsible: SP-PPF — Implementation Status: Not completed - Comment: Short list of firms available following call for expression of interest; reprogramming of the PAREF in May 2005 provided funding. - Make the MPB user-friendly — Responsible: SP-PPF — Implementation Status: In progress - Expand MTEF ownership — Responsible: SP-PPF — Implementation Status: Completed - Comment: Training in MTEF preparation provided to staffs of DAFs and Administrative and Financial Services of the MFB and Ministry of Infrastructure; follow-up support provided to MEBA and Ministry of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research and the MFB. - Develop a revenue forecasting model — Responsible: DEP/MFB — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: TOR in the finalization stage ### FOCUS 4: Strengthen monitoring of budget execution and end-year obligations - Introduce stock accounting — Responsible: DGB — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: The process proved to be more complex than expected. - Produce on a timely basis and disseminate the overall balance of Treasury accounts — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: Completed - Comment: Final version of the overall balance of the 2004 Treasury accounts has been prepared; it will be published by the DELF with comments concerning usage. - Produce 2004 end-year treasury accounts of senior government accountants, local governments, and EPEs — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: Completed - Continue production of end-year treasury accounts of CLs and EPEs for 2001, 2002, and 2003 — Responsible: SP/PPF — Implementation Status: Completed - Comment: Work station training and support - Disseminate government finance statistics — Responsible: DEP — Implementation Status: Not completed - Comment: GFS compilation financed by the PRCA and TOR in process of preparation. - Effectively implement the work plan to improve tracking of externally financed expenditure — Responsible: MFB — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: More than 60 percent of external financing entered in DMFAS by end-2005. ### FOCUS 5: Expand budget deconcentration - Continue implementing the EPE financial system — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: Not completed - Comment: Action needs to be refocused. - Deploy EPE accounting software at pilot sites and provide monitoring and assessment — Responsible: DGTCP/EPA — Implementation Status: Not completed - Comment: Procedure to cancel contract in progress owing to failure of the consulting firm. - Carry out fact-finding trip and establish procedures for delegating payment authorization to sectoral ministries — Responsible: DGB — Implementation Status: In progress - Conduct study on the management of delegated appropriations — Responsible: DGB — Implementation Status: Not completed - Comment: Action included in the PRCA - Deploy CICL software in local governments — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: In progress - Begin discussion on establishment of a financial system for local governments as complement to the local governments code — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: In progress - Establish a comprehensive mechanism for concertation on authorizations to incur expenditure — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: In progress - Continue the deconcentration of payment authorization (3 additional regions) — Responsible: DGB — Implementation Status: Completed - Comment: Ongoing until 2007 - Conduct study on the deconcentration of MFB units to ensure MFB representation in decentralization — Responsible: SG/MFB — Implementation Status: Not completed - Comment: TOR being prepared ### FOCUS 6: Improve the quality of management of specific expenditure - Implement general framework for organizing budget assistance — Responsible: SP-PPF — Implementation Status: Completed - Produce timely development cooperation reports — Responsible: DGCOOP — Implementation Status: In progress - Complete review of texts on the regulation of projects — Responsible: DGCOOP — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Submitted to the Council of Ministers - Organize a workshop on external financial issues — Responsible: SG/SP-PPF — Implementation Status: Completed - Prepare an action plan for implementing DMFAS that takes into account roles of all units involved (DGCOOP, DGTCP, DGEP, DSI, DGB) and begin implementation — Responsible: DGB/DSI/DGTCP/DGEP/DGCOOP — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Full project group began work in October; project launch document validated by steering committee on November 22, 2005; decrees, TOR, and recruitment notice for IT consultants prepared. - Revise the borrowing strategy — Responsible: DGTCP/CNDP — Implementation Status: In progress - Conduct a domestic debt audit — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Provisional report submitted by the consultant is not consistent with the TOR - Implement an action plan to strengthen public debt management capacities — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: In progress - Conduct a PER on the impact of public investment expenditure — Responsible: SP-PPF/DGEP — Implementation Status: Not completed - Targeted billetage operation (in-person payment of wages) — Responsible: DGB/MFPRE — Implementation Status: Not completed - Comment: Moved ahead to 2006 - Train human resources managers in use of SIGASPE and conflict resolution — Responsible: MFB, MFPRE — Implementation Status: Completed ### FOCUS 7: Improve quality and sustainability of computerization within ministries of economy and finance - Accelerate development of the CIE summary documents and software stabilization module — Responsible: DGTCP/DSI — Implementation Status: In progress - Define specifications and begin revision of SIGASPE — Responsible: DSI/DGB/DGFP — Implementation Status: In progress - Continue revision of the CID — Responsible: DSI — Implementation Status: Completed - Comment: Revision begun in 2004 continues; progress report for February to May 2005 indicates substantial progress - Continue activities related to the revised SDI (launch, assessment, guidelines, scenarios) — Responsible: DSI — Implementation Status: In progress - Ensure sufficient operating resources for the DSI and task forces (buildings, operating budget, renewal of maintenance contracts, training) — Responsible: SG/MFB — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: The DAO is being prepared ### FOCUS 8: Strengthen budget management oversight - Take steps to make the Audit Office the highest financial authority — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Draft decree forwarded to the Ministry of Justice for submission to the Council of Ministers - Revise Organic Law 14/AN of May 15, 2000 organizing the Audit Office — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Draft decree forwarded to the Ministry of Justice for submission to the Council of Ministers - Approve the status of juge financier by giving them the title of juge financier — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Draft decree forwarded to the Ministry of Justice for submission to the Council of Ministers - Adopt and carry out an Audit Office training plan — Implementation Status: Completed - Review the IGE texts — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Should be started - Approve the new status of finance inspectors — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: MFPRE decision following the introduction of specific MFB positions - Adopt and carry out an IGE training plan — Implementation Status: Completed - Adopt and carry out an IGF training plan — Implementation Status: Completed - Approve the content and methodology for preparing budget review laws — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Work of the Audit Office/MFB joint commissions is under way. - Propose a legal solution for budget review laws not produced before 1992 — Implementation Status: Not completed - Comment: Audit Office/MFB joint commission has been established. - Finalize the legal solution for end-year treasury accounts prior to 2000 — Implementation Status: Completed - Give a workshop on the framework for dialogue among ex post control units — Implementation Status: Completed - Produce the Audit Office annual report — Implementation Status: Completed - Establish a unit price reference system — Implementation Status: Completed - Produce a report on the 2004 budget review law — Implementation Status: In progress - Audit of public procurement contracts by the IGF — Implementation Status: Completed - Establish a new taxpayer identification system based on the revised IFU (taxpayer identification number) — Implementation Status: Completed - Establish a task force to strengthen computerization — Responsible: DGI/DSI — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Update the action plan by including creation of a task force, organizational audit of the DGI, and preparation of an IT master plan - Propose a CSI transfer plan — Responsible: SG/MFB — Implementation Status: Completed - Complete establishment of the revised IFU file — Responsible: DGI/DSI — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: IFU management software revised within required time; interconnection of DRIs and DFs for deconcentration of IFU management under way; development of interfaces between IFU and other Ministry of Finance and Budget applications under way; initial planning being revised due to delay in ordering equipment. - Conduct tax audits of 60 large enterprises — Responsible: DGI — Implementation Status: Completed - Establish a communication program (CGI, audited taxpayer charter, CNF, JPO, brochures, etc.) — Responsible: DGI — Implementation Status: In progress - Develop a census methodology — Implementation Status: Exécuté - Comment: Census methodology prepared and discussed in a validation workshop on June 18 and 19, 2005. - Conduct census of large enterprises in Ouaga and Bobo — Responsible: DGI — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Implementing document adopted with provisional budget of CFAF 635 million, 50 percent currently provided by the central government budget; training modules prepared and census data processing software completed; organizing committee set up. - Collect data for the 10 indicators identified to measure DGE productivity, K1 and H1 — Implementation Status: Completed - Carry out a training plan — Responsible: DGI/DRH — Implementation Status: Completed - Continue installation of fully functional ASYCUDA++ and ensure interactivity with DGD software — Responsible: DGD/DSI/MFB — Implementation Status: In progress - Prepare a directive on the procedure for checking value and establish the DGD internal valuation record — Responsible: DGD/DSI/MFB — Implementation Status: Completed - Implement transfer of competence to the audit firm in accordance with its specifications — Responsible: DGD — Implementation Status: Completed - Create a network linking the main customs offices — Responsible: DGD — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Western offices still need to be included - Install a radio network and a PC in subdivisions, teams, and border offices — Responsible: DGD — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: 20 percent of the work remains to be done - Organize units for direct management of customs credits — Responsible: DGD — Implementation Status: Completed - In the Single Customs Declaration (DDU), include value check, clearing agents, and customs collectors — Responsible: DGD/DRH — Implementation Status: Completed - Create a special unit to check the final destination of duty-free imports — Responsible: DGD — Implementation Status: Completed - Create a suspicious persons/vehicles/operations file — Responsible: DGD — Implementation Status: Completed - Improve customs clearance procedure for vehicles — Responsible: DGD — Implementation Status: Completed - Procure scales to combat fraud — Responsible: DGD — Implementation Status: Completed - Continue CIR development — Responsible: DGTCP/DGI/DGD — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Bus for integrating various applications is available; interfaces to be programmed in 2006; new deputy project manager to come on board in 2006; installation of network infrastructure, software deployment, and user training planned for first half of 2006. - Implement action plan combining measures from various reports to improve service revenue — Responsible: DGTCP — Implementation Status: Completed ### Improvement of competitiveness, privatization, and energy sector reforms - Privatization of ONATEL: conclusion of bidding — Responsible: MCPEA / MPT — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Government authorized conclusion of private contract with investment bank on December 30, 2005; contract signed in January 2006 and timetable updated; IDA notice of nonobjection obtained on January 20, 2006; six-month process expected to wind up in the second quarter of 2006 - Privatization of SONABEL: search for partners and conclusion of bidding — Responsible: MCPEA / MMCE — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: IDA issued notice of financial nonobjection to hiring consultant to audit FY 2002 to FY 2004 accounts on January 20, 2006; bids for auditing those accounts opened on January 27, 2006; TOR for human resources audit approved by World Bank on January 20, 2006; short list proposed to World Bank on June 22, 2006 to request notice of nonobjection for recruitment of an investment bank; World Bank reaction depends on wording of law on electricity; technical and financial partners requested amendment of the law on electricity after meeting on October 11 and 12, 2005. - Open up the capital of SONABHY to private investment — Responsible: MCPEA / MMCE — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: IGAE submitted TOR to PACDE for recruitment of consultant to draw up documents for creating autonomous regulatory body; IDA issued notice of nonobjection to financial estimate for audit of 2002-2004 accounts on January 20, 2006; TOR for appraising company and formulating strategy are being drawn up. - Open up the capital of ONEA to private investment — Responsible: MCPEA / MAHRH — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Process suspended pending government instructions; many enterprises in program finding it difficult to adhere to schedules owing to delay in issuance of World Bank notices of nonobjection; expectation of significant progress now that Bank notices have been received. - Deepen discussion of mechanism for determining price structure of oil products — Responsible: MCPEA / Partners: MFB, MCEM — Implementation Status: In progress - Comment: Mechanism inaugurated by Decree 01-033/MCPEA/SG/IGAE of May 10, 2005; price adjustment mechanism prepared with participation of interested parties and validated by TFPs; under hydrocarbons sector reform, expected shift to setting a price ceiling instead of current practice of setting a price floor; adoption contingent on reform approval and implementation. - Establish a unit price reference system — Responsible: MCPEA / Partner: Chamber of Agriculture — Implementation Status: (listed) - Adopt and implement the strategy for reform of the energy sector, in particular: prepare and adopt strategy for organizing the electricity subsector; prepare and adopt strategy for the hydrocarbons subsector; finalize the study on regulation; adopt a legal and regulatory framework geared to the strategy selected; prepare and adopt a rural electrification strategy document; implement the energy sector reform strategy; establish a regulatory body for the electricity subsector; adopt a legal and regulatory framework for the electricity and hydrocarbons subsector — Responsible: MMCE / MCPEA / World Bank-TFP / Danida/AfDB/World Bank / Private sector / Other partners — Implementation Status: actions and partners listed as in the source text *Source: _cr07320 - ANNEX II (https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/_cr07320.pdf)* ### ANNEX II ### _cr07320 - ANNEX II ### Infrastructure, Transport, and Energy - Prepare and adopt a National Electrification Plan — Responsible: MMCE; Partners: UER, DGE, BM, AFD, BEI, NDF, DANIDA. - Install power lines between Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou — Responsible: MMCE; Partners: UER, DGE, BM, AFD, BEI, NDF, DANIDA. - Adopt a framework law for the transportation sector — Responsible: MT/DGTTM; Partners: Unions, MFB, MEDEV. Draft documents prepared; validation by the ministerial committee and a national workshop still pending. - Adopt a national road safety policy — Responsible: MITH/DGTTM; Partners: MSECU, Carriers, Ministry of Defense, Drivers, TFP. Study completed and approved; adoption by competent authorities and implementation of the action plan in the context of the 9th FED still pending. ### Business Environment, Private Sector Support, and Trade Facilitation - Create an investment capital firm — Responsible: MCPEA, METJ, MFB; Partners: Management and labor, TFP, Burkinabè Employers Federation, BCEAO. - Create commercial divisions in all tribunaux de grande instance — Responsible: MCPEA; Partner: MJ. Status: In progress; discussions with the department responsible for justice are in progress. - Physical transfer of the one-stop window to the Burkina Faso Enterprise Office — Responsible: MCPEA. Status: Not completed. - Allocation of logistical and human resources to the one-stop window — Responsible: MCPEA; Partners: Private sector CCIA-B – TFP. Status: Not completed. Comment: Measures will be adopted upon completion of the Burkina Faso Enterprise Office building. A request was submitted to the Enterprise Development and Competitiveness Support Project to finance procurement of the equipment necessary for transfer. - Set up a single center for setting up businesses — Responsible: MCPEA; Partners: Private sector CCIA-B – TFP. Status: In progress. Decree 2005-332/PRES PM /MFB/MTEJ/MJ of June 21, 2005 establishing powers, organization, and operation of Business Registration Centers (CEFORE) adopted. Launch of operations occurred on January 9, 2006. Physical transfer of the one-stop window still pending. - Open the single center for setting up businesses — Responsible: MCPEA; Partners: Private sector CCIA-B – TFP. Status: In progress. Launch occurred on January 9, 2006. - Reduce the number of steps involved in setting up businesses from 8 to 4 — Responsible: MCPEA; Partners: GPI, D140 Burkinabè Employers Federation. Status: Completed. Article 25 of the decree of June 21, 2005 lists registration steps: Registration in the Trade and Personal Credit Register; Declaration of fiscal existence; Issuance of the professional business license for individuals; Membership in the social security system. - Review and adopt trade laws and regulations — Responsible: MCPEA; Partner: MJ. Status: It was not possible to prepare legal and regulatory texts conducive to the promotion and facilitation of trade in agricultural products. - Conduct studies in the context of implementing EPAs (Economic Partnership Agreements): - Study on promoting exports by upgrading export sectors and industries — Responsible: MCPEA; Partner: MEDEV. Status: Not completed. Comment: Search for financing. - Study on the determinants of saving and private investment in Burkina Faso — Responsible: MCPEA; Partner: MEDEV. Status: Not completed. Comment: Search for financing. - Study on the medium-term impact of EPAs on the main poverty indicators — Responsible: MCPEA; Partner: MEDEV. Status: Not completed. Comment: Search for financing. - Revise the investment code — Responsible: MCPEA. Status: Not completed. ### Standards, Quality Control, and Agro-Industry - Prepare standards and labels for oilseed (sesame, cashew, shea) and cowpea products — Responsible: MCPEA; Partner: FASONORM. Status: In progress. Financing of CFAF 13,854,400 obtained from MFB to prepare standards. Key steps: workshop on December 8–9, 2005; appointment of a "technical subcommittee for oilseed standardization"; draft standards for shea, sesame, and cashew to be submitted to subcommittee; cowpea drafts to be submitted in early February to "technical subcommittee for the standardization of cereals and legumes" established August 3, 2005. - Establish a quality control mechanism for agricultural inputs — Responsible: MAHRH, MCPEA; Partner: OPA, TFP. - Adopt legal texts aimed at tax breaks for the purchase of equipment necessary for creation of small agrofood processing and fiber-ginning units — Responsible: MFB; Partner: MCPEA, CCIA-B. - Draft an agropastoral investment code — Responsible: MAHRH, MRA, MECV; Partners: MCPEA-MFB-MEDEV, TFP- OPF and OPA. Status: Not completed. - Adopt legal and regulatory texts for small-scale mining operations, security at gold washing sites, supervision of gold washers, and environmental restoration — Responsible: MMCE; Partners: MECV-MEDEV-MFB, MJ, Security, TFP-Private sector-GPI. - Create a development support fund for the mining sector and for SMEs/SMIs — Responsible: MCPEA- MFB; Partners: CCIA-B and TFP. - Adopt texts granting tax benefits to artisans and tradespeople — Responsible: MCPEA- MFB; Partner: CCIA-B. Status: In progress. - Prepare a draft handicrafts code — Responsible: MCPEA. Status: In progress. Comment: Draft prepared and must be discussed in a national workshop. - Provide information on and enhance awareness of the establishment of the national chamber of handicrafts — Responsible: MCPEA. Status: Completed. Information and awareness campaigns conducted in provinces; partnership agreement in principle with the Standing Conference of Chambers of Handicrafts of France and the Chamber of Handicrafts of Lyon. ### Support for Productive Sectors and Tourism - Create a tourism development fund — Responsible: MCAT; Partners: MITH - MFB, Private sector. Status: In progress. Specific investments and amounts: - Naba OUBRI Mausoleum: CFAF 20,000,000 - Naba YADEGA Mausoleum: CFAF 13,554,061 - Tiéfo AMORO Mausoleum: CFAF 10,529,355 - Sindou Camp: CFAF 27,000,000 - Koro Camp: CFAF 20,900,000 - Pobe Mengao Camp: CFAF 18,500,000 - Purchase of three 32-seat buses: CFAF 133 million - Purchase of three double-cabs: CFAF 57,599,999 - Purchase of a light-duty vehicle: CFAF 11,900,000 - Generator for TOMA Isle: CFAF 6,879,400 - Climb of Mont Ténékourou: CFAF 7,000,000 - Organization of the International Tourism and Hotel Industry Fair in Ouagadougou: CFAF 15,000,000 ### Justice, Arbitration, and Regulatory Institutions - Create a Center for the Arbitration of Business Disputes — Responsible: CCIAB; Partners: MFB-ONAC, Ministry of Justice. - Adopt a statement of sectoral policy on postal and postal financial services; prepare a draft law on postal sector reform; prepare and adopt a strategy for opening up the telecommunications sector following end of ONATEL service monopoly — Responsible: MPT; Partners: SONAPOST, PACDE, TFP; ARTEL where applicable. - Create commercial divisions in tribunaux de grande instance — Responsible: MCPEA; Partner: MJ. Status: In progress. ### Education, Technical & Vocational Training, and Migration - Adopt regulatory measures to expand basic education to include the first cycle of secondary education — Responsible: MESSRS- MEBA; Partners: MFB-MATD, Education management and labor, TFP. Status: In progress. Government seminars held; interministerial task force on education reform established. - Update the ten-year plan for development of basic education to broaden the concept of basic education and accommodate new initiatives (Education for All, the 25/2005 Initiative, Fast Track, etc.) — Responsible: MEBA; Partners: TFP, Education management and labor. Status: In progress. Update dependent on midterm review of the PDDEB; provisional results available and draft update prepared. - Prepare and adopt regulations on compulsory, cost-free basic education — Responsible: MEBA, MFB; Partners: TFP, Local governments, education management and labor, National Assembly. Status: Various actions under way (distribution of free minimum school bags to all students at the CP1 level, payment of tuition for girls, free textbooks, providing schools with food supplies). TOR being prepared for an idea-sharing workshop on legal backing for regulatory texts in accordance with the education framework law. - Complete transfer of responsibility for recruitment and assignment of teachers to the DREBAs — Responsible: MEBA; Partners: MATD, Local governments. Status: In progress. Recruitment currently centralized; entry into force linked to decentralization and other ministries (Ministry of the Civil Service and Ministry of Finance and Budget). - Prepare an action plan for transfer of responsibilities for teacher management and related budget resources to the DPEBAs — Responsible: MEBA. - Pursue policy of education subsidies in the 20 provinces with the lowest enrollment (distribution of textbooks and school supplies, cafeteria food) — Responsible: MEBA, MFB; Partners: TFP, Local governments. Status: Completed; measure ongoing. - Prepare sectoral MTEF (MEBA, MESSRS) — Responsible: MEBA, MESSRS; Partner: MFB. Status: In finalization stage. Basic document prepared and feedback/validation workshops being held. - Establish coordinating and technical committees for national education and technical and vocational training policy formulation — Responsible: MESSRS; Partners: MPF/TFP. Status: In progress. Committee established by Decree 2005-010/PM/SG/DASCE of December 7, 2005. - Implement the national technical and vocational training policy — Responsible: MESSRS; Partner: MTEJ. - Reorganize the CSBE; establish database on Burkinabè expertise abroad; complete Dakole Project feasibility study; carry out first phase of MIDA project; prepare a migrations policy paper — Responsible: MAET/CR; Partners: PM, MEDEV, METJ, MASSN, Burkinabè Associations abroad. Various statuses noted. ### Health, Nutrition, and HIV/AIDS - Prepare and disseminate quality care rules and standards for all levels of the health system — Responsible: Ministry of Health; Partner: TFP. - Implement the Ministry of Health master IT plan — Responsible: Ministry of Health; Partner: DELGI. - Strengthen the Ministry of Health program budget — Responsible: Ministry of Health. Status: In progress. - Implement emergency obstetrical care subsidies and reduce the cost of assisted births — Responsible: Ministry of Health. Status: In progress. - Implement the comprehensive childhood disease coverage initiative (PCIME) in 15 districts — Responsible: Ministry of Health. Status: Completed. Later note: PCIME implemented in 17 districts instead of 15. - Verify application of the rate schedule for professional services and hospital stays — Responsible: Ministry of Health. Status: Completed (noted twice in the document). - Revise legal texts governing indigent care and diseases posing public health threats (including malaria) and provide guidance for indigent care initiatives — Responsible: Ministry of Health. Status: In progress. March 2005 orientation workshop on program-based research in indigent care; October 2005 national workshop on definition of indigent care procedures in public health units. - Effectively implement the anti-malaria strategy, particularly subsidies for treated mosquito nets — Responsible: Ministry of Health / MECV. Status: Completed. - Pursue free vaccinations policy — Responsible: Ministry of Health / MECV. Status: Completed; ongoing activity. - Implement an action plan for motivation and distribution of personnel; launch study and priority assignment of graduates from national schools to DRSs and health districts — Responsible: Ministry of Health; Partner: MFPRE. Status: Completed for the action plan; priority assignment noted but “There are not enough graduates to cover needs in the field.” - Finalize and adopt the health program for youths and adolescents; finalize a 2006-2008 MTEF for the health sector — Responsible: Ministry of Health; Partners: MTEJ; MFB. Status: MTEF in progress. - Draw up timetable for description of positions and profiles for employment in the health sector — Responsible: Ministry of Health; Partner: MFPRE. Status: Completed. Notes: Existence of a decree on composition of technical committee for implementing motivational plan; provision of hazard and nursing allowances for district health center staff; allowances for nursing duties in poverty areas; special work allowances for certain managers in outlying areas. - Establish voluntary, confidential HIV consultation and testing centers in all CMAs and hospitals; train providers in prescription of anti-retroviral drugs — Responsible: Ministry of Health; Partners: SP/CNLS-IST. Status: Actions listed; training and center establishment included. - Revise texts concerning COGES to emphasize community involvement in decision-making, public health initiatives, and price-setting — Responsible: Ministry of Health; Partner: COGES. - Revise texts to cover indigent care and diseases posing public health threats, including malaria — Responsible: Ministry of Health; Partners: MFB, COGES, NGO, TFP. - Continue free distribution of vitamin A — Responsible: Ministry of Health; Partners: MASSN, NGO, TFP. Status: Completed. - Prepare and adopt a 2006-2010 strategic framework for combating HIV-AIDS and STDs — Responsible: Ministry of Health. Status: Completed. - Strengthen measures to prevent spread of HIV/AIDS and STDs, promote voluntary testing, strengthen access to community-based treatment and medical care for persons living with HIV/AIDS, and strengthen protection and support for affected groups — Responsible: Ministry of Health; Partners: CNLS, SP/CNLS, TFP, NGO, Private sector. Status: Actions listed; emphasis on partnership, coordination, resource mobilization, surveillance, monitoring/assessment, and promotion of research. ### Environment, Forestry, and Environmental Assessment - Develop sectoral guidelines for preparation and review of environmental impact studies — Responsible: MECV; Partners: MAHRH, World Bank. Status: Completed; draft finalized and submitted to partners for financing (not yet available). - Establish environmental units and launch operations — Responsible: MECV; Partners: MAHRH, World Bank. Status: Not completed. - Supervise and review environmental management plans of IDA projects — Responsible: MECV; Partners: MAHRH, World Bank. Status: In progress. Of two planned reviews (3rd urban project and PDEB), only the urban project was reviewed due to insufficient financing. - Implement the plan to build environmental assessment capacities — Responsible: MECV; Partners: MAHRH, World Bank. Status: Implemented; financing being sought for implementation. - Inventory forest timber resources and prepare an investment program for sustainable management — Responsible: MECV; Partners: MAHRH, World Bank. Status: Not completed. - Strengthen capacities of stakeholders in proper environmental management and combating desertification — Responsible: MECV. Status: Not completed. - Improve the management of stands of shea trees — Responsible: MECV. Status: In progress. Comment: Agreement being drawn up in Nahouri province for protection and sustainable management of shea stands. - Implement institutional and legal reform program for decentralization in the forestry sector — Responsible: MECV. Status: Completed. Comment: Draft facilitated establishment of a strategy for decentralization of the environmental sector, validated in early 2006. - Finish preparing implementing texts for the environmental code and review the national forestry policy — Responsible: MECV. Status: In progress. Delay due to interministerial nature of texts. ### Water Supply, Sanitation, and Safe Water - Begin establishment of a baseline for the safe water subsector — Responsible: MAHRH; Partners: Every other ministry or institution + TFP. Status: Completed. - Assess management and maintenance of APE water infrastructures at national level and in the reform test area — Responsible: MAHRH; Partners: Every other ministry or institution + TFP. Status: In progress. Inventory conducted and to be analyzed in next steering committee meeting at end-January 2006. - Define program, investment plans, and financing plan for implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) action plan — Responsible: MAHRH; Partners: Every other ministry or institution + TFP. Status: In progress. - Prepare an action plan for establishment of a public/private partnership in the area of urban water resources — Responsible: MAHRH. Status: Not applicable. Comment: Due to current satisfactory performance of the urban water sector, this reform is no longer a government priority. - Review framework paper on package of semi-urban equipment maintenance reforms — Responsible: MAHRH. Status: Not applicable. Comment: Measure to be deleted; see assessment of management and maintenance in rural and semi-urban areas. - Revise the national sanitation strategy — Responsible: MAHRH; Partners: Every other ministry or institution + TFP. Status: In progress. Preliminary version available. - Continue checking systems in public buildings to reduce government water bills — Responsible: MAHRH; Partners: Equipment Directorate of the Ministry of Finance and Budget in Ouagadougou, Koudougou, Bobo Dioulasso, Dori, and Ouahigouya. Status: Completed. Report notes that 19 of 42 subscribers had their meters removed and suggested cancellation of subscriptions. - Issue invitations to bid for water supply concessions in 13 provinces — Responsible: MAHRH. *Source: _cr07320 - ANNEX II* ### ANNEX II ### ANNEX II ### Urban planning, housing, and environment - Draft an urban planning and construction code prepared and submitted for adoption by the government and the National Assembly; responsible: MITH, MATD-MEDEV. Need to expedite adoption in the Council of Ministers. - Prepare 9 master plans for national and regional land development and urban planning in the provincial capitals and in certain departments; responsible: MEDEV, MITH; partner: MATD, Local governments. Status: 13 SDAU have been prepared: Pouytenga, Toma, Réo, and three (3) are being prepared: Gourcy, Garango, Solenzo. - Establish the Banque de l'Habitat (housing bank); responsible: MFB; partner: MITH- BCEAO. Status: In progress. Headquarters selected, appointment of the PCA and recruitment of the Director. Recruitment of other staff in progress. Start of activities in 2006. - Build a slaughterhouse in compliance with international standards in Bobo-Dioulasso and a refrigerated slaughterhouse in 10 medium-sized cities; responsible: MCPEA/MRA; partners: CCIA-B, TFP. ### Protection and advancement of children and adolescents - Prepare and implement regional programs and a national program for comprehensive early childhood development; responsible: MASSN. Status: In progress. Document available for submission to the Council of Ministers. - Implement the PAN AEMO; responsible: MASSN. Status: Not completed. Comment: Delay in financing by Japan. - Prepare and implement the national program for the care of orphans and other at-risk children; MASSN. Status: In progress. Draft available. - Strengthen care of children in difficult circumstances in closed education centers; MASSN. Status: Completed. - Implement the poverty reduction program targeting underprivileged youths in the provinces of Houet and Tuy; MASSN. Status: In progress. - Strengthen operational capacities of units defending and promoting children's rights; MASSN. Status: In progress. Training not yet provided because of insufficient financing. - Finalize and implement the PAN to combat domestic and cross-border trafficking in children; Status: In progress. PAN nearing completion but insufficient resources to finalize the activity. - Finalize and implement the PAN to combat the sexual abuse of children; MASSN. Status: In progress. Financing problems. - Support the Children's Parliament; MASSN. Status: Completed. ### Advancement and protection of the family; adolescent health; FGM - Rehabilitate and build education and social development centers; MASSN. Status: Completed. - Train and equip producers in training and production centers for girls; MASSN. Status: Completed. - Promote the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and youths; MASSN. Status: In progress. - Implement the national birth registration plan; MASSN. Status: In progress. Financing insufficient and delayed. - Finalize and implement the PAN for zero female genital mutilation; MASSN. Status: In progress. Plan ready but not yet approved. - Conduct a study on the impact of the decade of combating the practice of excision; MASSN. Status: In progress. - Prepare and implement a new national program to disseminate the individual and family code; MASSN. Status: In progress. TOR drafted. - Draw up action plan for advancement of the family; MASSN. Status: Not completed. TOR drafted. - Organize an annual solidarity month; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Comment: Because of the presidential election, only a two-week solidarity program was organized. ### Welfare programs for the poor; services for elderly, handicapped, needy students - Conduct a national study on the situation of the elderly; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Financing problems. - Conduct program-based research on begging and social exclusion; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Financing problems. - Support for income-generating activities for the handicapped; MASSN. Status: Completed. - Provision of mobility equipment for 900 handicapped individuals per year; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Financing problems. - Support for the purchase of school supplies for 5,000 needy students; MASSN. Status: Completed. ### Emergency assistance, disaster risk communication, and reintegration - Continue implementing the operational plan in support of socioeconomic reintegration of repatriated persons; MASSN. Status: In progress. Monitoring difficulties owing to the multisectoral nature of the program. - Organization of communication campaigns to change behaviors on disaster issues and risk-minimizing techniques; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Financing problems. - Direct support for victims of natural disasters; MASSN. Status: In progress. Insufficient assistance compared to needs expressed. ### Institutional capacity building for MASSN and social action governance - Finalize the national welfare policy; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Financing problems. - Develop the national welfare policy; MASSN. Status: In progress. Unavailability of consultants hired. - Draft the social action framework law; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Unavailability of consultants hired. - Develop ten-year social action plan; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Unavailability of consultants hired. - Conduct a study on the PER of the Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Activity included in the 2006 government budget. - Establish a permanent data collection, processing, and dissemination system; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Financing problems. - Conduct surveys and studies on emerging social issues; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Financing problems. - Develop a set of social action indicators; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Financing problems. - Strengthen institutional capacities of the ministry and monitoring/assessment of the ten-year plan; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Financing problems. - Build and equip 3 DRs and 6 DPs; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Moved to 2007. - Implement the social action staff training plan; MASSN. Status: Not completed. Unit responsible for implementation is being reorganized. - Finalize the national social action policy; MTSS/MASSN. Status: In progress. - Implement a permanent system for collecting, processing, and disseminating data on the care of children in difficult circumstances; MASSN. - Conduct a survey and study on emerging social issues; MASSN. - Develop a set of social indicators; MASSN. - Strengthen institutional capacities of the ministry and monitoring/assessment of the ten-year plan; MASSN. - Step up prevention of juvenile delinquency; MASSN. - Establish healthcare mutual societies for rural and periurban women's groups and associations; MASSN. - Step up microinsurance activities; MASSN. ### Social security and mutuality for wage earners - Extend Social Security; MTSS. Status: In progress. - Define legal status specifically for social welfare agencies; MTSS. Status: In progress. - Review the social security code; MTSS. Status: In progress. - Raise the retirement age; MTSS. Status: Completed. - Prepare a draft law on mutuality; MTSS. Status: In progress. ### Child labor prevention, removal, rehabilitation, and reintegration - Mobilize society against child labor through information campaigns, media, conferences, documentaries, and sporting events; MTSS. Status: Completed. - Support removal of 150 children (girls and boys) from the PISSY quarry; MTSS. Completed. - Reinforce training of 150 children in carpentry, metalworking, general mechanics (boys) and sewing and embroidery (girls); MTSS. Completed. - Conduct a study on inventorying and harmonization of child labor laws and propose a new legal framework; MTSS. Status: Completed. - Rehabilitate a shelter and training center; MTSS. Status: Completed. - Socioeconomic reintegration of 70 children who are victims of trafficking; MTSS. Status: Completed. - Outfit and equip the center; MTSS. Status: Completed. - Recruit and place 70 children in apprenticeships (sewing, mechanics, carpentry, welding) as part of reintegration; MTSS. Status: Completed. - Awareness-raising among administrative, religious, and customary authorities and community organizations; MTSS. Status: Completed. Selection of 103 children for the DISSIN area. - Mobilize communities through village CVSs; MTSS. - Promote formal and nonformal education for victimized and at-risk children; MTSS. Status: Completed. Start of rehabilitation of alpha centers for community children. - Boost income levels of parents of victimized or at-risk children; MTSS. - Support mobilization and strengthen capacities of employers and workers in the road transport sector in the fight against child trafficking; MTSS. Status: Completed. Training of 50 union delegates from the National Union of Road and Passenger Carriers. - Promote signing of a multilateral agreement on combating child trafficking in West Africa; MTSS. Status: Completed. Agreement signed by 9 West African countries. - Finalize the training module on children's rights for vocational training schools; MASSN/MEBA. ### Research, data systems, and women’s advancement - Conduct a national study on the situation of the elderly; MASSN/MESSRS. - Conduct program-based research on begging and social exclusion; MASSN/MESSRS TFP. - Conduct a multisectoral study on the handicapped; MASSN/MESSRS TFP. - Establish a consistent data collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination system within MASSN; MASSN/MEDEV. - Update and implement the plan for monitoring/assessment of the action plan for the advancement of women; MPF/MEDEV, MASSN. - Ratify the optional protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights and the optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; MPF/MPDH. - Harmonize the action plan and national policy for the advancement of women; MPF/MEDEV. Status: Completed. Comment: The national policy for the advancement of women, which has not yet been adopted. - Set up a statistical program for the advancement of women; MPF/MEDEV. - Strengthen institutional framework and mechanisms for the advancement of women; Status: In progress. - Draw up the national gender policy; MEDEV; partners: MPF, MASSN, MPDH. Status: In progress. TOR adopted. - Establish a permanent framework for concerted action to promote women; Status: Completed. ### Land, natural resources, and agricultural sector measures - Review the RAF and prepare/adopt certain implementing regulations; MEDEV; partners: MAHRH - MPF, MRA, MECV. - Draft a land law; MATD/MEDEV. - Develop and adopt a communications strategy for disseminating the RAF and other regulations; MPF, Ministry of Information, MAHRH, MRA. - Translate the RAF into national languages; MAHRH-MEDEV-MECV. - Implement action plans for the cereals, oilseeds, and cowpea sectors; MAHRH; partner: TFP. Status: Not completed. Comment: Implementation of the action plan for the cereals sector began in June 2004. Lack of financing has prevented implementation of the action plans for the oilseed and cowpea sectors. - Begin implementing the action plan for the fruits and vegetables sector; MAHRH; partner: Sector professionals, MITH. Status: Completed. Comment: The launch began with the establishment of SOBFEL in Bobo. - Strengthen capacities of stakeholders in environment management and combating desertification; MECV. - Improve management of stands of shea trees; MECV. - Place in service the system for detecting and preventing locust infestations; MAHRH; partner: TFP. - Disseminate the framework law on pastoralism; MRA. Status: In progress. Comment: The unavailability of the document due to lack of financing has limited the results. - Establish a company to promote the livestock/meat industry; MRA; partner: MCPEA. Status: In progress. Comment: A working group has proposed TOR to study the feasibility of such a company. - Develop a national genetic improvement policy; MRA. Status: Not completed. - Define quality standards for animal products; MRA; partner: MCPEA. - Conduct a survey on the guarding of herds; MRA; partner: MCPEA. Status: Not completed. Lack of financing. - Prepare a dairy sector action plan; MRA; partner: MCPEA. Status: Completed. - Implement the pork sector action plan; MRA; partner: MCPEA. Status: Not completed. Lack of financing. - Develop a livestock and meat sector action plan; MRA; partner: MCPEA. Status: In progress. TOR available. - Conduct an organizational and institutional audit of the MRA; MRA. Status: Completed. Comment: The implementation of certain recommendations is already under way. - Create an aquaculture training and applied research center; MAHRH; partner: Polytechnic University of Bobo-Dioulasso (IDR), MAHRH TFP. - Implement institutional and legal reform program for decentralization in the forestry sector; MECV; partner: MATD. - Prepare a program for the management of the stand of shea trees in Dakola; TFP OPA. - Prepare and adopt laws and regulations to promote and facilitate trade in agricultural products; MCPEA MAHRH; partner: OPA. Status: Not completed. Comment: Discussion and preparation of the texts could begin in 2006 and adoption of the legislative texts could occur in 2007. - Develop a sectoral strategy for the promotion of exports; MCPEA; partner: OPA. Status: Not completed. Comment: The strategy for the livestock and meat sector has been prepared. - Launch the sectoral strategy for the promotion of exports; MCPEA; partner: OPA. Status: Not completed. - Prepare and adopt an information system on agricultural product markets; MAHRH, MRA; partners: MEDEV/INSD-ONAC-CBC-CCIA/B. ### Intensification and diversification of livestock, fisheries, forestry, and crop production - Build livestock markets in areas bordering neighboring consumer countries (Côte-d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin) and in other appropriate locations; partners: CCIA-B- ONAC-Organizations of livestock farmers and exporters, MCPEA. - Complete drafting of implementing regulations for the Forestry Code and the Environmental Code and review the national forestry policy; MECV; partners: MAHRH-MRA. ### Promotion of employment and vocational training; SMEs; informal sector - Implement multifunctional platforms project; MEDEV; partners: every ministry and institution, Private sector. - Compile an operational directory of trades and occupations (ROME); MTEJ; partners: MCPEA, management and labor, TFP. Status: In progress. Training of two ANPE officers. Support from the ANPE of France and GIP/Inter for adapting the French ROME to Burkina Faso. Draft agreement being negotiated. - Establish a subregional directory (WAEMU) of trades and occupations by 2006; MTEJ/UEMOA. Status: Not completed. Comment: The national directory of trades and occupations is not available. - Make operational frameworks for concerted action on promotion of employment (CNEFP, CNPS, CRPS): finalize relevant texts by end-2005 and adopt them in 2006; MTEJ/MCPEA/MFB; partners: every ministry and institution, Private sector. Comment: CNEFP established in 2004 by Law 033-2004/AN. Decrees prepared and validated; consultative bodies can only be set up after approval by the Council of Ministers. - Strengthen financial capacities of financing units (FASI, FAPE, PNAR-TD) during 2005-2007; MTEJ/MFB. Status: Not completed. - Create an investment capital company as an apex unit for the financing plan by 2007; MTEJ/MFB. Status: Not completed. - Create an advisory/counseling network for entrepreneurs and job seekers in 2006; MTEJ/MFB. Status: Not completed. Assessment of advisory/counseling system and inventory of associations and agencies dealing with unemployment issues undertaken. - ANPE activity: 5,307 new job seekers registered; 535 offers of employment processed; 50 job seekers placed in internship programs; training of 98 job seekers in job search techniques (TRE); 166 job seekers trained in entrepreneurship; support/counseling to 1,125 entrepreneurs and job seekers; preparation of 90 files for entrepreneurs. - Conduct study on promotion of youth employment using the HIMO approach and local construction materials. Two studies on growth sectors and trends in the job market in Burkina Faso. - Finalize and adopt national action plan for implementation of conclusions of the Special Summit of African Union Heads of State on Employment and Poverty Reduction by 2006; MTEJ/MFB. Status: Not completed. Comment: Framework document and national action plan prepared. A draft decree establishing a monitoring unit was submitted for adoption at end-2005. - Establish a guarantee fund for the promotion of employment by end-2005; MTEJ/MFB. - Rehabilitate, modernize and equip regional offices and services of the ANPE by 2006; MTEJ/MFB. Status: Not completed. Two ANPE regional offices (Gaoua and Ziniaré) were completely refurbished and the Manga office is nearing completion. CEFP Ouagadougou expansion and modernization project continued. - Review the strategy framework paper on promotion of employment and vocational training by end-2006; MTEJ/MFB. Status: Not completed. - Organize an annual informal sector "recognition of excellence" event; MTEJ. Status: Not completed. - Draft regulations harmonizing content of apprenticeship vocational training programs by 2006; MTEJ. Status: Not completed. Workshops and studies conducted on apprenticeship system and certification. - Recruit and train staff of training units; MTEJ. Status: Not completed. - Identify priority sectors and prepare training curricula by end-2006; MTEJ. Status: Not completed. - Develop a national policy and action plan for promotion of the informal sector by end-2006; MTEJ/MFB. Preparation of initial draft and workshop organized (Bobo-Dioulasso). - Create an advisory/counseling network for entrepreneurs and job seekers; METJ/DGFP; partner: MCPEA. ### Infrastructure, rural transport, electrification, and public service management - Launch the electrification development fund; MMCE; partner: MFB. - Implement the national rural transport strategy; MITH/DGPR; partners: MATD, Local governments, TFP. Status: The strategy has been implemented: construction of roads under way; assignment of civil engineering technical agents in the 45 provinces; provision of motorized and movable equipment in progress. Accomplishments: Financing of 7,500 km of rural roads out of the 12,000 km planned between 2000 and 2009; launch of deconcentration of the DGPR. Slippages: Lack of financing for the remaining 4,500 km of roads; construction of provincial branches not started; public involvement and participation not started owing to the slowness of the decentralization process. - Continue the construction of rural roads; Status: Completed. - Financing of electrification projects by the Electrification Development Fund (FDE); partners: DGE, DGCOOP. Electrify 10 communities per year; FDE; partners: DGE, DGCOOP. - Provide service to departmental capitals and set up community call centers; MPT DELGI; partners: ONATEL – ARTEL- Information TFP- Private sector. - Complete harmonization of the SIGASPE database and keep it up to date; MFPRE, MFB; partner: Local governments. Status: In progress. Comment: Texts creating software management units prepared; specifications to be drawn up in a workshop during the first quarter of 2006. - Draw up an action plan for extension of SIGASPE to sectoral ministries and deconcentrate personnel management; MFPRE -MFB; partner: TFP. Status: In progress. SIGASPE training provided for the DAFs and DRHs (78 trained); Legal training given November 10-12 and December 6-9, 2005. - Finalize the national government reform strategy; MFPRE; partners: MEDEV, MFB. Status: In progress. - Draw up an action plan for the national good governance policy; MFPRE -MFB. Status: In progress. *Source: _cr07320 - ANNEX II (https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/_cr07320.pdf)* ### 4. Promotion of good governance ### 4. Promotion of good governance ### Administrative governance - Opening up of rural areas (heading present; details under Local governance section). - Administrative governance (heading present; details distributed across sections). ### Political governance — human rights, prisons, and justice - Introduction of more humane practices in prisons - Responsible: MPDH - Measures/Actions: Production of a report on inspections of prisons and police station holding cells; Organization of a human rights training session for penitentiary officials in Fada N’Gourma - Preventive healthcare; human rights training for penitentiary staff - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: MS/SCO (preventive healthcare); Partner for training: MJ - Support for participants in the penal system - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: MJ - Advocate the introduction of more humane practices in police station holding cells - Responsible: MPDH; Partners: M. Security/MJ - Revise the Code of Criminal Procedure - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: MJ - Train judicial police staff and officers - Responsible: MPDH; Partners: M. Security/MJ - Strengthen surveillance mechanisms - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: M. Security - Strengthen Human Rights Information and Documentation Centers - Responsible: DPVDH - Actions: Purchase of office furniture; Purchase of 300 works and documents on human rights issues - Provide nonformal human rights education; conduct information and outreach campaigns; encourage creation and dissemination of works conveying human rights awareness - Responsible: DPVDH/DCPM - Actions and outputs: Presentation of two special human rights awards during the 16th FESPACO and the 8th Galian; Newspaper articles, radio and TV spots and broadcasts were distributed; Spots on respecting human rights were produced and distributed; Placement of ten (10) articles in the press; Organization of two forum theater tours; Production and distribution of a documentary film on "the status of human rights in Burkina Faso." - Organize mobile cinema tours - Responsible: DPVDH/DCPM - Status: Organization of a mobile cinema tour ### Civil and political rights; vulnerable groups - Promote, strengthen, and consolidate women's rights - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: SCO - Status: In progress - Action: A discussion workshop on "human rights and violence against women" - Promote, strengthen, and consolidate children's rights; ensure conformity of new laws with the CDE (convention on the rights of children) - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: SCO - Status: In progress - Action: Preparation of a code on the protection of children - Strengthen and consolidate the rights of the handicapped - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: SCO - Status: In progress - Action: Draft report prepared on the status of the rights of the handicapped - Strengthen civil and political rights; promote and protect basic rights; promote women's citizenship and civic participation - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: SCO ### Strengthen civil registration - Establish a steering unit - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: Other - Officially launch the national campaign - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: MI - Strengthen the main civil registration centers - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: MATD - Deconcentrate civil registration centers - Responsible: MATD; Partner: MPDH - Discussion workshop on the conditions governing the granting of supplementary rulings - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: MATD - Increase awareness of the civil status certificates initiative - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: MATD ### Strengthen economic, social, and cultural rights - Right to education - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: MEBA - Actions: Prepare and adopt a detailed plan for compulsory primary education for all (curricula); Introduce human rights instruction in educational institutions (curricula) with partners MEBA/MESSRS; Launch a fund-raising campaign (Partner: MI) - Right to healthcare - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: Other - Actions: Set up a ministerial internal steering unit; Draw up TOR and hire three consultants; Organize three discussion seminars; Prepare draft legislation and/or regulations (Partners: MJ/AM) - Consumer protection - Responsible: MPDH; Partner: SCO - Actions: Draft law on consumer protection; Process of adopting legislation and/or regulations (Partner: AN) - HIV-related advocacy - Responsible: MPDH; Partners: MS/MASSN/SCO - Actions: Advocate in favor of combating stigmatization and discrimination against persons living with HIV; Advocate for greater access to medicines for persons living with HIV - Right to work and labor rights - Responsible: MPDH - Actions/Partners: Monitor PAMODEC plan activities; Adoption of a global pact by economic decision-makers (Partner: M. Commerce/SCO); Promote the rights of household employees (Partner: METJ); Biennial forum of NGOs and associations (Partners: MEDEV/SCO/MATD); Advocate in favor of the promotion of labor agreements (Partners: METJ/MI) ### Decentralization and local governance - Powers and resources to be transferred to municipalities - Responsible: MATD; Partner: MFB - Status: In progress - Comment: Texts governing transfers of powers and resources have been drafted. Examination and adoption by the Council of Ministers pending - Finalize the framework for the transfer of resources and powers to municipalities - Responsible: MATD; Partner: Every ministry - Status: In progress - Comment: The texts have been [...] and validated. Adoption by the Council of Ministers pending - Powers and resources to be transferred to regions - Responsible: MATD; Partner: Local governments - Status: In progress - Comment: The texts have been [...] and validated. Adoption by the Council of Ministers pending - Establish 302 municipalities - Responsible: MATD; Partner: Every ministry - Status: In progress - Comment: Awaiting the municipal elections of April 23 - Draft and implement a regional planning law - Responsible: MEDEV; Partner: Local governments - Status: In progress - Draft and implement a law promoting local economies - Responsible: MATD; Partners: MFB, MEDEV - Status: In progress - Draft and implement the SNAT and SRATs - Responsible: MEDEV; Partners: MFB, MATD, MAHRH - Status: In progress - Deploy the "integrated local governments account" - Responsible: MATD, MFB; Partner: TFP -MEDEV - Status: In progress - Establish the legal framework for the extension of deconcentration - Responsible: MATD; Partner: Private sector - Status: Completed - Prepare and monitor municipal elections - Responsible: MATD; Partner: Associations- NGO - Comment: Decrees summoning electoral bodies and launching the campaign have been adopted; The texts have been validated and submitted for adoption - Finalize and adopt strategic framework for decentralization - Responsible: MATD - Status: In progress - Comment: The final document has been validated; adoption by the Council of Ministers pending - Monitor the progress of decentralization - Responsible: MATD; Partner: Monitoring/assessments - Comment: The document on the system for monitoring and assessing the process has been prepared and is pending issuance - Deconcentration of financial and budgetary services - Responsible: MFB; Partner: MATD - Status: Texts prepared - Comment: The texts governing this deconcentration were prepared and validated in the Tenkodogo workshop in December 2005 - Create special regional offices - Responsible: MATD; Partners: MFB, MFPRE - Strengthen the knowledge of administrative authorities regarding technical and financial oversight - Responsible: MFB - Identification and control of expenses related to government deconcentrated services - Responsible: MFB - Make use of and disseminate administrative census data - Responsible: MATD; Partners: MEDEV, MFB - Status: In progress - Comment: The preselection of data entry operators has been made. Data processing will take place in May 2006. - Transfer property and assets to urban municipalities - Responsible: MATD; Partner: MFB - Status: Completed - Comment: The inventory of assets has been completed and the decrees on devolution have been adopted. - Computerize local governments - Responsible: MATD; Partners: MFB, MFPRE - Status: In progress - Assess start-up needs of rural municipalities - Responsible: MATD - Status: In progress - Comment: A reference document is available and a budget is being prepared - Finance local government infrastructures and equipment - Responsible: MATD - Status: In progress - Comment: Appropriation in the 2006 budget for the construction and equipment of 9 town hall offices - Develop teaching tools for the exercise and social ownership of local project management - Responsible: MATD - Status: In progress - Comment: The tools have been prepared and are pending validation - Create a database of local stakeholders - Responsible: MATD - Status: In progress - Comment: Studies are under way *Source: _cr07320 - 4. Promotion of good governance* ### ANNEX II ### _cr07320 - ANNEX II ### Local governance: programs, measures, agencies, and implementation status - Build on and disseminate experience gained in local project management - Responsible agency: MATD - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: TOR for the documentary collections are available - Establish a unified system for central government technical support to local governments - Responsible agency: MATD - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: The technical support system was prepared and validated by CASEM/MATD - Set up a permanent investment fund for local governments - Responsible agency: MATD - Partner agencies: MEDEV, MFB - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: Basic documents prepared and pending adoption by the government - Establish a financial system for local governments - Responsible agency: MATD - Implementation Status: Completed - Comments: Texts adopted by the Council of Ministers - Establish a unified system for monitoring and assessing decentralization - Responsible agency: MATD - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: Document prepared and validated in a workshop - Conduct socioeconomic configuration studies - Responsible agency: MATD - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: Document prepared and validated in a workshop - Train rural municipalities' support staff - Responsible agency: MATD - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: Priority training modules being prepared - Assess microproject financing - Responsible agency: MATD - Implementation Status: In progress - Establish a local civil service - Responsible agency: MATD - Partner agency: MFPRE - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: Draft law establishing the legal regime applicable to FPT (local civil service) employees and positions validated and submitted for adoption - Approve the new status of government finance inspectors - Responsible agency: IGE/PM - Adopt and carry out a training plan at the IGE - Responsible agency: IGE - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: The review of IGE texts should be started - Adopt and carry out a training plan at the IGF - Responsible agency: IGF - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: Discussion of document on the status of finance inspectors in the context of defining specific MFB positions and forwarding to the MFPRE for decision - Conduct public expenditure reviews of the MASSN - Responsible agency: MFB - Partner: Ministries concerned - Conduct public expenditure reviews of the MATD - Responsible agency: MFB - Partner: Ministries concerned - Create a city and urban economies observatory - Responsible agencies: MEDEV/MATD - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: TOR have been prepared. Calls for expression of interest have been issued. - Provide adequate staffing and resources for oversight bodies (General Government Inspectorate, General Finance Inspectorate, technical inspectorates of ministerial departments, etc.) to combat corruption - Responsible agency: MFB - Partner: Ministry and institution concerned - Finalize a national strategy to combat corruption - Responsible agency: Office of the Prime Minister - Partner agencies: MFB-MEDEV-MJ-MCPEA-MPDH TFP-NGO-Private sector-Civil society - Implementation Status: In progress - Comments: The project has been prepared but is being finalized by the government. - Compile a government finance statistics yearbook - Responsible agency: MFB - Make available the results of the survey on the incidence of poverty (CWIQ survey) - Responsible agencies: INSD - STC/PDES - Successfully implement the work program for the General Population and Housing Census - Responsible agency: INSD - Implementation Status: Successfully implement the work program - Successfully implement the work program for the General Agricultural Census - Responsible agencies: INSD - DGPSA - Implementation Status: Successfully implement the work program - Conduct a survey on monitoring the expenditure of deconcentrated Health and Basic Education services - Responsible agency: INSD ### PIP 2005 implementation — Pillar 1: ACCELERATION OF EQUITY-BASED GROWTH (Objective: Increase GDP per capita by at least 4 percent per year beginning in 2004) - Subprogram and aggregate totals - TOTAL SUBPROGRAM 1: 115,361,396,1 (2005 Programming) ; 16,263,138,7 (2005 Expenditure) ; #VALUE! (Mobilization rate) ; 1,058,1 (Execution rate) - 1 Consolidation of macroeconomic stability - 2005 Programming: 65,0123,0123,0100,0 - Comments: (table entries as listed) - 1.1 Support the preparation and updating of sectoral policies - Amounts listed: 15,073,073,0100,0 ; 486,7 ; Funding source: GOVT - 1.2 Monitor the PIP on an annual basis - Amounts listed: 25,025,025,0100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: GOVT - 2 Enhance competitiveness and reduce production factor costs - 2005 Programming: 20,094,43,3 37,41,214,136,4 ; 6,0 - 2.1 Construct line connecting Bobo-Dioulasso / Ouagadougou - Amounts listed: 14,000,0350,0350,0100,0 ; 2,5 - 2.2 Electrify 10 communities per year and promote the connection of cities to the national network - Amounts listed: 3,000,00,00,0 ; 0,0 ; Funding source: DANIDA - 2.5 Provide small-scale mining operators with production equipment for gold sites - Amounts listed: 85,085,085,0 ; 100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: World Bank - 2.6 Establish 5 gold production units (PRECAGEME) - Amounts listed: 774,5774,5119,5 ; 15,4 ; 15,4 ; Funding source: World Bank - 2.7 Promotion of rural metal construction enterprises and mechanics - Amounts listed: 116,9116,9116,9100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: Austria - 2.8 Development project for the industrial and artisanal processing of cotton - Amounts listed: 231,0231,067,529,2 ; 29,2 ; Funding source: Austria - 2.9 Enterprise Development and Competitiveness Support Project - Amounts listed: 1,780,01,780,0475,226,7 ; 26,7 ; Funding source: World Bank - 3 Increase agricultural production by 30 percent per year between 2004 and 2006 - Aggregate: 32,000,7 (2005 Programming) ; 25,545,2 (Amount acquired or mobilized) ; 17,053,8 (2005 Expenditure) ; 66,8 (Mobilization rate) ; 53,3 (Execution rate) - 3.2 Support for promotion of the rural environment - Aggregate: 32,000,725,545,217,053,866,8 ; 53,3 - 3.2.2 Organization of Farmers' Day: 150,0150,0150,0100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: Govt - 3.2.3 FEER II Program: 583,6313,3313,3100,0 ; 53,7 ; Funding source: Govt/Switzerland/Belgium/Sweden - 3.2.4 Local Development Program in the Provinces of Tapoa, Gnagna, Ganzourgou, Loroum, and Yatenga: 1,806,02,324,01,320,056,8 ; 73,1 ; Funding source: AFD/FFEM - 3.2.5 Support for the development of rural structures (WFP): 627,8714,5714,4100,0 ; 113,8 ; Funding source: GOVT/PAM - 3.2.6 Contribution to the development of seed farms: 150,0150,0150,0100,0 ; 100,0 - 3.2.7 PAD kouritenga II: 512,0190,0176,692,9 ; 34,5 ; Funding source: Austria - 3.2.8 Program to support the local development of Koulpélogo (PADL/K): 512,0244,4135,355,4 ; 26,4 ; Funding source: Austria - 3.2.9 PDR for Noumbiel/PDR Southwest: 4,307,74,335,4976,722,5 ; 22,7 ; Funding source: GOVT/FIDA/BOAD/Belgium/SNV - 3.2.10 PDRDP of Bazèga and Kadiogo: 4,068,23,618,22,229,761,6 ; 54,8 ; Funding source: GOVT/AfDB - 3.2.11 PDRI Namentenga: 2,815,42,815,41,426,450,7 ; 50,7 ; Funding source: GOVT/BID/OPEC - 3.2.12 PPRP Rainfed rice: 3,462,4556,7678,0121,8 ; 19,6 ; Funding source: China - 3.2.13 Program for the development of small-scale village irrigation (PPIV): 247,2247,20,00,0 ; 0,0 ; Funding source: GOVT/FKDEA - 3.2.14 Local development programl (PDL)/Zoundwéogo: 843,3816,5814,999,8 ; 96,6 ; Funding source: GOVT/DANIDA - 3.2.15 Local development program (PDL)-Sanmatenga: 1,473,82,103,42,103,4100,0 ; 142,7 ; Funding source: GOVT/DANIDA - 3.2.16 Local development program (PDL)-Oudalan: 1,438,01,608,21,608,2100,0 ; 111,8 ; Funding source: GOVT/DANIDA - 3.2.17 Local development program (PDL)- Sanguié Boulkiemdé: 1,438,0967,91,122,7116,0 ; 78,1 ; Funding source: GOVT/DANIDA - 3.2.18 ADELE Project: 448,2448,2112,025,0 ; 25,0 ; Funding source: Switzerland - 3.2.19 PNDSA II: 4,201,11,026,01,026,0100,0 ; 24,4 ; Funding source: GOVT/IDA - 3.2.20 Special contribution to development of the rural environment: 1,240,61,240,61,192,996,2 ; 96,2 ; Funding source: GOVT - 3.2.21 CES AGF 2nd phase: 678,6678,6434,064,0 ; 64,0 ; Funding source: GOVT/FIDA - 3.2.22 Project for the development of agropastoral resources in Namentenga (PAPNA): 866,9866,9239,427,6 ; 27,6 ; Funding source: GOVT/UNDP/FENU Belgian solidarity fund - 3.2.23 Project to support the identification of young people with their land: 130,0130,0130,0100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: UNDP - 4 Support for the promotion of trade, industry, and handicrafts - Aggregate: 219,60,00,0 ; Implementation: 0,0 - 4.1 Prepare the trade balance: 19,60,00,0 ; 0,0 - 4.2 Establish artisans' offices: 200,00,00,0 ; 0,0 - 5 Promotion of the mining sector - Aggregate: 919,5919,5829,590,2 ; 90,2 - 5.1 Train managers for outreach to gold washers in the field: 45,045,045,0100,0 ; 100,0 - 5.2 Train small-scale mining operators in management techniques: 100,0100,010,010,0 ; 10,0 - 5.3 PRECAGEME: 774,5774,5774,5100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: GOVT; IDA - 6 Raise the income level of agricultural operators by 3 percent per year and per operator between 2004 and 2006 - Aggregate: 3,390,0 (2005 Programming) ; 3,090,5 (Amount acquired or mobilized) ; 2,599,2 (2005 Expenditure) ; 84,1 (Mobilization rate) ; 76,7 (Execution rate) - 6.1 Increase in production and support for the processing and marketing of agricultural products - Aggregate: 3,390,03,090,52,599,284,1 ; 76,7 - 6.1.1 Improve living conditions (PDR – Boulgou): 1,206,01,206,01,370,6113,6 ; 113,6 ; Funding source: DANIDA - 6.1.2 ECOSOC- PPOKK Project: 965,7965,7916,494,9 ; 94,9 ; Funding source: Belgium - 6.1.3 Implementation of systems reform: 618,2318,893,229,2 ; 15,1 - 6.1.4 Bio-Food Support: 600,0600,0219,036,5 ; 36,5 ; Funding source: ACDI - 7 Create conditions conducive to the availability and accessibility of sufficient and balanced foodstuffs for the population - Aggregate: 3,346,1 (2005 Programming) ; 6,985,7 (Amount acquired or mobilized) ; 6,485,7 (2005 Expenditure) ; 92,8 (Mobilization rate) ; 193,8 (Execution rate) - 7.1 Strengthen food security and management of the national security stock - Aggregate: 3346,16985,76485,792,8 ; 193,8 - 7.1.1 Support for strengthening the food security stock: 1,560,04,816,34,816,3 ; 100,0 ; 308,7 ; Funding source: GOVT - 7.1.2 SONAGESS security stock: 1,500,01,500,01,000,0 ; 66,7 ; Funding source: GTZ/Japan - 7.1.3 Agricultural statistics and early warning system: 100,0100,0100,0100,0 ; 100,0 - 7.1.4 Support for strengthening the food program (WFP): 186,1569,4569,4100,0 ; 305,9 - 8 Expand and strengthen the sustainable management of natural resources in 2002-2006 - Aggregate: 13,995,2 (2005 Programming) ; 15,317,5 (Amount acquired or mobilized) ; 8,281,1 (2005 Expenditure) ; 54,1 (Mobilization rate) ; 59,2 (Execution rate) - 8.1 Protect natural resources and ecosystems - Aggregate: 13,995,215,317,58,281,154,1 ; 59,2 - 8.1.1 Construction of manure pits: 50,050,050,0100,0 ; 100,0 - 8.1.2 Food security project / rehabilitation of degraded land in the North: 410,9410,980,019,5 ; 19,5 ; Funding source: GOVT, BOAD, Beneficiaries - 8.1.3 PATECORE: 875,71,155,0920,079,7 ; 105,1 ; Funding source: Germany/KFW - 8.1.4 PNGT II: 8,035,08,094,03,604,644,5 ; 44,9 ; Funding source: GOVT/IDA/DANIDA/UNDP/FIDA/SILEM - 8.1.5 Input Purchase Program/PIV: 114,0114,0114,0100,0 ; 100,0 - 8.1.6 PAGEN: 1,329,01,662,0796,947,9 ; 60,0 ; Funding source: WB/FEM - 8.1.7 Natural resources management project/Séno-Yagha: 1,058,01,058,0866,881,9 ; 81,9 ; Funding source: DANIDA - 8.1.8 PDL- Komandjari: 1,046,61,598,51,088,568,1 ; 104,0 ; Funding source: DANIDA - 8.1.9 PROGEREF (sustainable management of forestry resources): 46,046,00,00,0 ; 0,0 ; Funding source: FAD - 8.1.10 Project to support PSB/UNDP: 258,4357,583,223,3 ; 32,2 ; Funding source: UNDP - 8.1.11 Project to support wildlife conservation units (PAUCOF): 771,6771,6677,187,8 ; 87,8 ; Funding source: GOVT, AFD, FEM - 9 Put in place by 2007 instruments for the sustainable management of water resources (legal and technical instruments) - Aggregate: 30,0 (2005 Programming) ; 30,0 (Amount acquired or mobilized) ; 30,0 (2005 Expenditure) ; 100,0 (Mobilization rate) ; 100,0 (Execution rate) - 9.1 Water resources inventory and planning: 30,030,030,0100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: GOVT - 10 Develop 1,000 ha per year in 2004-2006 - Aggregate: 39,553.0 (2005 Programming) ; 39,210.9 (Amount acquired or mobilized) ; 25,477.0 (2005 Expenditure) ; 65.0 (Mobilization rate) ; 64.4 (Execution rate) - 10.1 Development of hydroagricultural facilities: 39553,039210,925477,065,0 ; 64,4 - 10.2 Yakouta 1 construction: 336,0336,0300,689,5 ; 89,5 ; Responsible: CHINA MAHRH - 10.3 Small Sud Ouest 1 dam: 275,630,025,785,5 ; 9,3 ; Funding source: GOVT/Germany MAHRH - 10.6 Bagré integrated rural development project (Bagré / Hydroagriculture): 3,105,61,749,31,491,685,3 ; 48,0 ; Funding source: GOVT/BID/FKD EA/FSD/OPEC MAHRH - 10.7 AEP Ouaga ZIGA Project: 27,735,530,309,820,546,0 ; 67,8 ; 74,1 ; Funding source: GOVT/FKDEA/BID/AfDBEA/OPEC MAHRH - 10.9 Samandeni dam project: 2,071,91,092,9628,257,5 ; 30,3 ; Funding source: GOVT/Abu Dabi/BID MAHRH - 10.10 Integrated water resources management: 434,5434,5278,464,1 ; 64,1 ; Funding source: GOVT/DANIDA MAHRH - 10.11 Pilot project for the development of private irrigation and related activities: 173,1173,14,12,4 ; 2,4 ; Funding source: Govt/IDA MAHRH - 10.12 Liptako Gourma III water supply project: 512,2512,2406,379,3 ; 79,3 ; Funding source: GOVT/BOAD MAHRH - 10.15 Project to promote the sustainable management of small dams: 650,0650,0100,015,4 ; 15,4 ; Funding source: GOVT/AfDB MAHRH - 11 Increase pluviometry activities - Aggregate: 460,0 (2005 Programming) ; 460,0 (Amount acquired or mobilized) ; 460,0 (2005 Expenditure) ; 100,0 (Mobilization rate) ; 100,0 (Execution rate) - 11.1 Induced rainfall operation - SAAGA: 460,0460,0460,0100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: GOVT - 12 Using and increasing the value of catches - Aggregate: 926,9926,9433,646,8 ; 46,8 - 12.1 Project for the co-management of fisheries in Kompienga and Bagré: 137,1137,176,555,8 ; 55,8 ; Responsible: MAHRH - 12.2 Fishery products supply and distribution center project (CADIPP): 589,8589,8157,126,6 ; 26,6 ; Responsible: MAHRH - 12.3 Outfitting of 3 alewife production centers: 100,0100,0100,0100,0 ; 100,0 ; Responsible: MAHRH - 12.4 Establishment of a pilot aquafarm: 100,0100,0100,0100,0 ; 100,0 ; Responsible: MAHRH - 13 Construction of cultural infrastructure - Aggregate: 206,0139,6121,787,2 ; 59,1 - 13.2 BBDA headquarters: 60,050,050,0100,0 ; 83,3 ; Funding source: Govt MCAT - 13.3 Construction of the headquarters of the national museum (storage area): 101,089,671,780,0 ; 71,0 ; Funding source: Govt MCAT - 13.14 Procurement of three 32-seat buses and three 3 dual cabs and one vehicle: 202,5202,5100,0 ; Funding source: GOVT MCAT - 14 Development of cinematographic activities - Aggregate: 154,930,030,0100,0 ; 19,4 - 14.1 Fespaco administrative block: 154,930,030,0100,0 ; 19,4 ; Responsible: MCAT ### Subprogram 2: Guarantee access for the poor to basic social services and welfare (Objective: Improve the delivery of and access for the poor to basic social services and welfare) - Aggregate for education access and related programs - Total: 85,116,564,821,134,655,853,5 ; 40,7 - 1 Promotion of access for the poor to education services - 1.1 Basic education: 50,407,850,030,723,180,646,3 ; 46,0 - PASEB: 1,243,61,243,61,243,6100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: European Union MEBA - School water supply project: 3,885,63,885,61,169,530,1 ; 30,1 ; Funding source: GOVT, AFD MEBA - Basic education project (ES-CEBNF): 1,735,51,735,51,299,574,9 ; 74,9 ; Funding source: GOVT,CHINA,UNICEF - Cathwell School Cafeteria Project: 3,307,43,307,43,307,4100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: GOVT, CATHWEL, HIPC - Common basket (PDDEB): 19,424,219,424,21,109,45,7 ; 5,7 ; Funding source: Govt, ACDI, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, AFD, IDA - PPOKK/Education component: 1,068,61,068,6663,062,0 ; 62,0 ; Funding source: Belgium - Partnership for Nonformal Education (PENF): 369,6369,6261,570,7 ; 70,7 ; Funding source: ACDI - Project to improve the delivery of basic education: 2,378,62,378,61,957,082,3 ; 82,3 ; Funding source: AFD - Integrated HIV/AIDS Education Pilot Project: 285,3285,3220,777,4 ; 77,4 ; Funding source: GOVT, UNDP - One School, One Grove Project: 162,2162,2111,969,0 ; 69,0 ; Funding source: GOVT, CHINA - School infrastructure construction program: 3,547,43,547,42,983,084,1 ; 84,1 ; Funding source: GOVT - Construction/rehabilitation of DREBAs: 147,0147,037,225,3 ; 25,3 ; Funding source: GOVT - Project for construction of the Ouahigouya ENEP and 60 school complexes: 845,8468,7127,127,1 ; 15,0 ; Funding source: GOVT, BID - Support for basic education BKF 6130 / WFP: 1,627,11,627,11,537,694,5 ; 94,5 ; Funding source: GOVT, WFP - Project to support the training of basic education staff: 53,253,251,797,2 ; 97,2 ; Funding source: Netherlands - Primary education project III: 4,119,34,119,33,742,090,8 ; 90,8 ; Funding source: GOVT, BID - BKF 010 Literary Support Project: 1,149,71,149,71,129,298,2 ; 98,2 ; Funding source: Luxembourg - Literacy and training program: 592,0592,0505,485,4 ; 85,4 ; Funding source: Switzerland - National Education Support Project (PAEN): 336,9336,9329,997,9 ; 97,9 ; Funding source: French cooperation agency - School water supply (duplicate entry): 3,885,53,885,51,169,530,1 ; 30,1 ; Funding source: GOVT, AFD - Administrative materials and equipment (all services combined+DREBA): 243,2243,2224,892,5 ; 92,5 ; Funding source: GOVT - 1.2 Strengthening of secondary education: 22,877,85,910,43,731,063,1 ; 16,3 - Construction and equipment of 60 CEGs: 1,680,01,680,0241,014,3 ; 14,3 ; Funding source: Govt/AfDB - Creation of 3 resources centers, construction of 3 EET P/18: 1,200,0852,0119,614,0 ; 10,0 - Rehabilitation of 6 EETs: 1,761,017,217,2100,0 ; 1,0 ; Funding source: Austrian cooperation agency - Testing and installation of a modular system in Burkina Faso: 717,994,918,519,5 ; 2,6 ; Funding source: AfDB - IV/AfDB education project: 14,633,72,505,22,822,8112,7 ; 19,3 ; Funding source: Govt/AfDB - Project in support of basic education and capacity-building: 2,460,3246,00,00,0 ; 0,0 ; Funding source: GOVT FAD - 1.3 Strengthening of higher education and research: 11,830,98,880,17,744,187,2 ; 65,5 - Construction and equipment of 2 amphitheaters (500 seats) in BOBO: 200,0200,0120,760,3 ; 60,3 ; Funding source: CHINA - Construction and equipment of 2 amphitheaters (1,000 seats) in Ouagadougou: 1,200,0525,4525,4100,0 ; 43,8 ; Funding source: GOVT - Post-primary education project: 2,704,02,611,02,710,0103,8 ; 100,2 ; Funding source: Govt/World Bank - PNDSA/INERA portion: 2,331,72,331,72,306,898,9 ; 98,9 ; Funding source: Govt/World Bank - PNDSA/IRSAT portion: 657,9657,9172,526,2 ; 26,2 ; Funding source: Govt/World Bank - Technical and in-service training center: 772,0425,970,616,6 ; 9,1 ; Funding source: CHINA - Construction and equipment/University of Ouagadougou: 145,4292,4292,4100,0 ; 201,0 ; Funding source: Govt - ENSK: misc. construction and equipment: 283,7283,7283,7100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: Govt - UPB: misc. construction: 171,9171,9171,9100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: Govt - Construction equipment of CENOU: 74,082,882,8100,0 ; 111,9 ; Funding source: Govt - Construction of a university campus in Ouagadougou: 1,990,4990,4717,172,4 ; 36,0 ; Funding source: Govt/OPEC - 3 Improvement of the living conditions of the poor - Aggregate: 14,589,514,569,513,770,194,5 ; 94,4 - 3.6 Reforestation and combating pollution at gold sites: 2,02,02,0100,0 ; 100,0 - 3.7 Drill water boreholes at gold sites: 104,5104,59,59,1 ; 9,1 - 3.8 Third PDU action: 12,543,012,543,012,543,0100,0 ; 100,0 ; Funding source: GOVT, IDA - 3.9 Establishment of SDAUs: 68,048,046,797,3 ; 68,7 ; Funding source: Govt - 3.10 Various housing developments: 150,0150,0146,997,9 ; 97,9 ; Funding source: Govt - 3.11 15 km of urban roads (5 medium-sized cities): 1,700,01,700,01,000,058,8 ; 58,8 ; Funding source: China *Source: _cr07320 - ANNEX II* ### 4. Promotion of access for the poor to healthcare and nutrition ### 4. Promotion of access for the poor to healthcare and nutrition ### 4.1 Expansion of healthcare coverage - Aggregate programming/expenditure figures shown: 5,435,15,039,44,528,489,9 83,3 - Subprojects, amounts, execution/mobilization rates, and funding sources: - 4.1.1 National public health laboratory — 581,5581,5424,172,9 72,9 — GOVT; FOPEC - 4.1.2 Second health project — 760,4760,4550,072,3 72,3 — GOVT; BID - 4.1.3 Project to build CSPSs — 577,5577,5477,382,6 82,6 — GOVT; CHINA - 4.1.4 Kaya CHR construction project — 527,5527,5527,6100,0 100,0 — GOVT - 4.1.5 Standardization of health training — 700,0700,0700,0100,0 100,0 — GOVT - 4.1.6 Rehabilitation of health training — 200,0100,091,691,6 45,8 — GOVT - 4.1.7 Construction of the Banfora CHR — 360,0360,0360,0100,0 100,0 — GOVT - 4.1.8 Construction of the Kaya DRS — 122,4122,4122,4100,0 100,0 — GOVT - 4.1.9 Construction of the Fada DRS — 122,4122,4122,4100,0 100,0 — GOVT - 4.1.10 Repair and rehabilitation of hospital centers — 200,0200,0200,0100,0 100,0 — GOVT - 4.1.11 CM and CMA repairs — 83,583,583,5100,0 100,0 — GOVT - 4.1.12 Construction of the ECD office — 300,0300,0300,0100,0 100,0 — GOVT - 4.1.13 Hospital technical equipment — 800,0604,2569,794,3 71,2 — GOVT - 4.1.14 Strengthening of urban CMAs — 100,00,00,0 0,0 — GOVT ### 4.2 Improvement of the quality and use of health services - Aggregate programming/expenditure figures shown: 562,3562,3405,472,1 72,1 - Subcomponent: - 4.2.1 PPOKK/health component — 562,3562,3405,472,1 72,1 — CTB ### 4.3 Strengthening of efforts to combat communicable and noncommunicable diseases - Aggregate programming/expenditure figures shown: 817,8828,8692,583,6 84,7 - Subprojects: - 4.3.1 Support for the fight against tuberculosis — 194,0205,0205,0100,0 105,7 — Netherlands - 4.3.2 Project to support primary healthcare in the Kaya-Manga region — 109,1109,195,487,5 87,5 — Netherlands - 4.3.3 Support for the fight against maternal mortality — 514,8514,8392,176,2 76,2 — UNFPA ### 4.4 Reduction of HIV/AIDS transmission - Aggregate programming/expenditure figures shown: 13,197,110,869,07,888,672,6 59,8 - Subprojects, amounts, execution/mobilization rates, and funding sources: - 4.4.1 PA-PMLS — 4,850,05,143,55,143,5100,0 106,1 — GOVT, IDA - 4.4.2 Efforts to combat HIV/AIDS in Burkina Faso — 429,60,00,0 0,0 — Denmark - 4.4.3 Support program for associations and communities (PAMAC) — 538,0538,0433,080,5 80,5 — UNDP - 4.4.4 Project to support the CNLS implementation process — 220,0220,0200,791,2 91,2 — CHINA - 4.4.5 Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria — 3,876,13,876,11,020,026,3 26,3 — Global fund - 4.4.6 Support for implementation of the integrated plan to combat HIV/AIDS — 121,4128,7128,7100,0 106,1 — Netherlands - 4.4.7 Support for the national multisectoral plan to combat AIDS — 656,00,00,0 0,0 — Belgium - 4.4.8 AfDB project in support of the fight against HIV/AIDS — 1457,90,00,0 0,0 — GOVT; AfDB - 4.4.9 PROMACO — 906,4962,7962,7100,0 106,2 — KFW - 4.4.10 Project to prevent HIV/AIDS deaths among infants and mothers — 141,90,00,0 0,0 ### 4.5–4.7 Other health objectives (headings listed as PM) - 4.5 Human resources development in the field of healthcare — PM - 4.6 Improvement of the affordability of healthcare services — PM - 4.7 Increased funding for the health sector — PM ### 4.8 Institutional capacity-building for the Ministry of Health - Aggregate programming/expenditure figures shown: 7289,37289,35759,579,0 79,0 - Subprojects: - 4.8.1 Project to support the implementation of hospital reforms — 119,3119,377,965,3 — FAC - 4.8.2 Project to support the strengthening of healthcare — 2,739,02,739,01,376,650,3 — GOVT;AfDB - 4.8.3 Project to support health districts and regional health directorates (DRS) — 4,431,04,431,04,305,097,2 — GOVT; Netherlands; Sweden; PARDEP; PA-PMLS *Source: _cr07320 - 4. Promotion of access for the poor to healthcare and nutrition* ### 6. Improvement of access for the poor to welfare services ### 6. Improvement of access for the poor to welfare services ### Overview - Programmatic objective: Improve access for the poor to welfare services through early childhood education, protection of orphans and at-risk children, family socioeconomic protection, reintegration of disadvantaged groups, and strengthening institutional capacities. - High-level numeric summary entries (as presented in source): 9,089,34,104,63,613,888,0 39,8 ### 6.1 Improve the quality of early childhood education interventions - Header numeric line: 63,855,249,890,2 78,1 - 6.1.1 Formulation of a national policy on integrated early childhood development - Numeric: 10,612,06,654,9 62,0 - 6.1.2 Consolidation and extension of nonformal education establishments known as Bisongo from six to thirty-three (33) provinces. - Numeric: 53,243,243,2100,0 81,3 ### 6.2 Improve the living conditions and school enrollment of orphans and other at-risk children - Header numeric line: 359,6425,6425,6100,0 118,4 - 6.2.1 Development of a strategic framework for the provision of services to orphans and other at-risk children (OEV) - Numeric: 60,060,060,0100,0 100,0 - Funding source: UNICEF/Axios Plan Burkina - 6.2.2 Implementation of the support program for orphans and other at-risk children - Numeric: 130,0180,0180,0100,0 138,5 - Funding source: UNICEF/Axios Plan Burkina - 6.2.3 Strengthening of actions to combat trafficking in children - Numeric: 16,016,016,0100,0 100,0 - Funding source: UNICEF - 6.2.4 Strengthening of the system for the provision of services to disadvantaged school-age children - Numeric: 3,614,614,6100,0 405,6 - 6.2.5 Implementation of the project for the prevention of juvenile delinquency and the reintegration of children and young people living in the streets - Numeric: 150,0155,0155,0100,0 103,3 ### 6.3 Strengthen the mechanisms for disseminating information and awareness of children's rights - Header numeric line: 99,597,075,677,9 76,0 0,0 - 6.3.1 Establishment of a permanent system for the collection of data on children - Numeric: 88,388,366,975,8 75,8 - Funding source: UNICEF - 6.3.2 Finalize the training module on children's rights for vocational training schools - Numeric: 2,50,00,0 0,0 - Funding source: UNICEF - 6.3.3 Monitoring of the strategy for introducing the subject of children's rights in education - Numeric: 3,03,03,0100,0 100,0 - Funding source: UNICEF - 6.3.4 Organization of training sessions and conferences on children's rights - Numeric: 5,75,75,7100,0 100,0 - Funding source: UNICEF ### 6.4 Ensure socioeconomic protection and advancement of the family - Header numeric line: 3,529,11,670,31,359,481,4 38,5 - 6.4.1 Training of 1,000 girls not attending school and of associations of handicapped persons - Numeric: 212,5212,5212,5100,0 100,0 - Funding source: HIPC - 6.4.2 Provision of grain mills to 20 women's groups - Numeric: 14,014,014,0100,0 100,0 - Funding source: HIPC - 6.4.3 Support for 30,000 households for income-generating activities - Numeric: 500,0500,0500,0100,0 100,0 - Funding source: HIPC - 6.4.4 Training of 200 MASSN employees in marriage counseling, gender issues, and development - Numeric: 10,00,00,0 0,0 - 6.4.5 Implementation of the national sectoral program on community life education - Numeric: 169,00,00,0 0,0 - 6.4.6 Extension of the activities of the Individuals and Family Code Project to 10 provinces - Numeric: 57,50,00,0 0,0 - 6.4.7 Implementation of a project to combat forced marriages - Numeric: 538,5 0,0 - 6.4.8 Promote family rights - Numeric: 1,013,8 0,0 - 6.4.9 Commemoration of international and national days (family, excision, African children, etc.) - Numeric: 27,527,527,5100,0 100,0 - 6.4.10 Program to combat the practice of excision - Numeric: 376,5376,5307,081,6 81,6 - 6.4.11 Open-air education initiative - Numeric: 16,416,410,463,6 63,6 - 6.4.12 Training and production center for girls - Numeric: 45,245,221,046,4 46,4 - 6.4.13 REPAGE - Numeric: 346,5346,5196,456,7 56,7 - 6.4.14 Individuals and Family Code Information and Awareness Project - Numeric: 70,00,00,0 0,0 - 6.4.15 Promotion of the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents - Numeric: 131,8131,870,653,6 53,6 ### 6.5 Enhance existing solidarity mechanisms - Header numeric line: 2,290,30,00,0 0,0 - 6.5.1 Implementation of a plan to welcome and assist repatriated Burkinabès - Numeric: 2,000,0 0,0 - 6.5.2 Preparation and implementation of a plan for the socioeconomic reintegration of repatriated persons - Numeric: 186,0 0,0 - 6.5.3 Put in place a system to collect data on repatriated persons - Numeric: 17,0 0,0 - Funding source: UNICEF - 6.5.4 Support to 6 COPROSURs for the provision of services to repatriated persons - Numeric: 47,4 0,0 - 6.5.5 Implementation of the intermediate food aid program for repatriated persons in 14 provinces. - Numeric: 39,9 0,0 - Funding source: Govt ### 6.6 Ensure the socioeconomic reintegration of disadvantaged groups - Header numeric line: 1,641,51,621,51,505,892,9 91,7 - 6.6.1 Conduct a national study on the elderly - Numeric: 20,00,0 0,0 - 6.6.2 Support for income-generating activities for the handicapped and disadvantaged - Numeric: 1,621,51,621,51,505,892,9 92,9 - Funding source: HIPC ### 6.7 Promote equal opportunities for the handicapped - Header numeric line: 566,0108,0105,797,9 18,7 - 6.7.1 Conduct a multisectoral study on the handicapped - Numeric: 78,00,0 0,0 - 6.7.2 Provide 900 handicapped individuals with three-wheel scooters - Numeric: 39,039,039,0100,0 100,0 - Funding source: HIPC - 6.7.3 Conduct an audiometric study - Numeric: 16,516,516,5100,0 100,0 - Funding source: HIPC ### 6.8 Enhancement of staff skills and institutional capacities - Header numeric line: 332,552,550,2 15,1 - 6.8.1 Implementation of the staff continuing education plan - Numeric: 100,00,0 0,0 - 6.8.2 Construction of three (3) regional directorates and six (6) provincial directorates - Numeric: 52,552,550,2 95,7 - Funding source: Govt ### 6.9 Support for the creation of health micro-insurance - Header numeric line: 90,00,00,0 0,0 - 6.9.1 Support for the creation of healthcare mutual societies and health micro-insurance - Numeric: 90,0 0,0 - 6.9.2 Organization of campaigns to promote public awareness of healthcare mutual societies and health micro-insurance - Numeric: 40,0 0,0 - 6.9.3 Establishment of a technical support unit for the creation of healthcare mutual societies and health micro-insurance - Numeric: 45,0 0,0 - 6.9.4 Build the capacities of health micro-insurance providers - Numeric: 15,0 0,0 - 6.9.5 Promotion of access for the indigent to basic social services through the provision of micro-insurance - Numeric: 45,0 0,0 - 6.9.6 Definition and identification of indigent persons - Numeric: 40,0 0,0 - 6.9.7 Preparation of a framework for the delivery of services to indigent persons - Numeric: 5,0 0,0 ### 6.10 Improvement of early childhood education interventions - Header numeric line: 117,074,541,655,9 35,6 - 6.10.1 Improvement of the functioning of formal and nonformal education establishments - Numeric: 23,423,43,414,6 14,6 - Funding source: UNICEF - 6.10.2 Promotion of early childhood education - Numeric: 4,00,0 0,0 - 6.10.3 Improvement of the quality of teaching materials and working conditions of early childhood education staff for the drafting of instructional documents and the creation of a document collection - Numeric: 15,215,52,717,1 17,5 - Funding source: UNICEF - 6.10.4 Capacity-building for early childhood education staff - Numeric: 69,934,134,1100,0 48,8 - Funding source: UNICEF - 6.10.5 Educational and structural monitoring/assessment of community day-care centers and Bisongos - Numeric: 4,51,51,5100,0 33,3 *Source: _cr07320 - 6. Improvement of access for the poor to welfare services* ### 1. Increase the effectiveness of legal institutions and broaden ### 1. Increase the effectiveness of legal institutions and broaden access to the justice system ### Program-level allocations and execution - Aggregate line (header row): 4,739,64,739,62,055,943,4 43,4 - Total SUBPROGRAM 4: 23,801,622,614,916,380,872,4 68,8 - GRAND TOTAL: 436,050,7353,157,9238,799,867,6 54,8 ### 1.1 Program to support consolidation of the democratic process, the rule of law, and good governance (PADEG) - Programming / Amount acquired or mobilized / 2005 Expenditure / Mobilization rate / Execution rate / Funding source / Responsible unit: - 2,589,12,589,11,985,476,7 76,7 FED ### 1.2 Project to support judicial reform - 74,074,070,595,3 95,3 Denmark ### 1.3 Judiciary support project - 2,076,62,076,60,00,0 0,0 FAC ### 1.4 Project to support the action plan for reform of the justice system (PA/PANRJ) - 500,0609,8375,361,5 GOVT --- ### 2. National Communication for Development Policy (PNCD) ### Program-level allocations and execution - 6,154,55,023,04,702,593,6 76,4 ### Subcomponents and allocations - 2.1 Dissemination of the PNCD: 48,50,00,0 0,0 - 2.2 Legal and institutional reforms: 151,70,00,0 0,0 - 2.3 Training and research in communication for development: 842,725,025,0100,0 3,0 - 2.4 Development and decentralization of the media: 4,073,34,563,04,478,098,1 109,9 GOVT; Republic of China; Japan and UNDP - 2.5 Development and decentralization of telecommunications and NICTs: 523,515,015,0100,0 2,9 - 2.6 Development of local communication channels and resources: 72,90,00,0 0,0 - 2.7 Support in preparing for PNCD implementation: 21,80,00,0 0,0 - 2.8 Project to support the promotion of NICTs for human development: 420,0420,0184,543,9 43,9 UNDP --- ### 3. Local governance ### Program-level allocations and execution - 6,000,76,003,44,111,868,5 68,5 ### Subcomponents and allocations - 3.1 Construction of governorate: 1,700,01,700,01,661,497,7 97,7 - 3.2 Strengthening, deepening of decentralization: 4,300,74,303,42,450,456,9 57,0 - 3.2.1 Marking of the boundaries of 360 rural municipalities: 41,841,841,8100,0 100,0 - 3.2.2 Establishment of the legal framework for expanding decentralization: 75,075,068,991,9 91,9 Denmark MATD - 3.2.3 Advisory support for urban municipalities in the area of administrative, financial, and budgetary management: 1,00,40,4100,0 35,0 MATD - 3.2.4 Creation of a journal for liaison, awareness, and education on decentralization: 2,50,50,5100,0 20,0 Denmark MATD - 3.2.5 PRPC: 3,581,03,581,02,054,157,4 57,4 - 3.2.6 Capacity-building program for urban municipalities: 199,5204,8204,8100,0 102,7 - 3.2.7 Local investment fund/Séno-Yagha: 400,0400,080,020,0 20,0 Denmark --- ### 4. Operational capacity-building for security services ### Program-level allocations and execution - 2,522,12,500,22,437,297,5 96,6 ### 4.1 Increase transport equipment - 946,91,018,81,002,898,4 105,9 GOVT CFSI - 4.1.1 Procurement of operational vehicles for domestic security forces: 794,8965,8965,8100,0 121,5 GOVT - 4.1.2 Procurement of transmission equipment for domestic security forces: 89,2 0,0 GOVT - 4.1.3 Additional mobility equipment: 53,053,037,069,8 69,8 - 4.1.4 Additional transmission equipment: 10,00,00,0 0,0 ### 4.2 Provision of greater security coverage - 1,575,11,481,41,434,4 96,8 91,1 GOVT - 4.2.1 Strengthening of infrastructure resources: 208,657,351,189,2 24,5 GOVT - 4.2.2 Strengthening of infrastructure resources: 57,357,351,189,2 89,2 - 4.2.3 Police support project: 216,7274,2239,687,4 110,6 GOVT/FAC - 4.2.4 Defense support project: 1,092,61,092,61,092,6100,0 100,0 GOVT/FAC --- ### 5. Promote good economic governance ### Program-level allocations and execution - 4,384,74,348,73,073,470,7 70,1 0,0 ### Subcomponents and allocations - 5.1 Establish a fund to support mining sector development: 350,0 0,0 - 5.2 PAMER: 1,094,11,094,1856,778,3 78,3 GOVT/FIDA - 5.3 Project for direct support to private operators: 641,01,015,01,015,0100,0 158,4 DANIDA - 5.4 Project to support the execution and coordination of PAPs: 114,3114,394,782,9 82,9 - 5.5 Project to support capacity-building for the management of PAPs in 3 DREDs: 168,1168,1112,867,1 67,1 GOVT/UNFPA - 5.6 CEDO: 372,0372,0109,629,5 29,5 GOVT/IDA - 5.7 PRGE: 990,3990,3603,961,0 61,0 - 5.8 Strengthening of the statistical function by 2006: 110,050,047,895,6 43,4 - 5.8.1 Project for Development of the National Statistical System (PDSSN): 110,050,047,895,6 43,4 GOVT, IDA - 5.9 Good governance support program: 544,9544,9233,042,8 42,8 GOVT/AfDB --- *Source: _cr07320 - 1. Increase the effectiveness of legal institutions and broaden access to the justice system* --- _Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/_cr07320.pdf_