IMF Staff Country Reports

Burkina Faso: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

September 15, 2005

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International Monetary Fund. "Burkina Faso: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper", IMF Staff Country Reports 2005, 338 (2005), accessed 12/23/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451803815.002

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Summary

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) on Burkina Faso explains economic growth and persistence. The government intends to strengthen the foundations of macroeconomic and financial stability, and enhance competitiveness in promising sectors. Success in meeting the expected objectives of economic growth hinges on the adoption of a competitive strategy for the national economy and a refocusing of economic policies toward better-targeted actions to guarantee a better impact on beneficiary populations. Regarding improvements to the participatory process, actions were undertaken to deepen dialogue and strengthen the coordination of interventions.

Subject: Education, Health, Population and demographics, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy

Keywords: absolute poverty, Africa, civil society, comparative advantage, CR, development plan, economic growth, Global, ISCR, natural resources, poverty reduction strategy, Poverty reduction strategy, private sector, West Africa