## Burundi: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report: Joint Staff Advisory Note

_IMF Staff Country Reports, March 10, 2009_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 10, 2009
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

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### Executive summary
- Focus: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper–Annual Progress Report (APR) for Burundi.
- Key drivers of lower-than-expected economic growth:
  - Slow implementation of structural reforms.
  - A sharp decline in coffee production.
  - The unstable security situation.
- Key drivers of faster-than-expected domestic inflation:
  - Poor weather conditions.
  - Rising international petroleum and food prices.
- The APR addresses regional economic integration as a factor shaping medium-term economic developments in Burundi.

### Major findings and analysis
- Growth and production:
  - Lower-than-expected economic growth largely attributed to slow structural reform implementation, a sharp decline in coffee production, and instability.
- Inflationary pressures:
  - Faster-than-expected increase in domestic consumer prices linked to poor weather conditions and rising international petroleum and food prices.
- Medium-term outlook:
  - Regional economic integration highlighted as an element that will shape medium-term economic developments.

### Policy-relevant themes and thematic coverage
- Subjects covered:
  - Budget planning and preparation
  - Education
  - Expenditure
  - Health
  - Poverty
  - Poverty reduction
  - Poverty reduction strategy
  - Public financial management (PFM)
- Keywords included:
  - Budget planning and preparation, CR, donor, donor budget support, education policy, Global, government, government of Burundi, government's budget, ISCR, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, PRSP objective, unity government

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