Burkina Faso: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation and First Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility

August 8, 2000

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Burkina Faso: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation and First Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed November 22, 2024

Summary

Burkina Faso's sustained adjustment effort has been supported by the IMF under successive programs since 1991. Macroeconomic performance was favorable in 1999. Monetary policy is conducted at the regional level by the Central Bank for West African States and remained prudent. In 1999 and early 2000, the Burkinabe authorities strengthened the implementation of structural reforms, in particular as regards the civil service, the cotton sector, and the liberalization of the telecommunications sector. Executive Directors stressed the importance of reforms to strengthen the competitiveness of the economy.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Commodities, Credit, Expenditure, Money, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy

Keywords: Agricultural commodities, Authority, Cotton production, CR, Credit, Deficit, Government, Government outlay, Government saving, Gross investment, IMF to the public, IMF's assessment, ISCR, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, PRSP, Reform, Revenue objective, Wage bill, West Africa

Publication Details

Pages:

66
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2000/086
Stock No:

1BFAEA0012000
ISBN:

9781451803662
ISSN:

1934-7685

Notes

Included with the Staff Report are the text of Public Information Notice No. 00/57 and a statement by A. Barro Chambrier on July 10, 2000.

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