Burkina Faso: Joint Staff Advisory Note of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
IMF Staff Country Reports, September 15, 2005
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Bibliographic details
- Published: September 15, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451803846.002
Summary
- The Joint Staff Advisory Note (JSAN) of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper on Burkina Faso reviews poverty trends, characteristics, and strategies for its reduction.
- The macroeconomic framework is based on an average real growth rate of about 6½ percent, which is in line with the average growth rate.
- Despite the potential for enhancing tax revenues, additional donor support would be needed, and should be provided principally in the form of grants, given Burkina Faso’s high level of external debt.
Macroeconomic framework and projections
- Macroeconomic assumption: average real growth rate of about 6½ percent.
- Growth assumption described as "in line with the average growth rate."
Fiscal and external financing considerations
- Potential exists for enhancing tax revenues.
- Additional donor support is needed.
- Recommendation: donor support should be provided principally in the form of grants, owing to Burkina Faso’s high level of external debt.
Policy focus areas and subjects covered
- Education
- Health
- Poverty
- Poverty reduction
- Poverty reduction strategy
Keywords and thematic tags (as provided)
- Africa, APR, CR, description of trade policy, government, government trade policies, government's poverty estimate, ISCR, poverty headcount, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, poverty trend, PRSP progress report, PRSP-2, staff
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