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Burkina Faso: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report

September 19, 2007

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Burkina Faso: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed December 23, 2024

Summary

This report reviews the Priority Action Program (PAP) for Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) implementation in Burkina Faso. The PAP makes the PRSP operational and increases the visibility of public policies in the area of poverty reduction. The 2005–07 PAP is expected to help remove obstacles to economic and social progress. By 2007, the aim is to reduce the overall poverty rate to 43.3 percent, with rural and urban poverty rates amounting to 48.1 percent and 16.6 percent, respectively.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Commodities, Education, Gender, Health, Labor, Women

Keywords: Africa, Agricultural commodities, Basic education, Basic training, CR, Global, ISCR, Medical treatment, Private sector, Vocational training, West Africa, Women

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    165

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2007/320

  • Stock No:

    1BFAEA2007002

  • ISBN:

    9781451803921

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685