How Can Burundi Raise its Growth Rate? the Impact of Civil Conflicts and State Interventionon Burundi'S Growth Performance

January 1, 2009

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Olivier Basdevant. How Can Burundi Raise its Growth Rate? the Impact of Civil Conflicts and State Interventionon Burundi'S Growth Performance, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

Over the last thirty years Burundi's low economic growth has led to a significant decline in per capita GDP. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on supply-side constraints that prevented Burundi's economy from growing faster. Lack of investment, civil conflict, economic inefficiencies, state intervention in the economy, and regulatory restrictions explain a large part of the weak growth performance for the last thirty years.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Capital accumulation, Commodities, Depreciation, Financial institutions, Income, National accounts, Stocks

Keywords: Accumulation function, Agricultural commodities, Burundi, Burundi ICOR, Burundi's economy, Capital accumulation, Capital Stock, Depreciation, Depreciation rate, Growth, Growth performance, Growth prospect, Income, Investment, Investment inefficiency, Kalman Filter, Stocks, Sub-Saharan Africa, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

20
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Working Paper No. 2009/011
Stock No:

WPIEA2009011
ISBN:

9781451871586
ISSN:

1018-5941

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