Burkina Faso : Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility; Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion.

This paper presents Burkina Faso's third review under the Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. Favorable weather augurs well for a rebound in agricultural production, but real GDP growth is expected to remain below trend in the near term. A good harvest would...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2009/038
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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