Burkina Faso : Selected Issues.

This Selected Issues paper examines the impact of scaled-up public investment in Burkina Faso. The results suggest that 'big-push' investment efforts, while designed to accelerate growth, are likely to run up against significant absorption-capacity constraints. These constraints will dimin...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2016/391
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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Summary:This Selected Issues paper examines the impact of scaled-up public investment in Burkina Faso. The results suggest that 'big-push' investment efforts, while designed to accelerate growth, are likely to run up against significant absorption-capacity constraints. These constraints will diminish the efficiency of investment spending and result in lower public capital accumulation and productivity growth than under a more measured approach. The empirical evidence from the experience of many countries also suggests that the results of aggressive scaling-up initiatives are mixed.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (23 pages)
Format:Mode of access: Internet
ISSN:1934-7685
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