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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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2016.
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| Series: | IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ;
No. 2016/391 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
| 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 |
| Access: | Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students |