Burkina Faso : Poverty Trends and Profile, 2003-2009

dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2013-10-01T19:38:28Z
dc.date2013-10-01T19:38:28Z
dc.date2013-07-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:00:51Z
dc.descriptionBurkina Faso's Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) of the 2000s, which were implemented as annually rolled-over Priority Action Programs, focused on four pillars: a) accelerating broad based growth; b) expanding access to social services for the poor; c) increasing employment and income-generating activities for the poor; and d) promoting good governance. Increased public expenditure and targeted social service provision also led to improved access to basic services. In the area of education, progress has been made in terms of school infrastructure. Over the period of 2003-2008, substantial expansion (around 40 percent) of both the number of schools and the number of classrooms was achieved. Controlling and treating epidemic diseases also had good results, thanks to prevention and public awareness efforts and improved hygiene. Meanwhile, the country has been through several exogenous shocks and crises likely to have affected the pattern of poverty outcomes. In the past two decades, Burkina Faso's income per capita growth has been positive and less volatile relative to the past. Recent growth trends appear to be anchored by a general recovery in the primary sector. Household consumption was just as volatile as income per capita in the 1980s, but recovered substantially after the country gained competitiveness in the latter half of the 1990s following devaluation. However, since then, consumption has exhibited much more volatility than output. Finally, most the social indicators show an improvement in Burkina Faso since the early 1980s. Burkina Faso has kept pace with the overall positive trends observed in Sub-Saharan Africa and low income countries.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18064545/burkina-faso-policy-note-vol-1-6-poverty-trends-profile-2003-2009
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15987
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/15987
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414224
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH RATE
dc.subjectAVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION BASKET
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCORRELATES OF POVERTY
dc.subjectCOTTON PRODUCTION
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectDATA AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectEDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subjectERROR TERM
dc.subjectESTIMATION RESULTS
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE PER CAPITA
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectFOOD BASKET
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectFOOD MARKETS
dc.subjectFOOD NEEDS
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD SHARE
dc.subjectGROWTH ELASTICITY
dc.subjectGROWTH PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT POVERTY
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHIGH GROWTH
dc.subjectHIGH INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHIGH POVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEADS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
dc.subjectINCOME GAP
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY LEVELS
dc.subjectLACK OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLAGGING REGIONS
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLOW INFLATION
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectMARGINAL EFFECT
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectNEGATIVE IMPACT
dc.subjectNORMAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject0 HYPOTHESIS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPER CAPITA GROWTH
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subjectPOLICY INTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOVERTY CHANGE
dc.subjectPOVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDEX
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICATORS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY MAPPING
dc.subjectPOVERTY OUTCOMES
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROFILE
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROFILES
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY THRESHOLD
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY PRODUCTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectREGIONAL DISPARITIES
dc.subjectREGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIVERGENCE
dc.subjectREGIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectREGIONAL INEQUALITY
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL GAPS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL URBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT EFFECT
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
dc.subjectSUB-REGION
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectURBAN AREA
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATOR
dc.titleBurkina Faso : Poverty Trends and Profile, 2003-2009

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