Category Archives: Economy

Pour le président du conseil municipal de la commune de Ouagadougou, c’est un manque de respect et de reconnaissance à l’endroit d’un gouvernement qui a été à l’origine de la mise en œuvre du projet en fin 2010. Si Marin … Continue reading →

I got in a good Twitter back and forth with Michael Boyce of Refugees International…. what is right characterization of livelihood change in Sahel… @MP_Boyce Compare rainfall/temp dist 1960-90 http://tinyurl.com/jw9bz7x  with 1990-09. Basically the same, no? #Sahel more complx than … Continue reading →

Vraiment je ne comprends pas la Banque Mondiale…Peut-être le car de transport ca se vend a $100,000, mais des 4×4?  Et plus généralement, si le secteur minier et “porteur” pour le gouvernement, pourquoi la Banque ne refuse d’octroyer des crédits … Continue reading →

To me, after having seen the Programme Nationale de Gestion de Terroirs (PNGT), it seems like more of the same: a huge chunk of the budget goes into the shadowplay of per diems and training sessions, and everyone knows that … Continue reading →

Better than the $100,000 cars…. almost reasonable.  I still think the country ranked #174 out of 178 in HDI could buy $10,000 cars for government officials to go about their business in what is essentially a single city.   Heck we’ve … Continue reading →

Actually it isn’t that hard to do good.  About the same as not being dumb.  FAVL is run by two PhDs… come and report on us, we dare you.  Whassa matter, Ouagadougou too scaaaary???? My ten year old can handle … Continue reading →

Ms. Laure Redifer, IMF mission chief for Burkina Faso, issued the following statement in Ouagadougou today: “Despite external shocks, economic activity in 2012 was robust, with estimated GDP growth reaching 9 percent, due to a strong 2012 agricultural harvest, stronger … Continue reading →

Shocked… the whole point of EITI is that civil society push government and industry into more transparency… this news story on a meeting yesterday (notice the prominent World Bank logo on the banner… another 200.000 FCFA wasted on a banner)…. … Continue reading →

State-led development still has its place…. government organizes planned urban development, building 1500 housing units in Bassinko north of Ouagadougou on road to Yako then selling them to individuals (chosen at random supposedly in a lottery) who have to obtain … Continue reading →

Not sure what metric Joe Penny uses for the “no development” criteria.  Burkina Faso is still way at the bottom on the global scale of human development, but that is not the same as no development.  There has been very … Continue reading →

C’est pour toutes ces considérations que nous attirons une fois de plus l’attention de tous les acteurs de l’éducation dont l’Etat autour des problèmes ci-dessous : 1. La construction d’infrastructures dans les différents ordres d’enseignement ; 2. L’amélioration des conditions … Continue reading →

In Econ 1 we call it monopsony, and monopsonists are bad people… that’s why they have to talk about “empowering women”… so they can feel good about buying BMWs and other luxury vehicles with the money they got using their … Continue reading →

A classic EITI obfuscation: the issue is what the government does with the money, and not whether the mining sector is being taxed too lightly. S : La transparence est très recommandée dans le secteur minier. Où en est-on avec … Continue reading →

National statistics tell one part of the story, and Burkina Faso’s GDP per capita has been fairly steadily growing at about 2% per year for 20 years (but starting at a $500 per person base, that means the country is … Continue reading →

I see Enrico Moretti’s name more and more, he’s on track to join the glitterati celebrity intellectuals…  Here is is on the role of agglomeration in human capital The key to economic success? Geography – Global Public Square – CNN.com … Continue reading →

As a result, there is no need to devalue the currency again, unless France unilaterally decides to do so, as it has several times over the past decades. From the end of World War II until the adoption of the … Continue reading →