Burkina Faso : Perceived Shocks, Vulnerability, Food Insecurity, and Poverty

Burkina 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013-06-12
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD, ACUTE MALNUTRITION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURE, CA, CALORIC INTAKE, CENTRAL REGION, CHANGES IN POVERTY, CHRONIC POVERTY, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONSUMER PRICES, COVARIATE SHOCKS, DIVERSIFICATION, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, FAMINE, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FOOD AVAILABILITY, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD PRODUCT, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD REQUIREMENTS, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SHORTAGE, HOUSEHOLD FOOD, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX, IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS, IMPACT OF SHOCKS, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME, MALNUTRITION, NATIONAL POVERTY, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL NEEDS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, POOR, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR HOUSEHOLD, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR INDIVIDUALS, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LEVEL, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY THRESHOLD, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, REGIONAL DIFFERENCES, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION, REGIONAL FOOD, REGIONAL POPULATION, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COUNTERPARTS, RURAL HOUSEHOLD, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, SAFETY NET, SCHOOLING, SOCIAL PROTECTION, TARGETING, TRANSIENT POOR, VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WELFARE INDICATOR,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18064588/burkina-faso-policy-note-vol-2-6-perceived-shocks-vulnerability-food-insecurity-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15988
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