Burundi Poverty Assessment
Since early 1990’s, Burundi underwent periods of repetitive socio-political tensions, characterized by violent conflicts within the population, positioning the country as a fragile State and one of poorest in the World. While there have been progre...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/630991620762646430/Burundi-poverty-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35555 |
| Summary: | Since early 1990’s, Burundi underwent
periods of repetitive socio-political tensions,
characterized by violent conflicts within the population,
positioning the country as a fragile State and one of
poorest in the World. While there have been progress toward
economic recovery and some improvements in households living
conditions since the restoration of peace in 2006, the
country continues to bear out the consequences of fragility.
A large proportion of the population continues to suffer
from severe deprivations in basic consumption needs.
National development policies, including the second Poverty
Reduction Strategy (PRSP-II), put an important emphasis on
reducing poverty and vulnerability, enhancing equity in
education and health access, and promoting more inclusive
growth. This report uses the availability of the ECVMB
2013-2014 to provide a robust diagnostic of poverty and
inequality in Burundi and bring new evidence to better
inform policies aimed at poverty alleviation and equity.
This is complemented by data from various sources, including
previous household surveys and the National Agricultural
Surveys (ENAB) for 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. The first
chapter of the report will provide an overview on the
country’s context and the remaining chapters are as follows.
Chapter two assesses the incidence and structure of
consumption poverty and inequality using the most recent
survey, ECVMB 2013-2014. The third chapter examines the
evolution of living conditions since 2006. Chapter four
examines the linkage between governance and fragility and
their impact on persisting poverty. Chapter five analyzes
the labor market situation and investigates the informal
employment. The last two chapters focus on agriculture,
environmental sustainability, and climate change and their
impact on poverty. |
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