Burkina Faso Rural Income Diagnostic
With eight in ten of its people living in rural areas, Burkina Faso is one of the most rural countries in the world. Welfare has been improving for Burkina Faso’s rural households, but slowly, and faster income growth is needed for more robust prog...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099145104202277358/P1680190dc2598000bfc201e88143e5808 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37360 |
| Summary: | With eight in ten of its people
living in rural areas, Burkina Faso is one of the most rural
countries in the world. Welfare has been improving for
Burkina Faso’s rural households, but slowly, and faster
income growth is needed for more robust progress. To
determine how people in Burkina Faso’s rural areas can earn
higher incomes, this diagnostic pursues two lines of
inquiry. First, it analyzes the main constraints and
opportunities for faster rural income growth. Then it
identifies policy options to overcome select key
constraints. The objective is to examine how those who
currently live in rural areas, can earn higher incomes in
the future. This report finds that supporting agricultural
income growth requires addressing a policy bias and a market
access gap. Together, these obstacles keep households
focused on meeting their own food needs with their own
production, rather than responding to market opportunities.
This diagnostic highlights the importance of agricultural
growth in raising rural incomes in Burkina Faso,
particularly for poor households. |
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