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accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Burkina Faso in the early years of the 21st Century. Some of these
links may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated,
misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate
their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and
per-capita GDP, for example. Perhaps
your paper could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street Children,
or even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** Extreme Weather *** Burkina
Faso is highly exposed to extreme weather and climate change impacts, most
notably floods, droughts, strong winds and high variability in the duration
of the rainy and dry seasons. In 2022, above-average rains and flooding have
killed hundreds, displaced thousands, and decimated over one million hectares
of cropland in Central Sahel countries including Burkina Faso. – Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The
World Factbook – Burkina Faso U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uv.html [accessed 10
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burkina-faso/ [accessed 5 January 2021] In
2016, the government adopted a new development strategy, set forth in the
2016-2020 National Plan for Economic and Social Development, that aims to
reduce poverty, build human capital, and to satisfy basic needs. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $1,900 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
90% industry & services: 10% (2000 est.) Unemployment
rate: 77% (2004
est.) Population
below poverty line: 40.1% (2009
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 320 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 52 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 62.7 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 75.6% of
population Physicians
density: 0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 46.9% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 19.2% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Burkina Faso borgenproject.org/category/burkina-faso/ [accessed 23 January 2021] The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the
United States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for
the world’s poor. It is an innovative,
national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign
policy. It believes that leaders of
the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global
poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote,
nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The
Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating
at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
Poverty Eradication In Burkina Faso Through Farming borgenproject.org/poverty-eradication-in-burkina-faso/ ~
Tackling Homelessness In Burkina Faso borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-burkina-faso/ ~
Improving Healthcare In Burkina Faso borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-burkina-faso/ ~
The Crisis Of Displacement In Burkina Faso borgenproject.org/displacement-in-burkina-faso/ ~
Education Development In Burkina Faso borgenproject.org/education-development-in-burkina-faso/ Conflict, climate change, and COVID-19 drive extreme hunger Oxfam, 9 July 2021 www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/conflict-climate-change-and-covid-19-drive-extreme-hunger/ [accessed 19 July 2021] The
effects of conflict, COVID-19, and climate change have intensified the global
hunger crisis. WEST AFRICAN
SAHEL - DRIVERS OF HUNGER: CONFLICT -- The region encompassing Burkina
Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal has seen a 67
percent increase in hunger since last year. Continued violence has forced 5.3
million people to flee their homes. Insecurity has cut off farmers from their
agriculture. Last year, along with the economic impact of COVID-19, the
climate crisis disrupted the agricultural season, limiting stocks and
people’s livelihoods. Hunger Hotspots - FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity - March to July 2021 outlook Food and Agriculture Org of the UN FAO, World Food Program WFP, 2021 [accessed 30 May 2021] COUNTRIES
WITH CATASTROPHIC SITUATIONS: FAMINE-LIKE CONDITIONS OR FACTORS LEADING TO A
RISK OF FAMINE -- The November 2020 CH projections indicate that 2.7 million
people will face high acute food insecurity (CH Phase 3 and 4) between June
and August 2021, including over 250 000 people in Emergency (CH Phase 4), in
particular in the province of Soum. Overall,
Burkina Faso has experienced a sharp deterioration in food security over
recent years, with people in high acute food insecurity (CH Phase 3 and
above) increasing fourfold in one year, from around 700 000 people in the
2019 lean season to 3.3 million in the 2020 lean season. Action
Against Hunger - Burkina Faso www.actionagainsthunger.org/countries/africa/burkina-faso [accessed 21 March 2021] Burkina
Faso is a resource-poor, landlocked country whose struggling economy is
heavily dependent on rainfed agriculture to support
a massively expanding population amidst successive waves of floods and
droughts. Beyond being confronted with rapid urbanization, widespread
inflation, cholera outbreaks, and an AIDS pandemic, the country has also been
buffeted by the regional food shortages and drought experienced across the
Sahel, with low rainfall devastating agricultural yields and sending staple
food prices skyrocketing by between 30-100%. Food
shortages and high prices have caused hunger for large segments of society,
with reduced yields stretched to feed a growing local population and the
thousands of refugees and returning residents fleeing instability in neighboring
Mali. The prospects are troubling, as the country faces recurrent climate
shocks, stagnating agricultural yields, poor access to markets and inputs,
and widespread soil erosion. Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Burkina-Faso-ECONOMY.html [accessed 23 January 2021] Burkina
Faso remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Agriculture accounts for
about 35% of the GDP and employs about 90% of the labor force. In
1999, the World Bank agreed to implement a five-year structural adjustment
program of $53 million, and in 2000, it approved an interest-free $45 million
Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC) for the country, to help it carry out
poverty-reduction policies and programs. All
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