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Burkina Faso (03/05)
Manufacturing is limited to cotton and food processing (mainly in Bobo-Dioulasso) and import substitution heavily protected by tariffs. Some factories are privately owned, and others are set to be privatized. Burkina's exploitable natural resources are limited, although deposits of manganese, zinc, and gold have attracted the interest of international mining firms. ... ... [Read More]
Millennium Challenge Corporation Announces Grant for Burkina Faso - US Department of State
· By constructing separate girls’ and boys’ bathrooms in the schools, institutionalizing female mentoring programs, conducting social awareness campaigns and offering financial merit rewards to the best female teachers in the targeted region, this program will encourage girls to attend schools, mitigate factors that presently deter girls’ school attendance, and provide needed reassurance to parents that their daughters will be best-served attending school. ... Following is a fact sheet on the Burkina Faso program: ... [Read More]
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Typically these scams begin with unsolicited communication (usually by e-mail) from an unknown individual who describes a situation that promises quick financial gain, often through the transfer of a large sum of money or valuables out of the country. A series of "advance fees" (for legal documents, certain taxes, etc.) is requested to conclude the transaction, but in fact the final payoff does not exist. The purpose of the scam is simply to collect the advance fees. A common variation involves individuals claiming to be refugees or other victims of various western African conflicts (notably Sierra Leone) who contact U.S. citizens to request their help in transferring large sums of money out of Burkina Faso. Another typical ploy has persons claiming to be related to present or former political lea ... [Read More]
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C.I.A. Factbook on BurkinaFaso ... International Schoolof Ouagadougou, Fact Sheet ... [Read More]
Country Commercial Guide
Burkina Faso suffers from a chronic trade imbalance becauseit imports most of its consumer and manufactured goods. Burkina’s most importanttrading partner is France, but it also imports goods from Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria,the United States, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, China, and Taiwan.Burkina Faso’s principal exports are cotton, gold, and livestock. ... The government is seeking direct foreign investment andprivate sector development. It is privatizing most of the former parastatal companies andreceives proposals from various foreign and national buyers, which are examined withoutdiscrimination. The government does not have specific laws/rules (with the exception ofthe Investment Code and French business law principles applicable to Burkina) affectingforeign investment through acquisitions, mergers, takeovers, and greenfield investments.The government does not practice investment screening except for the fact that, in orderto be eligible for code incentives, the investment must be linked to the nationalinterest. ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Burundi is a source country for children trafficked for the purpose of forced child soldiering. The country is emerging from a 12-year civil war in which government and rebel forces used approximately 3,200 children in a variety of capacities, including as cooks, porters, spies, sex slaves, and combatants. There are reports that the government army and two former rebel groups — the CNDDFDD (Nkurunziza) and the CNDD (Nyangoma) — still have a small number of children in their ranks. While there were unconfirmed reports that these two rebel groups recruited boys in 2004, there were no reports that the army recruited child soldiers. The one rebel faction that remains outside the peace process, the PALOPEHUTU-FNL, continued to recruit and use child soldiers. The Government of Burundi does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, ... [Read More]
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US Department Of State Post Report
While there are daily reminders of the poverty here, for the most part, Burkina Faso does not appear to have the terrible urban poverty that plagues so many African countries. For most new arrivals, in fact, Burkina’s climate poses the greatest challenge — at its worst, the heat and dust can make the prospect of venturing out unattractive. Fortunately, the dust storms pass and newcomers become acclimated relatively quickly to the high temperatures. Once acclimated, most members of the Embassy community find life in Ouagadougou to be fairly pleasant, especially if they make the effort to learn and use French. In fact, many members of the expatriate community believe that Ouagadougou is one of the cleanest and most secure cities in all of West Africa. Younger children do well in Ouagadougou. Older children, especially those who don’t speak French, may have a harder time adjusting to the limited social opportunities and relatively small English-speaking population. In addition, spouses sh ... [Read More]
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