How Can Burundi Raise its Growth Rate? : The Impact of Civil Conflicts and State Interventionon Burundi'S Growth Performance

Basdevant, Olivier

Over the last thirty years Burundi''s low economic growth has led to a significant decline in per capita GDP. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on supply-side constraints that prevented Burundi''s economy from growing faster. Lack of investment, civil conflict, economic inefficiencies, state intervention in the economy, and regulatory restrictions explain a large part of the weak growth performance for the last thirty years

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Basdevant, Olivier
Other Persons:	Basdevant, Olivier (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington, D.C : International Monetary Fund
Subject:	Burundi \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Bürgerkrieg \| Civil war \| Nationaleinkommen \| National income \| Investition \| Investment \| Wirtschaftspolitik \| Economic policy \| Kapitalstock \| Capital stock