3.5 3.6 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 AU/OAU .................................................................................................... 82 AU/OAU .................................................................................................... 84 Status of signature and ratification of standards and codes ........................ 170 Trend of poverty indicators ....................................................................... 182 Trends in sectoral growth rate and actual GDP from 2000 to 2006 ............ 184 Sectoral contribution to GDP growth (in percentages from 2003 to 2007) .................................................................................................... 185 Government’s financial operations (in CFAF billion) ................................ 204 Status of Burkina Faso’s achievements of the primary and secondary convergence criteria in the WAEMU zone ................................................ 220 Standards and codes .................................................................................. 229 Core conventions of the ILO ..................................................................... 231 Priority conventions of the ILO ................................................................. 232 Summary of the impact of UNIDO’s WAEMU Quality Programme ......... 234 Unemployment by social category (2005) ................................................. 264 Number and nature of occupational injuries and illnesses identified in 2005 ...................................................................................................... 278 External aid by donor (in CFAF millions) ................................................. 297 Trends in the main causes of death in health facilities (%) ......................... 321 Status of implementation of the MDGs in Burkina Faso ............................ 322 Trends in the numbers of MWPs per region .............................................. 329 Distribution of households according to place of convenience in 2005 (%) ............................................................................................... 332 Distribution of households according to mode of energy used for cooking (%) ......................................................................................... 332 Distribution of households according to main mode of lighting (%) .......... 333 Situation of tele-centres and public booths between 2000 and 2005 ........... 336 Distribution of public agents by sex and by ministerial department in 2005 ...................................................................................................... 342 Trends in budget expenditures by nature of the estimated budget of the state from 1998 to 2007 (in CFAF million) .......................................... 345 Trends in the GRE at the secondary level (%) ........................................... 347 Trends in the GRE in higher education (%) ............................................... 348 BOXES 1.1 APRM progress report ................................................................................ 38 2.1 Burkina Faso, the cultural centre of Africa .................................................. 61 2.2 Joseph Ki-Zerbo: an emblematic figure in the struggle for independence, dignity and development in Africa .............................................................. 61 3.1 Demonstrations against the high cost of living ............................................ 90 3.2 Joking relationship: a factor of peace and communion ................................ 92 3.3 The process of forgiveness and national reconciliation ................................ 94 3.4 Political parties: between freedom, ethics, equity and responsibility ............ 99 3.5 CENI, or the challenge of holding transparent elections ............................ 100 3.6 The implementation of the decentralisation process: a Herculean challenge .................................................................................................. 106 3.7 An example of administrative innovation .................................................. 131 3.8 Reasons for the low level of participation of women in decision-making positions ................................................................................................... 149 ix

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