29 phase of the Regional Economic Programme (REP), and those of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), by updating the national study Community Development Programme (CDP). All the efforts made by Burkina Faso to apply the community standards was commended through the designation of the President of Faso by his peers during the ECOWAS Conference of Heads of State and Government to propose a memorandum on the issue of free movement of people and goods. It should be noted that Burkina Faso is up-to-date with its financial contributions to sub-regional integration institutions, namely ECOWAS and WAEMU. 2.6. Promoting economic growth and sustainable development The country pursued the promotion of economic growth and sustainable development in 2012 with the implementation of the Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy (AGSDS) as the current reference document of the economic and social development of Burkina Faso. It should be recalled that the main objective of the AGSDS is the consolidation of the bases of the economy through the strengthening of its potential to achieve accelerated growth that can create jobs, increase revenues and consolidate the bases of a sustainable development. The implementation of activities for promoting economic growth enabled the country to achieve a GDP growth of 9.0% in 2012, as against 5.0% in 2011, mainly through the primary and tertiary sectors with respective contributions of 4.7 and 3 points to GDP growth. However, the mining sector, with gold as the main product, occupies a preponderant position in the national economy, as it contributed 7% to the formation of GDP in 2012, in real terms. The year 2012 registered an increase in mining revenue, attributable to the increase in the price of gold and an upward trend of gold production, which stood at 42.4 tons as against 38 tons in 2011. In terms of revenue for the state budget, revenue from gold mining increased from 1.2% of total revenue in 2007 to 21% in 2012. Gold has become the primary export product since 2009, representing 71% of the

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