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
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