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Breaking the cycle : a strategy for conflict-sensitive rural growth in Burundi : main report, January, 2008
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ISBN: 082137561X 0821375628 Year: 2008 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Burundi, situated in the heart of the Great Lakes Region, is one of the poorest nations in the world. Beset by coups d'états, presidential assassinations and genocide, the country has been caught in a cycle of violence and under-development whereby brief periods of peace have been followed by further state repression and armed conflict. The 2000 Arusha peace accords, the Pretoria agreement of late 2003, the peaceful elections of 2005, and the recent Dar es Salaam peace agreement with the Forces Nationales de Libération have ushered in a period of relative stability. This fragile political proc

Strategies for cotton in West and Central Africa : enhancing competitiveness in the "Cotton 4"
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ISBN: 0821371312 9786610940318 128094031X 0821371320 Year: 2007 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Based on comprehensive empirical studies, the paper identifies key reforms and defines strategies to enhance the competitiveness of the cotton sector in West and Central Africa. Lessons learned from the 1990's suggest that transferring public property to private enterprises is not enough, by itself, to put the sector back on a sustainable path. The cotton sector in most West and Central African countries is critical in terms of its contribution to GDP and exports as well as poverty reduction. Until recently, the cotton sector was characterized by a vertically integrated monopolistic structure,


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Rompre le cercle vicieux : une strategie pour promouvoir la croissance dans un milieu rural sensible aux conflits : Republique du Burundi.
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ISBN: 0821375644 Year: 2008 Publisher: Washington, DC : World Bank,

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