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Burkina Faso Water and Sanitation Profile
Summary
Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranked 175 out of 177 by the United Nations. It is also in The Sahel, whose expansion has led to the slow demise of rainfall-dependent agricultural livelihoods in its rural areas.
This in turn has caused a steady rise of rural immigration to urban and peri-urban areas in the capital, Ouagadougou and other large urban areas, placing pressure on existing water supply and sanitation (WSS) systems as investments and the capacity to manage the systems fall behind. So how is the WSS sector coping?
This report examines the sector as a whole, mapping the framework, providers and key agencies, donor involvement and how they are all combining and performing to address Burkina Faso's problems and reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
About the publisher
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., USAID's strength is its field offices around the world where it works in close partnership with private voluntary organizations, indigenous organizations, universities, American businesses, international agencies, other governments, and other U.S. government agencies. USAID work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives in economic growth, agriculture and trade, global health, democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance. www.usaid.gov
