International Monetary Fund finds Burkina Faso has improved public investment management since 2017 but needs further reforms and nine priority recommendations including climate resilience

The International Monetary Fund published a technical assistance report on Burkina Faso’s Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) and Climate-PIMA, concluding that public investment management has improved since the 2017 PIMA but remains insufficient to strengthen public investment management efficiency. The assessment points to encouraging progress in public investment management practices, both in the legal framework and in implementation effectiveness, but identifies a persistent gap between the upgraded institutional design and less satisfactory implementation in practice. On climate considerations, the report notes emerging good practices, particularly in planning and risk management, and sets out nine high-priority recommendations to strengthen public investment management processes and support the government’s investment policy and development agenda, including measures to increase resilience to climate change. The report is available only in French.