Burundi http://www.alacrastore.com/country-snapshot/Burundi Sunday, July 06, 2008 12:46:44 AM en AlacraStore RSS Builder 1.0 30 http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0028eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0028normCOUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT ...6/2/2008 7:31:01 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0028BackgroundEconomyVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0030eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0030normCOUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT ...6/2/2008 7:31:01 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0030News analysisIndustryVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0026eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0026normCOUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Pierre Nkurunziza The ##-year-old Mr Nkurunziza has been president since #### and leads a faction of the Conseil national pour la defense de la democratie-Forces pour la defense...6/2/2008 7:31:01 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0026BackgroundPoliticsVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0027eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0027normCOUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT CNDD-FDD The ruling CNDD-FDD won a landslide victory in ####, establishing itself in the perception of the country's majority Hutu electorate as the best party to champion its interests....6/2/2008 7:31:01 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0027BackgroundPoliticsVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0024eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0024normCOUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT The adult literacy rate in Burundi has improved in recent years, reaching almost ##% in the mid-####s, compared with ##% in the ####s. Hard-won progress made during the ####s, particularly...6/2/2008 7:31:00 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0024BackgroundEconomyVWBurundiEducational services6182EIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0025eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0025normCOUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Energy Around ##% of Burundi's energy consumption is biomass, comprising wood, charcoal and peat. Petroleum products account for ##%, and electricity for just #%. Only #.#% of the...6/2/2008 7:31:00 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0025Industry overviewBusinessVWBurundiEnergy2249EIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0022eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0022normCOUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Land area ##,### sq km Population #.#m (#### IMF mid-year estimate) Population density ### people/sq km Main town Bujumbura (capital), population ###,### (estimate) Climate Tropical...6/2/2008 7:31:00 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0022BackgroundEconomyVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0031eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0031normCOUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Infrastructure has been a major casualty of the conflicts of the last two decades, and almost all of it requires attention. The capital is notably shabbier than it was in the ####s,...6/2/2008 7:31:00 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0031Industry overviewBusinessVWBurundiEnergy2249EIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0023eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0023normCOUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Burundi is a predominantly rural and agricultural country but farming is mostly subsistence, and so only accounts for about ##% of GDP. Commercial agricultural production, primarily...6/2/2008 7:31:00 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0023BackgroundEconomyVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0029eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0029normCOUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Land has been over-farmed since before colonisation and topsoil loss is heavy, placing long-term stress on crop yields. Livestock losses caused by the long conflict have also reduced...6/2/2008 7:31:00 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080602T130100_0029Industry overviewBusinessVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/CP_CPBI_MAIN_20080601T000000_0000eiuftxml/CP_CPBI_MAIN_20080601T000000_0000normBurundi ## © The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited #### www.eiu.com Country Profile #### Appendix Index methodology Measuring democracy There is no consensus on how to measure democracy. A key difference in measures is...6/2/2008 7:31:00 PM310.00Country ProfileEIU Country AnalysisEconomic Data & AnalysisCP_CPBI_MAIN_20080601T000000_0000BIBurundiAgriculture and food productionConstructionEducational servicesEnergyMining (excluding oil and gas)Rail and other transportTransport and logisticsTravel and Tourism1121222234861721101547497082CPMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080501T135500_0001eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080501T135500_0001normCOUNTRY VIEW FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT OVERVIEW: The president, Pierre Nkurunziza, and his party, Conseil national pour la defense de la democratie-Forces pour la defense de la democratie (CNDD-FDD), face a major challenge,...5/17/2008 7:29:08 PM34.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080501T135500_0001OutlookEconomyVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/BF_BF_MAIN_20080501T000000_0000eiuftxml/BF_BF_MAIN_20080501T000000_0000norm## Business Africa May #st-##th #### © The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited #### May #st-##th #### Vol XVII, No. # ISSN: ####-#### E DITOR Jane Morley janemorley@eiu.com E DITORIAL Q UERIES Tel: (##.##) #### #### Fax: (##.##) ####...5/13/2008 7:41:10 PM100.00Business AfricaEIU Country AnalysisEconomic Data & AnalysisBF_BF_MAIN_20080501T000000_0000BFAfricaBotswanaBurundiCameroonCongo (Brazzaville)Cote d'IvoireDjiboutiEquatorial GuineaEritreaEthiopiaGuineaIndiaKenyaLesothoMozambiqueNigeriaSouth AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaTanzaniaTogoWest AfricaXM;INZimbabweAgriculture and food productionAutomotiveConstructionElectricityEnergyFinancial ServicesFood and DrinksFood, beverages and tobaccoMining (excluding oil and gas)TelecomsTelecoms and TechnologyTravel and Tourism112122223311336517527211015203748496070EIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/RK_RK_MAIN_20080506T143500_0001eiuftxml/RK_RK_MAIN_20080506T143500_0001normCOUNTRY BRIEFING FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT RATINGS CHANGES COMMENTARY In light of rising instances of armed conflict and the resultant worsening violence between the FNL and Burundian defence forces following delays in implementing...5/6/2008 7:48:48 PM33.00Risk BriefingEIU Country AnalysisNewsRK_RK_MAIN_20080506T143500_0001AlertOperating riskRKBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0006eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0006norm COUNTRY BRIEFING A prolonged legislative blockage in the National Assembly is stalling the privatisation process. The ruling Conseil national pour la defense de la democratie-Forces pour la defense de la democratie (CNDD-FDD)...5/6/2008 7:48:47 PM33.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0006News analysisEconomyVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0007eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0007norm COUNTRY BRIEFING A Chinese firm, Huawei Technologies, announced in April, its intention to establish a mobile-phone network covering Burundi, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Huawei has previously supplied...5/6/2008 7:48:47 PM33.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0007News analysisBusinessVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0004eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0004norm COUNTRY BRIEFING On April #th, the former secretary-general of the ruling Conseil national pour la defense de la democratie-Forces pour la defense de la democratie (CNDD-FDD), Hussein Radjabu, was sentenced to ## years imprisonment...5/6/2008 7:48:46 PM33.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0004News analysisPoliticsVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0005eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0005norm COUNTRY BRIEFING Optimism that talks between the government and the rebel Hutu militia, Parti pour la liberation du peuple Hutu-Forces nationales pour la liberation (Palipehutu-FNL), might make progress, was revived in late ...5/6/2008 7:48:46 PM33.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080428T125400_0005News analysisPoliticsVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080501T120100_0004eiuftxml/VW_VW_MAIN_20080501T120100_0004normCOUNTRY VIEW FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT SOURCE: Country Report ...5/1/2008 7:43:35 PM33.00ViewsWireEIU Country AnalysisNewsVW_VW_MAIN_20080501T120100_00042-year forecastEconomyVWBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysishttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/eiuftxml/RK_RK_MAIN_20080501T121000_0002eiuftxml/RK_RK_MAIN_20080501T121000_0002normCOUNTRY BRIEFING FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT SUMMARY This country is published by Risk Briefing on a 'ratings-only' basis. Risk Briefing covers ### countries. For ### major and mid-size markets our reports include extensive...5/1/2008 7:43:35 PM33.00Risk BriefingEIU Country AnalysisNewsRK_RK_MAIN_20080501T121000_0002InfrastructureOperating riskRKBurundiEIUMarket ResearchEIU Country Analysis