Ratings: Foreign and Local Currency: B/Stable/B For further details see ratings list. Against the background of continued political stability, we expect increasing gold receipts and investments to drive Burkina Faso's economy and external and fiscal revenues in the coming years. However, security risks persist, and high social demands will weigh on public finances. We are affirming our 'B/B' sovereign credit ratings on Burkina Faso. The outlook is stable. On Nov. 24, 2017, S&P Global Ratings affirmed its 'B' long-term and 'B' short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Burkina Faso. The outlook is stable. The stable outlook on Burkina Faso balances our expectation of continued political stability and further broad-based economic growth over the next 12 months, against
