Burundi - Economic memorandum

Report No. 855a-BU L C P Economic Memorandum on Burundi October 24, 1975 Country Programs Department II Eastern Africa Region Not for Public Use U Document of the World Bank This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  CURRENCY UNIT The Burundi Franc (BuF) EXCHANGE RATE Until December 1972: US $1.00 = Buf87.5 BuF 100 = US$1.14 Since January 1973: US$1.00 = BuF78.75 BuF 100 = US$1.27 FISCAL YEAR January 1 - December 31 STANDARDS Metric  TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. COUNTRY DATA SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ..... .................. i- I. INTRODUCTION ....... ........................... 1 II. CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS .... ............. 2 A. Population and Employment .... ............ 2 B. Origin and Uses of Resources .... ......... 2 C. External Trade and Balance of Payments ... 7 D. Public Finance ........................... 10 III. MAJOR ISSUES AND POLICIES .. ................... 12 A. Development Planning ......... .. .......... 13 B. Mobilization of Manpower Resources ....... 14 C. Rural Development ..... ................... 15 D. Diversification .. .... .... ........... 17 E. External Transport Links ......... ........ 19 IV. ECONCMIC AND FINANCIAL PROSPECTS .... .......... 21: Annex 1: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING Annex 2: EXTERNAL TRANSPORT LINKS STATISTICAL ANNEX - ANNEXE STATISTIQUE This report is based on the findings of a mission that visited Burundi in April 1975. The mission was composed of Pierre Landell-Mills (Mission Chief), Matthias Meyer (General Economist) and Lars Nordin (Transport Economist). The report's findings were subsequently discussed fully with Government 4s.ring a follow-up mission by Pierre Landell-Mills in October, 1975.  LIST OF TEXT TABLES 1. Gross Domestic Product: 1970-1974 2. Distribution of Income from Coffee Growing, Coffee Season 1972/73-1974/75 3. Sectoral Contribution to GDP 4. Distribution of Gross Fixed Capital Formation, 1970-1974 5. Capital Account 6. Export Volumes of Primary Products, 1970 and 1974 7. Trend in Exports: 1970-1974 8. Summary Balance of Payments 9. Level of Import Credits for Private Sector 10. Central Government Finance 11. Government Expenditure on Capital Account 12. Average Foodcrop Yields 13. Distribution of Export Earnings by Category, Selected Years 14. Approximate Returns Obtained from Different Land Use 15. Projections of Economic Aggregates 16. Balance of Payments Projections  COUN2IRY DATA - 1011 AREA "OPULATION mxsiTT =3 km 2Oo _T3.1 million (.id-1972) PrIso rbaln SOCIAL INDICATORS Rofarence Countrisc H&Itwl blenrra ene irgu 1960 izLl izLu 1970 GNP PER CAPITA US$ (AfIlS 1A5 S 50) 70Z /aOOL&/ 190 / 760 /a DFJCI.ORAPHXC Crude birth rate (Per thouand) ?4/I 141 /.584 ~d 14 e 1Z Crude death rate (Per thousand) 2 0 ~ 2 8 2 0/ Infant wortality rate (per thousand lie,o births) l50 b 138 /8 112 d8 183 LO /8 Life expectancy at birth (years) 37 41Z c 39 La e 70 /8 Ciross reprodutiorn rat 28 2.6 /ad 2832 . _ Population growth rate - rbn2.0O m 2 Age otrurtur (p.Maruo28 6. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~63 65 an d over 2 c 14 Age dependiency, ratio /L 41 0. L. 0.9 ,o 0.806 Econom.ic deoundencY ratl.o A8 1.n 7l.n 0.9 0 n 1.2 1.3 ~ 2. Ulrban population as percent of total 2Z IL 8 6/ 1 ZR~ 78/ Family planning, Na. of acceptors cumulative (thaue.)... No. of usere (% of married w.moen). . SMPIOYMENT Total labor for ce (thousands) 1,607 a 1,800 /8 2,300 /8 1,050/ 1,100/ Prcentage eomployed in agriculture 90 a8 86 /888/ 73 01L Pe rcentage onsoploynd . 2.3 '9 d INCOOn DISTRIBUTION Percent o-f national income received by highest 5% ... 7 r 36 s 21 mg r Percent cr national Income received by higheat 20% .. 414 r 63 s 47mr Percent cf national income received by lnwest 20% .. .. 10 r Percent or national icnercie yivs ,%. .214 rLa MSIIRIBUTION OP LAND O4IENSHWP 5 Owned by top 105 of owners .. % ownedl by smallest 10% of owneres. HEALTH! AND NUTRITION 7 Population. pe-r pTYsician 66,000 /t 1,7,7 / 85,830 l8u 17,110 920 / PopulAti n per nfureing person .. 6,2140 5,810 /fv 3,600 2,960 f8 Perculatioon per hospital bed 820 790 w 760 If 1,04,0 180 Per capita calorie supply as % of requirements /582 A8 100 98 97 1.07 Per capita protein supply, total (grass per day)T/6 17 ft 61 63 149 96 Of which, animel and pulas 28 t 140 /8 9 16 /x 64 Death rate 1-14 years /7 ..12 .. 1.3 ATJ-unsed /8 primary school enrollment ratio 12~ 9~37 34, Adjusted secondary school enrollment ratio I ~t 2 /83 11 5 Tears ofschooling provided, first and asecond level 13 13 114 12 12 Vocational enrollment as % of sec. school enrollment 35 /t 24. 3 2 2 Adult literacy rate % .... 15 /I 9 HjOUSING Average No..of persons Per room (urban) I. .19 hi 2.1 /m..a Percent of occpied unite withot piped w,ater .8 .. 78 c Acce ss to ele ctrici ty (as % of total population) 16 .. 16 c Percent of Au..al populatico connected to electricity . 0.0 CONSUMPTION Radio receivers. per 1000 Population..1/ 21, 2 a 19 /a.ae 507 /a Passenger cars per lOIN) population 1 A 1 2 9 4,2 I1ectric power consumption (kwh, p.c.) 7, t)0 81 /. 836/ Newsprint consumption p.c. kg per year ... ., 0.1 /8 7.14/8 Notes: Figures refer either to the latest periods or to account of assirosetlteprtr,body veigbte, and the latest years. Lnte.t periods refer in principle to distribotion by age ala1 BOX Of national POPUI&laOnB. the years 1956-60 or 1966-70; the latest years in pn-in- /6 protei-n stendarda (raquiroentse) for all eountrioa am aetab- ciple to 1960 And 1970. lishod by USDA Eooconio Research Service provide for a minimum r1 he Per Cori to ONP estimate is At mar-ket prices for allowance of 60 grams of total protein per day, and 20 grams of Y-05 0t r ta,ut 1'yol, cal culated by the tune conversion ani-al and pulse protein, of whlob 10 grass should be animal te chnique At the 1972 Wcrid Bank Atlas. protein. Theee standarde are samewhat loner thban tbose of 75 /8 Areag nuoher f doghtra pr onan o repoducivegram5 of total protein and 23 gramse of animal protein &a an are.l avorage for the world, propoaad by FAO in the Third World Food /I Pbpalction growtb rates Are for the decades ending In Surey'. 1960 And 1970. L7. Some studies have eaugpotod that crude death rates of children /8 atio of popuiz,tio- under i5 ancn 65 anld over to populo. ages 1 through 1, n be used as a first approximation inidex of Ion of ages 15-614 for ago dependency rati,, moo~ to labor malnutrition. force of aCes 15-614 for- economic dependency ratio. L