Business Opportunities in Burundi

Since the late 1980s, in consultation with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Burundi has made progress in moving from an economy heavily dependent on public and semi-public companies toward a market-oriented economy. Twelve years of civil war, from 1993-2005, interrupted progress towards a market-oriented economy. One result of the war was a reduction in the GDP and a dramatic decline in purchasing power. Since the installation of a democratically-elected government in 200...