BURUNDI: NEW IMF PROGRAMME REFLECTS TENTATIVE PROGRESS IN POLITICAL REFORMS

   Fri, 28 April 2023

Burundi and the IMF have reached an agreement on a new funding programme, in another signal that the country’s relations with development partners are normalising amid progress in democratic reforms. However, significant challenges lie ahead, as President Ndayishimiye prepares to press through governance and economic reforms, which may infringe upon the interests of entrenched political and business elites. As such, the outlook for political stability is highly contingent on the degree of resistance that Ndayishimiye encounters in the coming months.

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