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Table 19: Current policies in Burkina Faso relevant to production and trade.
Description Status Impact
Axle limits Enacted Safety-driven mandated reduction in axle load has the
potential to increase costs of truck transport by as much as
100 percent. Increased transaction costs to affect
consumer price.
Rural land tenure law Passed by Parliament
in 2009, yet to be
signed by President
as of July 2009.
Increased coordination
among food aid entities
Inter-professional
organization guidelines
Presidential directive
Under discussion in
Parliament
Individuals to receive 99 year leases on currently
communal-held lands. Designed to increase investment in
land, to reduce rural land conflict, to improve women's
access to land, and to improve household access to
microfinance.
May result in increased government structure participation
in the coordination of food aid.
May dictate the terms of engagement between members of
inter-professional organizations.
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