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This paper on Burkina Faso was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on May 31, 2024.
FORCED DISPLACEMENT: TRENDS, IMPACTS, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
A. Context
1. Difficult security conditions in Burkina Faso and the broader region have created significant internal and cross-border displacement. Forced displacement creates significant social and economic disruptions, both for source and recipient regions. In addition to substantial hardship at the individual level of being uprooted from their homes, security-related displacement implies lost production capacity in the source region, while overwhelming social and public infrastructure in destination regions. It is also a multi-dimensional challenge arising from a number of factors, including poverty, attacks by violent extremist groups, as well as—in some cases—responses to these attacks, including excessive force by the military and unregulated self-defense militias. This SIP provides an overview of recent forced displacement dynamics in Burkina Faso and their socio-economic implications, based on recent data from UNHCR monitoring systems and other national and international actors.