ABC Burkina (http://www.abcburkina.net/index.php)
In French and English. Emphasizes the agricultural sector; links to online journal.
AISI Connect Online Database. Information
and Communication Infrastructure in
Africa (http://paradigm.wn.apc.org/africa/)
Current information on internet service providers, telecommunications, networking
in Burkina-Faso.
Association of Hotels and Restaurants (http://www.ahrbf.com/indexnetscape.htm)
In French and English. Provides links to Burkina Web Ring, web sites of cities,
contact information for individual hotels, restaurants; numerous photographs.
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) (http://www.iccwbo.org/)
ICC search engine produces at least 10 records on Burkina Faso and world business,
chambers of commerce, etc.; includes the Chambre de Commerce, d'Industrie et
d'Artisanat du Burkina Faso.
International Craft Show of Ouagadougou (http://www.siao.bf)
In French and English. Rich site with text and photographs, extensive links,
showing samples of textiles, shoe making, sculpture, painting, jewelry, pottery
and basket weaving, furniture, musical instruments, etc. from the exhibition;
includes information on selection criteria, hotels in Ouagadougou, links to “partner
web sites.”
International Monetary
Fund. Burkina Faso and the IMF (http://www.imf.org/external/country/BFA/index.htm)
Full text reports on Burkina's economy. Includes the documents "Burkina
Faso : Recent Economic Developments" and "Burkina Faso - Statistical
Annex."
Kevane, Michael - Academic
Papers (http://lsb.scu.edu/%7Emkevane/mkpapers.htm)
Provides full text papers on labor, households, land rights, and land tenure
status of women; written and maintained by member of the faculty of Santa Clara
University (CA) Department of Economics.
Kuba, Richard and Carola
Lentz - "The Dagara and Their Neighbors (Burkina
Faso and Ghana)" from the Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography (http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/7/index.html)
877 bibliographic entries consisting of books, journal articles, theses, and
book chapters, in English, French, German or Italian, on such diverse topics
as economy, society, language, literature, and history.
Sottiaux, Marie-Paule
- "Trois Semaines au Burkina Faso" (http://almin01.info.fundp.ac.be/burkina/bhome.htm)
In French. Photographs, journal entries describing 1996 volunteer agricultural
experiences.
Theodora. com: Flag
of Burkina Faso (http://www.theodora.com/flags/burkina%5Fflags.html)
Flag and map images in several sizes; links to overviews on Burkina Faso geography,
people, government, economy, transportation, communications, and defense.
United Nations Development Programme -- Burkina
Faso (http://www.pnud.bf/)
In French. Provides numerous pages describing UNDP's programs in Burkina Faso.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) -- Famine Early Warning
System Network (FEWS NET) -- FEWS NET Centers. (http://www.fews.net/centers/)
“The Goal of the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS NET) is to strengthen
the abilities of African countries and regional organizations to manage threats
of food security through the provision of timely and analytical early warning
and vulnerability information.”
West African Bankers' Association (http://www.wabao.org)
Includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Names executive members, member banks, training centers and training schedules
organized by the Association, and travel programs; links to chambers of commerce,
other organizations, seminars with full text reports, speeches. |