The Sahel 2043 Prospective Study, the focus of a policy dialogue organized by the ECA with the Government of Burkina Faso

Abstract

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, held a policy dialogue with the Government of Burkina Faso on the Sahel 2043 Prospective Study. The meeting was chaired by the Director of Cabinet of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Development of Burkina Faso, Mr. Fayama Karfa, representing his Minister, current Chair of the Council of Ministers of the G5 Sahel. Also present was the acting Director of the ECA Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, Mr. Bakary Dosso. The meeting aimed at enabling the Government of Burkina Faso to understand and assimilate the long-term prospective study, known as Sahel 2043, which has received support from governments through the ministries in charge of planning of ten countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. This interactive meeting provided an opportunity for frank and concrete discussions on the results of the Sahel 2043 Prospective Study. This policy dialogue was attended by representatives from the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), the Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), the Liptako-Gourma Authority (ALG), Burkina Faso’s Focal Point of the G5 Sahel and several officials from Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Economy, Finance and Development.