From East Africa Business Week

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has promised to help Burundi move away from fragility by supporting its development projects.

This was revealed during a meeting between Dr. Gervais Rufyikiri, Burundi Second Vice-President and a visiting AfDB consultation mission last week. 

The mission was headed by Mohamed Rafique Jusob Mohamed, Executive Director at the AfDB in charge for Angola, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Their job was to  evaluate the progress of projects funded by the AfDB and the level achieved by Burundi in its economic development.

During the meeting, Rafique congratulated Burundi for progress to date. He said their mission will formulate recommendations to be presented to the Board of Directors during their meeting scheduled in May.

Dr. Rufyikiri said Burundi has made significant improvements on all development indicators such the increase in per capita GDP that doubled since 2005.

He also highlighted free health care for children under five and pregnant women and during childbirth.

He said progress has been made in improving good governance with the traceability of state revenues and the fight against corruption.

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