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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Appendix -- Tables -- Figures -- Box -- Recent Developments and Program Implementation -- 1. Recent Developments, 2008-15 -- 2. Monetary Developments, 2008-14 -- 3. Fiscal Developments, 2009-15 -- 1. Structural Benchmarks: Sixth Review Under the ECF Arrangement -- 2. Structural Measures: Seventh and Eighth Reviews Under ECF Arrangement -- 3. Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 2012-18 -- 4. Central Government Operations, 2012-18 -- 5. Monetary Survey, 2012-15 -- 6. Central Bank Accounts, 2012-15 -- 7. Balance of Payments, 2012-18 -- 8. Banking Systems Soundness Indicators, 2010-14 -- Outlook and Risks -- Policy Discussions -- A. Fiscal Policy: Expanding Fiscal Space and Mitigating Risks -- 1. Fiscal Impact of Lower International Oil Price -- B. Safeguarding Debt Sustainability -- C. Monetary and Financial Policies: Maintaining Price Stability and Safeguarding Financial Soundness -- D. Other Macro-Critical Reforms -- E. Strengthening Economic Statistics -- Program Issues -- 9. Tentative Schedule of ECF Disbursements and Reviews, 2012-16 -- 10. Indicators of Capacity to Repay the Fund, 2015-26 -- Staff Appraisal -- Letter of Intent -- Attachment I. Amendments to the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies -- Attachment II. Amendments to the Technical Memorandum of Understanding -- Footnotes -- Burundi: Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, and Request for Extension and Augmentation of Access -- Burundi: Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, and Request for Extension and Augmentation of Access-Debt Sustainability Analysis Update -- IMF Executive Board Completes Sixth Review under Burundi's ECF Arrangement, Augments Access and Approves US6.9 Million Disbursement.

Ausgehend von den ökonomischen und sozialen Rahmenbedingungen von Burundi, eines der ärmsten und technologisch rückständigsten Länder der Welt, stellt der Verfasser des Handbuchartikels die Ansätze einer Gewerkschaftsbewegung in diesem Land dar. Während der belgischen Kolonialherrschaft wurden bis 1962, dem Jahr der Unabhängigkeit, auf Initiative belgischer Gewerkschaften Gründungen von Arbeiterorganisationen in Burundi vorgenommen. Nach der Unabhängigkeit wurden weitere Gewerkschaften gegründet, diese haben nach Ansicht des Autors aber niemals eine Rolle als Interessenvertretung der Arbeiter gespielt, ihnen sei es nicht gelungen, Massenorganisationen zu werden. Ergänzt wird die inhaltliche Darstellung durch Literaturhinweise und die Anschrift des burundischen Gewerkschaftsbundes. (KS)

KEY ISSUESContext: Swift corrective measures were instrumental in putting the program back on track and placing the fiscal outlook on a sounder footing in the run-up to the 2015 elections.Program: The Executive Board approved the three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) on January 27, 2012, with a total access of 39 percent of quota (SDR 30 million). The first, second and third reviews were completed on July 27, 2012, February 14, 2013, and September 6, 2013, respectively. For the fourth review, all performance criteria were observed, aided by the adoption of significant