Burundi

Burundi's first democratically elected president was assassinated in October 1993 after only 100 days in office, triggering widespread ethnic violence between Hutu and Tutsi factions. More than 200,000 Burundians perished during the conflict that spanned almost a dozen years. Hundreds of thousands of Burundians were internally displaced or became refugees in neighboring countries. An internationally brokered power-sharing agreement between the Tutsi-dominated government and the Hutu rebels in 2003 paved the way for a transition process that led to an integrated defense force, established a new constitution in 2005, and elected a majority Hutu government in 2005. The new government, led by President Pierre NKURUNZIZA, signed a South African brokered ceasefire with the country's last rebel group in September of 2006 but still faces many challenges.
==Economical characteristics==
* Currency: Burundi franc (ISO code: BIF)
* Central bank discount rate: 10.08% (31 December 2008)
* Commercial banks lending rate: 16.52% (31 December 2008)
* Stock of money (M1): $261.6 million (31 December 2008)
* Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $189.9 million (31 December 2008)
===Statistics===
Statistic / Year 	1999 	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
GDP (million USD)World Bank. "Burundi: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-01. 	808 	709 	662 	628 	595 	664 	796 	919 	980 	1 163
Govt. debt (% of GDP)World Bank. "Burundi: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-01. 	162.561	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Govt. revenue (% of GDP)World Bank. "Burundi: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-01. 	15.796 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Govt. expenses (% of GDP)World Bank. "Burundi: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-01.	20.648 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Debt to revenue (years) 	10.291 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==References==
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
==External links==
* Burundi on Wikipedia
* Central bank of Burundi
* Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* BBC country profile
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