Editing Transport in Burkina Faso (section)

== Highways ==
[[File:Ouagadougou road.jpg|thumb|Ouagadougou road]]
[[File:ASC Leiden - van Achterberg Collection - 5 - 001 - Un marché lors d'une pause en bus de Ouagadougou à Bobo-Dioulasso - Boromo, province des Balé, Burkina Faso, 19-26 août 2001.tif|thumb|"S. T. M. B." (Service de Transport Mixte Bangrin) at a market during a break in the bus journey from Ouagadougou to Bobo-Dioulasso. Boromo, Balé Province, Burkina Faso, 2001]]

In 2002, there were a total of {{convert|12506|km}} of [[highway]] in Burkina Faso, of which {{convert|2001|km}} are paved.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burkina Faso |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/africa/burkina-faso-political-geography/burkina-faso|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

In 2000, the Government of Burkina Faso classified 15,000 kilometers of road as part of the national road network managed under the Ministry of Infrastructures Transport and Housing (MITH) through the Directorate of Roads (DGR). This network includes main inter-city roads and access roads for départments' capital cities. Only ten of the network's main roads are even partially paved, and the paved roads are plagued by dangerous potholes, missing signage, missing barriers and guardrails near roadside hazards, and no pavement markings to separate traffic moving in opposite directions<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Other/PDF/iwmi_workshop_proceedings-irrigation_in_west_africa-_current_status_and_a_view_to_the_future.pdf|title=Irrigation in West Africa: Current Status and a View to the Future|editor1=Regassa E. Namara|editor2=Hilmy Sally|publisher=[[International Water Management Institute]]}}</ref>

As of May 2011 the country's road infrastructure was rated by the [[World Bank]] to be in relatively good condition and noted that country was regional hub with paved roads linking the country to [[Mali]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], and [[Niger]].<ref name="AICD"/> Nevertheless, "trucking [[cartels]] and red tape contribute to high transportation costs and diminished international competitiveness."<ref name="AICD"/>  58% of firms in Burkina Faso identified roads as major business constraint, maintenance and rehabilitation needs of the main road network are said to be underfunded.<ref>{{cite report |last1=Gwilliam |first1=Ken |last2=Foster |first2=Vivien |last3=Archondo-Callao |first3=Rodrigo |last4=Briceño-Garmendia |first4=Cecilia |last5=Nogales |first5=Albeto |last6=Sethi |first6=Kavita |date=June 2008 |title=The Burden of Maintenance: Roads in sub-Saharan Africa |series=Background Paper |volume=14 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=World Bank, Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic |type=none |url=https://roadsforwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/the-burden-of-maintenance_roads-in-SSA.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://roadsforwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/the-burden-of-maintenance_roads-in-SSA.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}{{pages?|date=April 2022}}</ref>