Editing Burkina Faso (section)

===Infrastructure===
==== Water ====
[[File:Grand marché de Koudougou.jpg|thumb|The ''Grand marché'' in [[Koudougou]], Burkina Faso]]
While [[Tertiary sector of the economy|services]] remain underdeveloped, the National Office for Water and Sanitation (ONEA), a [[state-owned]] [[utility company]] run along commercial lines, is emerging as one of the best-performing utility companies in Africa.<ref name=ODI1>Peter Newborne 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120526073427/http://www.odi.org.uk/work/regions-countries/details.asp?id=222&title=burkina-faso ''Pipes and People: Progress in Water Supply in Burkina Faso's Cities''], London: [[Overseas Development Institute]]</ref> High levels of autonomy and a skilled and dedicated management have driven ONEA's ability to improve production of and access to clean water.<ref name=ODI1/>

Since 2000, nearly 2&nbsp;million more people have access to water in the four principal urban centres in the country; the company has kept the quality of [[Water infrastructure|infrastructure]] high (less than 18% of the water is lost through leaks – one of the lowest in [[sub-Saharan Africa]]), improved financial reporting, and increased its annual revenue by an average of 12% (well above inflation).<ref name=ODI1/> Challenges remain, including difficulties among some customers in paying for services, with the need to rely on international aid to expand its infrastructure.<ref name=ODI1/> The state-owned, commercially run venture has helped the nation reach its [[Millennium Development Goal]] (MDG) targets in water-related areas, and has grown as a viable company.<ref name=ODI1/>

However, access to drinking water has improved over the last 28 years. According to UNICEF, access to drinking water has increased from 39 to 76% in rural areas between 1990 and 2015. In this same time span, access to drinking water increased from 75 to 97% in urban areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/bfa/english/bfa_wsh_programme-overview2016.pdf|website=UNICEF|access-date=1 May 2018|title=Burkina Faso: Programme Overview: Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)|archive-date=3 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503041104/https://www.unicef.org/bfa/english/bfa_wsh_programme-overview2016.pdf}}</ref>

==== Electricity ====
A 33-megawatt solar power plant in Zagtouli, near Ouagadougou, came online in late November 2017. At the time of its construction, it was the largest solar power facility in West Africa.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Burkina Faso launches Sahel region's largest solar power plant|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/development-policy/news/burkina-faso-launches-sahel-regions-largest-solar-power-plant/|work=EURACTIV|date=27 November 2017|access-date=6 March 2018 }}</ref>

==== Other ====
The growth rate in Burkina Faso is high although it continues to be plagued by corruption and incursions from terrorist groups from Mali and Niger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worlddiplomacy.org/Countries/BurkinaFaso/InfoBur.html|title=Burkina Faso|access-date=17 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006140324/http://www.worlddiplomacy.org/Countries/BurkinaFaso/InfoBur.html|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>

====Transport====
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[[File:Sudanese Style Railway Station Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso.jpg|thumb|The railway station in [[Bobo Dioulasso]] was built during the colonial era and remains in operation.]]
Transport in Burkina Faso is limited by relatively underdeveloped infrastructure.

As of June 2014 the main international airport, [[Ouagadougou Airport]], had regularly scheduled flights to many destinations in West Africa as well as Paris, [[Brussels]] and [[Istanbul]]. The other international airport, [[Bobo Dioulasso Airport]], has flights to Ouagadougou and [[Port Bouet Airport|Abidjan]].

[[Rail transport in Burkina Faso]] consists of a single line which runs from [[Kaya, Burkina Faso|Kaya]] to [[Abidjan]] in Ivory Coast via [[Ouagadougou]], [[Koudougou]], Bobo Dioulasso and [[Banfora]]. ''Sitarail'' operates a passenger train three times a week along the route.<ref>European Rail Timetable, Summer&nbsp;2014 Edition</ref>

There are 15,000&nbsp;kilometres of roads in Burkina Faso, of which 2,500&nbsp;kilometres are paved.<ref>{{cite web|title=Burkina Faso Road Network|url=https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.3+Burkina+Faso+Road+Network|website=Logistics Capacity Assessments (LCAs)|access-date=4 August 2018|archive-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805203137/https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.3+Burkina+Faso+Road+Network|url-status=dead}}</ref>