Burkina Faso is a poor, landlocked country that faces severe constraints. It has limited natural resources, an economy that is strongly dependent on cotton exports, and a vulnerability to both natural disasters and fallout from civil strife in the nearby West African countries. Nonetheless, Burkina Faso has maintained a real GDP growth rate averaging over 5 percent per year since 1994, and has driven poverty incidence down from 54 percent in 1998 to around 42 percent today.

Q&A with Jean-Baptiste Compaoré, Burkina Faso's Minister of Finance and Budget -- a call on the international community to deliver more funding to help developing countries. Read Transcript