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- ↑ "RPA - Le Ministre des Finances Burundais laisse un bilan économique désastreux avant son départ à la CEEAC". www.rpa.bi (in French).
- ↑ "BAD-Burundi : l'infrastructure comme un des objectifs de la stratégie de réduction de la pauvreté". 24 February 2011.
- ↑ "CEEAC : Première Réunion du Groupe des Partenaires Techniques et Financiers sur le PRIASAN".
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