Burundi - Economist Intelligence Unit - The Economist

OVERVIEW: The president, Pierre Nkurunziza, will try to restrict opposition party activities and accelerate the government's legislative programme. Growth in construction, trade and manufacturing will help to drive real GDP growth of 6% in 2009 and 5.5% in 2010. The structural trade deficit will persist owing to Burundi's import dependence, and the current-account deficit is therefore expected to remain large, at 15.8% of GDP in 2009 and 14.1% of GDP in 2010.

Source: Burundi: Country outlook