Plan research in Burkina Faso.

French remains the main official and administrative language for written instruments and government engagement. National respondent coverage requires Moore, Jula and Fulfulde capacity, with additional languages by region. Translation should be prepared for oral administration, since literacy varies and French terms often need locally tested equivalents before back-translation.

Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso are the main urban anchors, but a large share of the population lives in rural communes across the central plateau, western farming areas and northern zones. National samples need careful region and security stratification. Targeted studies often focus on the capital, Bobo corridor, or specific livelihood areas such as cotton, livestock or mining.

Mobile phone surveys are useful, but internet surveys are mostly urban and youth-weighted. Face-to-face work is constrained by rainy-season roads and serious security restrictions in parts of the north and east. Permissions from ministries, local authorities or ethics committees are common for public-interest studies. Fieldwork windows often run two to four weeks when access is clear.

Fieldwork notes compiled from public sources by Surveysphere Africa; confirmed with our in-country partner before a study starts.