Topic 4: Development and reduction of poverty
Coordonned by the Prof Moustapha KASSE
I/ Problem
The improvement of human well-being, which is supposed to be the objective of development, is being replaced by Poverty Reduction Strategies which call for a lot of financial and human resources. The results of 10 years of research and fight against poverty is highly a mixed one : the situation worsens and the MDGs are not achieved. Undeniably, Poverty Reduction Policies produced poor results in terms of the peripheral system food production increase, decline in hunger and access of the vulnerable groups to basic social services.