Poverty reduction policies, the case of Burundi

In a first part, the case study of Burundi will highlights the impact of poverty reduction policies on social capital. In a second part, we will generalise these results on the sustainability of poverty reduction policies linked to develoment aid.
1ere partie : en quoi les politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté sont elles destructrices de capital social, et plus généralement peuvent elle avoir un impact négatif ?
2eme partie : en quoi ces politiques sont elles favorisées par la globalisation, et donc comment la globalisation des objectifs de lutte contre la pauvreté conduit-elle à la mise en place de politiques non soutenable ?

Introduction
Definitions: development aid; sustainability; social capital; poverty reduction policy; Millenium development goals as the globalization of poverty reduction policies.
 Concentration of aid on poverty reduction
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Sustainability: Brundtland commission SD “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs”. SD is a process of simultanous ensuring continuation of the economic, social and ecological basis of human life.
Social sustainability

I. The social impact of poverty reduction policies, the case of Burundi

To realize the case study of 3 provinces of Burundi, in a first time I will expose the set of concepts and the methodology that I use. And secondly, with this theoretical framework I will look at the situation in these provinces.

Concepts and methodology

a. Definition of social capital, and why use it in the case of poverty reduction policies
Capabilities, A. SEN;
Social capital:
- “the quantity and the quality of associational life and the related social norms” (Narayan and Pritchett, 1997).
- “linen shirt paradox” (Smith, 1776).
- “In the case of poor societies, social capital plays a major role. It constitutes an interpersonal capability of poor people to react to poverty.