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| | Par:- Gilles Ribouet
On 23/06/2009 |
Sous le soleil mauricien, les inégalités se creusent et certains s’enlisent dans une inextricable pauvreté. Lundi, vous avez pu voir sur lexpress.mu et entendre sur Radio One, la détresse d’une cinquantaine de personnes vivant au milieu des détritus dans le dépotoir de Roche-Bois. Cela se passe près de chez nous.
Que faire ? La recette miracle n’existe pas sinon les quelques 1,5 milliards d’individus sur Terre vivant avec moins de 2 dollars par jour seraient déjà sorti de la pauvreté. Les mécanismes globaux mis en place comme les Objectifs du Millénaires pour le Développement sont des catalyseurs de bonnes intentions nécessaires. Reste à s’atteler à leur réalisation.
Le rapide succès économique mauricien a nourrit des inégalités si bien que de 53 localités définies comme «régions défavorisées» en 1999, on en compte 118 constituant 229 «poches de pauvreté» en 2006-07. Des poches comme celle du dépotoir de Roche-Bois, qu’on retrouve de Quartier-Militaire à Flacq, de Grand Gaube à Riambel.
Voici les chiffres de la pauvreté mauricienne en 2006-07:
■ 229 poches de pauvreté extrême, réparties dans 118 localités
■ 7 157 ménages
■ 28 628 personnes
■ 100 000 Mauriciens bénéficient de l’«Income Support» et du «Food Aid»
■ En 2001-2002, 1,2 % de la population (environ 14 000 personnes) vivait avec moins de 2 USD par jour (Rs 67), seuil défini par la Banque mondiale
■ 26 000 familles vivent dans une pauvreté relative, c’est-à-dire qu’elles perçoivent moins de Rs 3 821 par adulte par mois (chiffres 2006/2007).
■ Rs 395 millions ont été débloquées lors de la dernière année financière sous le programme d’Éradication de la pauvreté absolue.
Il ne s’agit pas de donner des leçons ou de définir la marche à suivre. Les chiffres ont au moins le mérite d’être plus forts qu’une prose mièvre et attendue.
Trois derniers chiffres? S’il fallait Rs 750 millions pour sortir toute les personnes de la pauvreté en 2001-02, il en fallait Rs 1 milliard en 2006-07.
Pour l’année financière 2007-08, l’enveloppe pour le programme d’éradication de la pauvreté absolue s’élevait à Rs 395 millions. Certes, d’autres mécanismes sont en place, mais le bras financier est peut-être un peu faible. Dans ce sens, il faut croire que l’aide au développement étrangère pourrait aider à réduire les inégalités.
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| SHEPERDS BUSH | | | Le dépotoir de Roche-Bois et les 228 autres cas.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."-- Mahatma Gandhi. The many political animals must have a shiver when it comes to read the account of the poorest being left alone, and yet we already know that given they are no vote bank, their fate could never be on board for those running for public posts . waste and the evidences in the yearly Audit accounts reports, these are laisser faire policy , and still bringing up these abuses result in the showing of wrath and anger, for those that buttered their lives on both sides, would silenced any voice that call for redress and fairness.
One blogger comments, amongst others, capture the Mauritian obtruse standards in vivid manner- Par wisdom Jun 24, 2009. Apparently the food bill for men at the top of BOM is Rs10,000.00 per day. How many hungry bellies would this princely sum fill on a daily basis? Such lavishness is more routine than an exception. When commonsense person drives the message of these epicureans to the highest authority, there is unleash a victimisation process unparallel to those that the stories of human left in the ring with lions. And when as the political representative do abacus with 2+2=4; then add the lunch and dinner, cocktail that goes on within all ministries, and government run bodies. These indecent expenses should be curtailed and could be channelled into funds for uplifting those in dire needs. When outside locations are hired for meetings while available office meetings rooms are available, these very ministers that get invited never raised an eyebrow. Should there be running courses for voters and taxpayers to learn the rope of enquiring their elected or to be representatives at next general election?
None of what been mentioned in the 2008-09 budget about curbing excesses and clipping the wings of the State barons have come to fruition. These been and are mere propaganda exercise, and the rush to airports and other luxury working frills go on unabated.
Every mismanagement that comes up, and reaches the Legislative Assembly never gets the kind of attention and considered care that any citizen would rightly expect. Yes ministers profess of their unhappiness, as example the Denim and Stimulus package funding, the state Trading Corporation, and sponsorship of international horse race, air Mauritius hedging, and others get drown in rhetoric , and the uncontrolled expenses move on unashamedly. Each time the ostentatious response of the authorities is most disconcerting- bring the proof, as if the explicit and everyone knowledge that such extravaganzas take place, cannot be sufficient ground for taking action. The movement of personnel in government Ministries and state run bodies from and back to airport cannot take place in a vacuum. Poor old pensioners get their pensions removed when they leave the country for some months of vacation. And the procedures for getting back the legitimate pension allowance are painstaking and most humiliating. And now who would take notice of those humans wrecked at Roche Bois?
Since the Republic is full of airlines flyers that get business class tickets, all in the name of overseas mission paid from tax payer’s money; from our own ground level we may learn some lesson from President Obama. Three days after the election, he held a press conference in Chicago. Well, if the presidential campaign didn't convince you that Barack Obama is one disciplined fellow, his first public appearance as President-elect certainly should have. The press conference was notable for several things: He did not stray from or change a single position that he took during the course of the campaign. He emphasized his previous stated desire for the passage of a second stimulus package. He was very matter of fact and not very emotional when discussing the economic crisis. There was no "Don't you worry, now..." component to his initial statement. He was not lured into any speculative answers. He was properly cautious in response. His answers were crisp and brief, not the theatrical bugs that seem to have invaded some of the local Assembly representatives. No gaffes- he seemed completely in control. what a pleasure to watch and hear him.
It may seem curious to link debates about politics, state services relations to debates about those left to themselves at the rubbish dumping ground of Roche Bois, yet, I want to suggest that we cannot really engage the former without taking seriously the latter. Broader accounts of political economy and of how the state itself is a factor in establishing the conditions and possibilities for such relations. In the contemporary context, it is citizens and front line leaders that are a key factor in setting limits to the market and the state.
In Britain- Thinking of [the BBC Radio 2 'Love where you Live'] campaign, the first thing that came to mind is the saying 'I'm a great lover of humanity – it's just the people I can't stand'. I can't remember who said that first but it does a lot of bells, I'm afraid; the fact that it's obviously nonsense reminds us that it's really no use making noises about how much people ought not to get into conflicts with each other and how sad it is when they turn their backs on reconciliation unless we show some sign of being ready and willing ourselves to get involved with the people next door.
At the moment, all of us are probably feeling disoriented as we look at the state of our society, wondering how we can hold together as a nation. The awful risk is that we somehow get to think that the way to hold ourselves together is to be even more suspicious of strangers or people who are in any way different. But part of the long term answer is just being committed to the community we live in – being willing to volunteer where we can for sharing the burdens, or just being a welcoming presence for the stranger
Economic justice arrives only when everyone recognises some kind of shared vulnerability and limitation in a world of limits and processes (psychological as well as material) that cannot be bypassed. The task is to turn people's eyes back to the vision of a human dignity that is indestructible. This is the vision that will both allow us to retain a hold on our sense of worth even when circumstances are painful or humiliating and sustain the sense of obligation to the needs of others, near at hand or strangers, so that dignity may be made manifest.
When we begin to think seriously about ethics, about how our life is to reflect truth, we do not consider what is owed to power; indeed, we consider what is owed to weakness, to powerlessness. Our ethical seriousness is tested by how we behave towards those whose goodwill or influence is of no 'use' to us.
If we try to draw some of this together into a few governing principles, what might emerge? The non-economist is bound to be intimidated by the complexity of what we confront, but, as has been said, 'we are all economists now'; the specialists are not more conspicuously successful than others in mapping the territory, and this at least encourages some tentative proposals from the sidelines, however broad and aspirational.
| | | Jo | | | La pauvreté sera éradiqueé par le savoir et la connaissance. Donner l'accés au savoir et à la connaissance à ces gens qui vivent des les poches de pauvreté c'est leur donner la possibilité de devenir acteur de leur avenir et non de subir et dêtre ainsi marginalisé | | | Ash | | | What i see is that everyone is accusing the governmant. Fist of all, i think that poverty cannot be eradicated in the country. this is because mauritian has become lazy. those poor people do not want to work, they only want that everything be given to them freely.
Every day in the media we see vacancy. Why these vacancy are not fill !!!.its because there is no one to do the job. its a reality.
Actually many small firm are closing down. Why? its not because there is no work, but there is no one to do the job.
What i say is true, recently a small furniture workshop close down in my locality, the reason of this closing is that the owner cannot honer the demand due to lack of labour force. Actually many of these small firms are having the same problem, LACK OF LABOUR.
Those people that every one are having soo much pity especially the inhabitant of roche bois and the so call poverty area, What do they do to get out of this situation!!!
I think the only things that they are doing to help them is perhaps installing CANAL Satelite or acquiring the latest HIFI model....... | | | Yasmine | | |
C’est affreux …ces gens là trace leur vie chaque jour qui passé…Alors à coté nous voyons le cyber city qui n’est cesse de s’accroître, les 5 étoiles aéroport, des fêtes organisées qui n’a pas de prix….des plus en plus des grosses cylindrée sur nos routes…. L’écarte est démesuré….que faire … pour moi l’état ne fait pas assez pour combattre la pauvreté…. Encore moins cette année car législative est l’année prochaine ils vont plus se remplir les poches….attenzion pas réélue…
| | | jimmy | | | Zero pauvrete est une utopie!!!Mais bien sure il y un seuil a ne pas depasser.Il faut des mesures concrete mais pas a la francaise avec ses contrats sociaux qui sont des veritables depottoirs.Mais a l anglaise avec des de la re-education, formation et je crois le sport peux etre un vecteur de lutte contre la pauvrete et surtout encourager l immigration tell que Duval avait fiat ....28 800 c est pas beaucoupr cela peux se resoudre tres vite!!!! | | | LeMoyne | | | This is not news. Where are the solutions......I do not think people want to hear who is spending how much per day, but rather solutions to the problems. Let me start first. CONSCIENCE SOCIALE ie, everybody must be concerned and must act to alleviate poverty. help people in your locality if you can. Do not wait for politicians. lets start from there..... | | | JCC | | | C'est normale qui pou éna sa qualité inégalité là dans pays. La banque de maurice pé faire gaspillage avec l'argent banne mauriciens, la banque là pé faire party qui coute des millions. Mais le problème ce qui mauriciens zotte lizié bouché, et zotte content sa reste dans difé. zotte même qui ine vote Ramgoolam, et zotte pou re vote li encore, alors na péna droit plaigné astère. | | | Minnie | | | Thank you Mr. Ribouet for exposing the reality of our society.It is true that the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. Marginalized communities are living more and more in precarious conditions, exposed to all sorts of environmental hazards.Regarding the conditions in which these poor people live and thinking about their future is unimaginable unless they are given a voice, and their voice is heard by the 'big'authorities | | | James Brun | | | Il n'y a que ceux qui passent leur journée dans leur bureau ou qui voyagent dans de grosses voitures entre leur maison et leur lieu de travail pour ne pas rendre compte que la pauvreté existe bel et bien à Maurice. Il y a des familles qui font beaucoup d'ffort pour s'en sortir alors que d'autres aont une mentalité d'assistanat. Cela dit, il est devenu très difficile pour les employés qui touchent un salaire moyen de vivre avec l'augmentation du coût de la vie. Mais ceux qui sont au bas de l'échelle ne vivent pas. Ils survivent. J'aimerais bien que les cadres et les ministres essaient de vivre avec (soyons généreux) Rs 10 000 par mois pendant quelques temps. Ils découvriront la souffrance de la classe travailleur. | | | wisdom | | | Apparently the food bill for men at the top of BOM is Rs10,000.00 per day.How many hungry bellies would this princely sum fill on a daily basis?. | | | Dr Puke | | | Il faut envoyer ces chiffres à Sithanen, Mansoor, Parkar, Chung Ting Kam etc. | | | che.ronimo | | | Ile Maurice ; tigre de l'Océan Indien pour certains et île paradis pour d'autres... Un tigre aux talons d'argile en réalité où il n'y a pas de réelle volonté de lutter contre la pauvreté ! Combien de villas IRS et RES ont été vendues jusqu'ici ? Combien d'étrangers avec un salaire mensuel de plus de Rs 75,000 travaillent sur le sol mauricien ? Combien de voitures valant plus de Rs 5 millions roulent sur nos routes ? Pourquoi est-ce si difficile de taxer la richesse pour en redistribuer les revenus aux plus démunis ? LA MISERE MENE A LA REVOLTE OU A LA SOUMISSION avait dit Dominique Blondeau. Sommes-nous prêts à jouer à ce jeu sordide ? | | | Pov'boug | | | L'Agence française de développement est de retour à Maurice après l'avoir quittée en 97 je crois, l'Europe financent des projets de lutte contre la pauvreté, les organismes régionaux s'attèlent à la tâche... y a de quoi trouver de l'argent pour aider le gouverneent mauricien a éradiquer la pauvreté surtout quelle est pas aussi elevee et geeneralisee qua dans d autres pays de la region, non? en plus avec la crise, le gouvernement a deja beaucoup a faire! et quand on voit les chiffres, la taches est grande mais pas insurmontable, faut pas que Maurice hasite a demander de l' aide. | |
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