Can National Dialogue Break the Power of Terror in Burundi?
Report on the Impact of the International Conference National Dialogue Held in Bujumbura on May 15-18 on Burundian Efforts to Restore Democratic Process in the Country
Description:... Urban areas all over Africa, despite local and regional differences, have much in common : rapid population growth, more than half the population of large cities in squatter settlements, a public sector unable to provide basic services, and deteriorating environmental conditions. Africa's urban population is expected to in-crease from 210 million in 1990 to 340 million in 2000. The Nordic donor agencies have traditionally concentrated their development assistance in the fields of health, water supply and sanitation to rural areas. In a longer term perspective the authors see three main policy options for the development assistance in these fields: 1. continued concentration on rural programmes ; 2. continued strong support to rural development programmes, combined with an increased involvement in small and medium-sized towns; and 3. involvement in pure urban projects, also in large cities. They recommend that development efforts over the next decade should continue to give priority to rural development. In most sub-Saharan countries 70-90% of the population is rural. Even with current rapid urbanization rates this rural population will go on increasing for the next 30 years. Besides, rural Africa's health and hygiene problems are still largely unsolved: much remains to be done to increase the coverage, improve the functioning and generate sustainabil-ity of rural water supplies, most remains to be done on rural sanitation and virtually nothing has been done regarding control of disease vectors. (Adapté du résumé des auteurs).
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