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developpement du Tiers Monde vivent
dans une contradiction: elles veulent
promouvoir I'auto-developpement et sent
en meme temps dependantes de I'aide
financiere internationale. Comment chemi-
ner vers une plus grande autonomiefinan-
ciere? Comment construire pour son
association une plus grande securite
financiere? Pour atteindre ces objectifs, les
dirigeants d'associations doivent mieux
gerer les ressources dont ils disposent. 11s
doivent egalement gknerer des revenus
nouveaux par la vente de leurs services
ou de produits de petites entreprises
qu'ils creeront. Enfin, ils doivent constituer
des fonds de reserves et un capital qui
assureront a moyen et long termes leur
independancefinanciere. Celasuppose un
changement d'attitude important: les
associations doivent s'auto-gerer comme
des entreprises de d6veloppement et les
agences de I'aide internationale doivent
accepter de ne plus financer leurs projets,
mais promouvoir de nouvelles faqons
d'aider. US$ 25.-
Else Skjonsberg, Change in an African
Village: Kefa Speaks (West Hartford:
Kumarian Press, 1989) 271 pp. Three
comments: "... a down-to-earth and pene-
trating revelation of the business of life
and living in a typical matrilineal society.
It brings to the surface the silent, yet
salient realities of traditional rural life. It is
highly readable ... bringing together as it
does realities of the past, the exigencies
of the present and the uncertainties of the
future in a society at a crossroad of social
values" (Naboth Mark John Ngulube); "For
once, rural life is depicted from the per-
spective of ordinary villagers. The result
is a fascinating insight into how male and
female villagers manage t'ieir lives and
how they manage aid. -!he amazingly
detailed time allocation study adds to the
richness of the descriptions of everyday
rural life and to the understanding of time
as a most scarce resource, at least for
women. In addition, the book is outright
enjoyable to read ... "(Mette Jorstad); '...a
unique study of everyday life in a com-
munity in Zambia ... To the outsider the
book opens up a new world ..." (Marja
Liisa Swantz).
Lapika Dimomfu (dir), Problemes fon-
ciers et politiques agricoles en Afrique
Centrale, Actes de la rencontre internatio-
nale des sociologues et anthropologues
de I'Afrique Centrale, Kinshasa, janvier
7988 (Kinshasa: CERDAS, 1988) 223pp.
Gerry Rodgers (ed), Population Growth
and Poverty in Rural South Asia (London:
Sage Publ, 1989) 249pp. The pressure of
a growing population on resources is
often considered to be one of the major
causes of continuing poverty in the count-
ries of South Asia. However, a closer look
at the subject suggests that we do not
fully understand the manner in which
demographic patterns and poverty affect
each other, the types of interactions which
are important, and the ways in which they
can influence the success or failure of
various policy interventions. The detailed
studies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and
Nepal which comprise this volume set out
to examine these crucial relationships. A
major feature of this volume is its broad
approach to an understanding of the
linkages between population growth and
poverty and its stress on the economic
and social dimensions of these linkages.
As such, this book is in striking contrast
to the 'denominator approach' which
regards the primary effect of population
growth to be an increase in the number
of individuals placing demands on limited
resources.
Per Lindskog & Jan Lundqvist, Why
Poor Children Stay Sick: The Human
Ecology of Child Health and Welfare in
Rural Malawi (Uppsala: SIAS, 1989)
11 1 pp.
Maria de Bruyn, De Algunas Personas
Dicen que Tienen Buenas Manos: Ac-