LA REPONSE DE LA DECENTRALISATION FACE A LA DEMANDE SOCIALE : LE CAS DES INVESTISSEMENTS COMMUNAUX A TAABO DE 1995 A 2011 (COTE D'IVOIRE)

International audienceSince 1995, the elected representatives are the main actors of the local development to Taabo. The mayors who followed one another began (undertook) investments in diverse domains : town planning and housing environment, education public road network (garbage dump)and networks miscellaneous, health, purification and healthiness, the economic domain, etc. How-ever, these investments are far from satisfying the population. The deficit of communication between elected representatives and population is the main cause. The consequences are thus enormous in the implementation of the decentralization to Taabo.Key words: Local development, Municipal investments, Municipality, Taabo, Needs for the population.Depuis 1995, les élus sont les principaux acteurs du développement local à Taabo. Les Maires qui se sont succédé ont entrepris des investissements dans divers domaines : urbanisme et habitat, éducation, voirie et réseaux divers, santé, assainissement et la salubrité, le domaine économique, etc. Toutefois, ces investissements sont loin de satisfaire la population. Le déficit de communication entre élus et population en est la principale cause. Les conséquences sont donc énormes dans la mise en œuvre de la décentralisation à Taabo.Mots clés : Développement local, Investissements communaux, Municipalité, Taabo,Besoins de la population

LA REPONSE DE LA DECENTRALISATION FACE A LA DEMANDE SOCIALE : LE CAS DES INVESTISSEMENTS COMMUNAUX A TAABO DE 1995 A 2011 (Côte d'Ivoire)

Since 1995, the elected representatives are the main actors of the local development to Taabo. The mayors who followed one another began (undertook) investments in diverse domains : town planning and housing environment, education public road network (garbage dump)and networks miscellaneous, health, purification and healthiness, the economic domain, etc. However, these investments are far from satisfying the population. The deficit of communication between elected representatives and population is the main cause. The consequences are thus enormous in the implementation of the decentralization to Taabo.Depuis 1995, les élus sont les principaux acteurs du développement local à Taabo. Les Maires qui se sont succédé ont entrepris des investissements dans divers domaines : urbanisme et habitat, éducation, voirie et réseaux divers, santé, assainissement et la salubrité, le domaine économique, etc. Toutefois, ces investissements sont loin de satisfaire la population. Le déficit de communication entre élus et population en est la principale cause. Les conséquences sont donc énormes dans la mise en œuvre de la décentralisation à Taabo.

MUTATIONS DES ÉQUIPEMENTS DANS LES QUARTIERS PRÉCAIRES DE ZOÉ BRUNO, JEAN FOLLY ET SAGBÉ À ABIDJAN (CÔTE D’IVOIRE)

Poor control of population growth in Côte d'Ivoire has resulted in the birth of precarious neighborhoods in the urban landscape. Abidjan, the economic capital is a perfect illustration. Under the leadership of the World Bank from 1980, these neighborhoods that were being destroyed are now being restructured and equipment. Because of this tolerance, more mutations are made through these neighborhoods. This is the case of precarious neighborhoods Zoe Bruno, Jean Folly and Sagbé space of our study. The objective of this study is to analyze the changes operated at the equipment level of these neighborhoods. To conduct the study, we used the hypothetical- deductive method to conduct research both exploratory and descriptive approach combining quantitative and qualitative. The surveys were conducted with 463 individuals including 450 households and 13 resource persons. This study showed destitution precarious neighborhoods studied in basic equipment and shows the various changes made in these neighborhoods after their regularization

LA NOUVELLE CONFIGURATION DE L’HABITAT DANS LES QUARTIERS PRECAIRES D’ABIDJAN: CAS DE JEAN FOLLY, ZOE BRUNO ET SAGBE

The mismatch between economic growth and the demographic and spatial dynamism of the city of Abidjan is the basis of the birth in the urban landscape precarious neighborhoods. With the emergence of these districts, the state had decided initially to relocate the residents of these areas with the key operations of compensation, relocation, often poorly perceived by the population. To improve the lives of these people, at the behest of donors and with their support, the new strategy is no longer to destroy these neighborhoods, but to integrate the urban fabric by restructuring operations and equipment. This article aims to show the changes taking place in these areas at the habitat. To conduct this study we chose three shantytowns among a hundred that make up the city of Abidjan. The results of this study show an improvement in the type of housing in these neighborhoods that fit gradually into the urban fabric. This experiment is a success that avoids social conflicts between the state and the people of these often threatened with eviction neighborhoods

La Sodeci, Un Outil Strategique Dans La Distribution D’eau Potable En Cote d’Ivoire

This study aims to make SODECI (water distribution) better known by the Ivorian populations. Indeed, very few studies have been made on it to make it known. Therefore, this study raises the problem of ignorance of this strategic tool in the supply of drinking water in Côte d'Ivoire. To solve this problem, a methodology based on documentary research and interview has allowed to track its development route. Thus, from its creation, it will undergo a remarkable development but it will later face crises that will affect it without undermining its fundamentals. Until late 2015, it served 964 villages and 13,745,067 inhabitants that is a national coverage of 68%. The fruit of his prowess is put to the credit of an exceptional managerial policy and a civic attitude during the Ivorian crisis that rocked and split the country in 2002

LA DYNAMIQUE AGRICOLE ET LES MUTATIONS SPATIALES DANS LA COMMUNE DE M’BATTO

Situated in the Centre-East of Ivory Coast, the town of M’Batto like the other town of the country knew a population and economic growth, which created a change in its urban space. A town which economy is strongly influenced by its agriculture. In this way, the other economic sectors are firmly linked to it.Thus, from 1960 to 1980, M’Batto knew a legendary prosperity due to the high price of the binomial coffee-cocoa, considered as “the teats” of the Ivorian economy on the international markets. Nicknamed in local language “M’Batto sika-boutou”, which means the money, is poured on the ground, that town knew a strong spatial transfer from the urban point of view, thanks to the incomes from the agriculture.The town of M’Batto is the type of town, which combined its destiny with agriculture. The consequence of that situation was the spatial dynamic that knew M’Batto from 1960-1980, with more than 27% as urbanization rate.From 1980till now, the cocoa loop moved from the East of the country to the West. From then on, M’Batto has been living an agricultural crisis, which has also affected its urban space. The spatial dynamic of M’Batto depended on the wealth of its rural environment, base of the agricultural prosperity.In that agricultural town, more than 85% of the houses belong to the native farmers. It is for them an evident will to see their living space change by their deliberate actions, because for Agni people building a house in hard in a confirmation of his personality

IMPACT DES INVESTISSEMENTS COMMUNAUX DANS LA DYNAMIQUE DU DEVELOPPEMENT LOCAL A ALEPE

Since 1980, municipalities are in the center of decentralization policy in Côte d'Ivoire. More than thirty years later, the elected representatives are still in search of strategy to satisfy needs for the populations. In spite of the difficulties of financing, investments were realized. These boosted the local development to Alépé through the metamorphosis of the urban landscape, the dynamism of economic activities, the increase of infrastructures and equipments, etc. But, they do not take into account concerns of the populations. Where from their disappointment.Depuis 1980, les communes ivoiriennes sont au centre de la décentralisation. Plus de trente ans après, les élus sont encore à la recherche de stratégie pour satisfaire les besoins des populations. Malgré les difficultés de financement, des investissements ont été réalisés. Ceux-ci ont boosté le développement local à Alépé à travers la métamorphose du paysage urbain, le dynamisme des activités économiques, l'augmentation des infrastructures et équipements, etc. Mais, ils ne tiennent pas compte des préoccupations des populations. D'où leur déception

Les Entraves au Développement des Villes en Côte d’Ivoire : Cas de la Ville de Sassandra (sud-ouest de la Côte d’Ivoire)

The city of Sassandra, is located in the southwest of Ivory Coast. It constitutes the strategic pole of the redeployment of national agricultural production. However, the city facestremendous difficultiesto which are added the specific problems related to its site and the particular configuration of its territory. The present study proposes to analyze the obstacles to the development of the city. To achieve this objective, the methodology used is documentary analysis, direct field observation and interviews with development actors. The study reveals that the constraints to development are natural and financial. The site of the city does not facilitate the spatial spread of the city. The weakness of communal taxes, the instability of the State's endowments and the centralization of the tax chain are the main economic difficulties of this city. La ville de Sassandra, est située au sud-ouest de la Côte d’Ivoire. Elle constitue le pôle stratégique du redéploiement de production agricole nationale. Cependant, la ville est confrontée à d’énormes difficultés auxquelles s’ajoutent les problèmes spécifiques liés à son site et à la configuration particulière de son territoire. La présente étude se propose d’analyser les entraves au développement de la ville. Pour atteindre cet objectif la méthodologie utilisée est l’analyse documentaire, l’observation directe de terrain et les entretiens avec les acteurs de développement. L’étude révèle que les contraintes au développement sont d’ordres naturels et financiers. Le site de la ville ne facilite pas l’étalement spatial de la ville. La faiblesse des taxes communales, l’instabilité des dotations de l’État et la centralisation de la chaine fiscale sont les principales difficultés économiques de cette ville

Facteurs Lies Au Stress Chez Les Couples Infertiles A Partir De Cas Recenses A L’unite Biologique De La Reproduction De L’institut Pasteur d’Abidjan

The stress associated with infertility is a painful experience for couples who are struggling to conceive of the value attached to the child in African society. This article apprehends the question of the management of stress caused by infertility from the cases identified at “Institut pasteur d’Abidjan”. The methodology adopted concerns observation techniques, semi-structured interview as well as the use of stress scale submitted to a sample of 120 subjects, including 60 men and 60 infertile women. The data collected were processed manually with proportion calculations. The results indicate that the majority of clients (73.33%) experience episodes of stress related to their infertility whose main sources are biological, psychological and environmental. In sum, the existence of a holistic support network can effectively communicate infertility and reduce the effect of these factors

L’influence De La Contrebande Sur Le Developpement De La Ville Frontaliere De Niable Au Centre-Est De La Cote d’Ivoire

In the border town of Niablé, smuggling is omnipresent. The operation of this activity is based on the one hand, on social cultural relationship between neigh boring populations, and on the other hand on monetary disparities between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Without denying the truth fullness of such an activity, smugglers, organized in a highly hierarchical system operate according to a strict behavioral code where one’s given word and mutual confidence are the sole modus operandi. It permits them to bring goods of diverse natures (oil products, food, pharmaceuticals, second-hand clothes drinks, etc.) in Niablé. Thus, this activity seems to be a real opportunity for these smugglers, longing for the improvement of their welfare. Besides, the smuggling allows its actors to contribute to the town’s blossoming. Such a perception of smuggling gives an idea of the animation going on in this border town. In a word, though we want it or not smuggling participates in the socio-spatial change of the town even if sometimes, it stands as an obstacle to its development. Through this contribution, we are willing to show the operation of smuggling and its influence on the town of Niablé