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Resilience and development: Complement, substitute or stopgap solution? The case of sahelian pastoralism
[Resiliencia y desarrollo: ¿complemento, sustituto o paliativo? El caso de la actividad pastoril en el Sahel]

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  • Véronique Ancey

    (UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UM - Université de Montpellier)

  • Denis Pesche

    (UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UM - Université de Montpellier)

  • Benoit Daviron

    (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement)

Abstract

What is the political function of the ubiquitous term "resilience" in today's development aid? This article analyses the discourse of some aid programmes and projects, drawing on 15 years of empirical research on the Sahelian pastoral populations, who today are a symbol of resilience. It shows how the notion of resilience conveys compassionate and security meanings characteristic of a neoliberal policy, resulting in the weakening of public policies. Beyond an alternative between rhetoric and innovation, the use of this notion applied to social groups fine-tunes the ideological steering setting the course of development policy since the 1980s. This article questions the originality of resilience-building projects at local level and the relevance of this notion in the social field.

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  • Véronique Ancey & Denis Pesche & Benoit Daviron, 2022. "Resilience and development: Complement, substitute or stopgap solution? The case of sahelian pastoralism [Resiliencia y desarrollo: ¿complemento, sustituto o paliativo? El caso de la actividad past," Post-Print hal-05179928, HAL.
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    1. Véronique Ancey & Georges Monas, 2005. "Le pastoralisme au Sénégal, entre politique « moderne » et gestion des risques par les pasteurs," Revue Tiers Monde, Programme National Persée, vol. 46(184), pages 761-783.
    2. Véronique Ancey & Georges Monas, 2005. "Le pastoralisme au Sénégal, entre politique « moderne » et gestion des risques par les pasteurs," Revue Tiers-Monde, Armand Colin, vol. 0(4), pages 761-783.
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