Dinâmica da resposta à pobreza urbana: uma análise à implementação do Programa Estratégico para a Redução da Pobreza urbana (PERPU) 2011-2014 no posto administrativo número 1 na Cidade de Chimoio

Abstract

The study looks at the dynamics of the Mozambican response to urban poverty, focusing its analysis on the dynamics of the implementation of the Strategic Program for the Reduction of Urban Poverty (PERPU) 2011-2014, in the Centro Hípico and Nhamadjessa neighborhoods, at Posto Posto Administrativo Nº 1 , city of Chimoio, in the province of Manica. Based on the qualitative methodology and based on bibliographic and documentary research, semi-structured interviews, direct observation and conversations, which constitute the method and the privileged techniques in anthropological research, the study allowed us to apprehend that PERPU accommodates different perceptions that result from individual and / or collective everyday experiences. Thus, this research showed that this public policy is seen, (1) as an instrument that contributes to the improvement of the beneficiaries' living conditions; (2) as having objectives undermined by bureaucratic processes; and (3) as a promoter of conflicts within the beneficiary associations, culminating in the breaking of social ties with a consequent weak social cohesion.