Ajuda externa e redução da pobreza: Dinâmicas internas, impactos reais e percebidos: estudo de caso do Distrito de Machaze, Província de Manica

Abstract

With the adhesion to Breton Hoods institutions in the 1980s, Mozambique started to benefit from international support with a view to removing the country from underdevelopment and eliminating poverty in the country. Such support prevails and in greater intensity. however, Mozambique ranks among the least developed countries with around 54% of the population living below the poverty line. The present work analyzes factors that favor this situation, exploring 3 hypotheses: (a) the inadequacy of development interventions; (b) the externality of the specialists who design the development programs; and (c) the imposition of external development models. To carry out this work, policies and documents for monitoring poverty in Mozambique were revised, theoretical discussions on development, and documents of projects implemented in the country. Bringing to discussion two theoretical perspectives on development - namely the theory of post-development and the theory of alternative development-, and using the use of qualitative methodology, the study analyzes the dynamics of the implementation of projects aimed at improving the living conditions of women. disadvantaged populations, through the analysis of projects implemented in the Machaze district. The results of the study allow us to conclude that, although there is an effort by organizations The results of the study allow us to conclude that, although there is an effort by governmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute to the eradication of poverty and to improve the living conditions of disadvantaged populations, there are factors and internal dynamics that condition this process, making the desired results not be achieved in full. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)