The task of this paper is to identify the causes of juvenile delinquency and juvenile offending. The French proverb chosen for its title (<i>Step back in order to jump better</i>) reflects the inherent challenge in this task; that is, how far back must we step in order to gain a complete understanding...

This paper discusses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Burundi. The PRSP comes two and a half years after the approval in January 2004 by the Executive Boards of the IMF and the World Bank of the Interim PRSP (I-PRSP). The PRSP is also the outgrowth of a long period of negotiations...