Contenu du sommaire : Guinée : l'après-Sékou Touré.

Political and administrative control of the military. Having established their legitimacy by consolidating their military base, the leaders of the «Military Committee for National Rectification (CMNR)» have shaken the administrative system without however substituting a «Soussou» State for a «Malinke» State. They now have to establish the rule of law before returning to the barracks.

Guineans abroad : return to motherland. When Sekou Toure died, a third of Guineans were in exile and were happy that the dictatorship has ended. However, most of the Guinean diaspora has not chosen or has not had the opportunity to reintegrate themselves — a sign of the existence of a dichotomy between the «outsiders» and «insiders». Those who have returned are neither a lobby nor an underground party.

Agricultural policy : an empty concept ? Perverse effects of liberalism. In Guinea, the applications of liberal recipes accentuates contradictions between the actors ; government, funding agencies and rural merchants. The State apparatus is incapable of controlling the situation and defining an agricultural policy. There is a significant rise in food dependence and the farmers suffer a double penalty; they can neither produce more nor increase their price in urban markets. A more locally oriented policy based on the country's tradition of rice production and the regional market might be more in tune with the desire for real rural development.

Readjusting the economy : the first result of the reforms. The new economic policy initiated in December 1985 was based on a clean break with the heritage of Sekou Toure, Imposed by the IMF and World Bank, these liberal reforms were armed at the public sector. The return of Westernisation, the gap between the rythm of the reforms and persistence of corruption engender political tensions and the question of a development model remains posed.

Bretton woods institutions in the republic of the guinea. A technicist vision of the current adjustment programmes in some african countries often leads to hasty and negative judgements that do not reflect the efforts made by these countries. In the case of Guinea, we note that adjustment remains «dictated » by experts in Washington and no real négociation of pro¬ grammes is possible as the «adjusted » country has no say.

Day to day adjustement. The former system of administrative provisions of city dwellers had its own logic and its advantages. By dismantling the system, the Military have upset the «food protectorate» enjoyed by public service workers. The resulting rise in speculation has led to price explosion and deepened social inequalities in Conakry, where many households are barely surviving.