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Critique in Practice: Renzo Martens' Episode III: Enjoy Poverty.

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Enjoy Poverty examine la valeur émotionnelle et économique de l'exportation la plus lucrative d'Afrique : la pauvreté filmée. À l'instar d'exportations africaines plus traditionnelles telles que l'or et le cacao, les fournisseurs de cette matière première n'en profitent pas, ou à peine. Dans ce contexte, l'artiste néerlandais Renzo Martens lance un programme émancipateur, au fin fond du Congo, qui vise à conscientiser les citoyens pauvres de leur capital principal : la pauvreté. Martens entreprend seul un périple épique de plusieurs années. Enjoy Poverty, qui conjugue le journalisme d'investigation, la satire et la conscience de soi à travers un regard profondément singulier, est ingénieusement provocateur, souvent ironique et désopilant, alors que le miroir qu'il nous tend est inévitablement attristant. Investigating the economic value of one of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s most lucrative exports (namely, poverty), Renzo Martens’ provocative film Episode III: Enjoy Poverty (2008) remains a landmark intervention into debates about contemporary art’s relationship to exploitative economies. The contributors to this publication explore the film’s legacy and how it relates to the politics of representation, uses of the documentary form, art criticism, the deployment of humanitarian aid, the impact of extractive forms of globalized capital, and the neoliberal politics of decolonization. The unconventional representation of acute immiseration throughout Enjoy Poverty generated far-from-resolved disputes about how deprivation is portrayed in Western mainstream media and global cultural institutions. Using a range of approaches, this volume reconsiders that portrayal and how the film’s reception led Martens to found a long-term program, the Institute for Human Activities.


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Democratic Republic of the Congo : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report.
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ISBN: 1455275360 1455222410 1283561743 9786613874191 1455283975 Year: 2010 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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The Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy was implemented in an extremely challenging environment, adversely affecting the conduct of macroeconomic and sector policies. The accomplishments in regard to sector policies are highly encouraging. There was notable progress in the administration of justice and police reform efforts. However, there were no significant developments in public administration reform. Congo recognizes that continued, sustainable growth in a stable macroeconomic climate is essential to reducing poverty, and this requires consolidating peace and security, and promoting administrative and economic governance.


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Democratic Republic of the Congo : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report-Joint Staff Advisory Note.
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ISBN: 145527738X 1455276898 128356145X 9786613873903 1455281956 Year: 2010 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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Congo’s first full Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy underpinned the economic policy during a particularly challenging transitional period. The difficulty is in implementing the program in a rapidly evolving institutional environment. Developments during recent years demonstrate Congo’s capacity for growth and poverty alleviation if the right incentives are provided. Developments during the last year also indicate the government’s commitment to address the key issues, even in the face of significant political challenges. The government’s response to short-term concerns builds on a compelling vision of long-term development.

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