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BUILDER, CONSTRUCTER, OR DESTROYER, WHAT KIND OF LEADER IS CBON? BÂTISSEUR, CONSTRUCTEUR, OU DESTRUCTEUR, QUEL GENRE DE LEADER EST CBON?

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English version  He calls himself a builder, but is he merely an apprentice constructor, or worse, actually a destroyer? This question marks a substantive distinction, not just a matter of vocabulary. These three figures reflect different governance logics: • The destroyer  dismantles institutions, concentrates power, crushes checks and balances, and leaves a country more fragile than he found it, even if he can point to grand speeches or short-term successes. • The constructor  produces concrete, visible achievements such as roads, schools, hospitals, and one-off reforms, but without necessarily transforming the deep structures of the state, governance, justice, a diversified economy, and so on. • The builder , in the most demanding sense, goes further: he lays lasting foundations, solid institutions, the rule of law, an economy less dependent on rent, mechanisms for peaceful transfer of power, so that the country keeps standing after he leaves. The builder c...
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ÉCHOS DU NORD

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WEST AND US! LA DIFFERENCE ENTRE L’OCCIDENT ET NOUS !

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English version  A Western country and Gabon are both facing economic and governance problems. Here’s how they go about tackling them: The West: the technocratic instrument • Independent central banks that adjust policy rates according to econometric models • Employment policies driven by indicators such as the unemployment rate, the Phillips curve, etc. • Structural reforms justified by impact studies and international comparisons (OECD, IMF) • Political power is legitimized through technical competence and compliance with international best practices Gabon: recourse to the sacred • Faced with persistent unemployment and embezzlement of public funds, an initiatory oath is invoked, supposedly guaranteeing loyalty and integrity • The idea is that a sacred oath binds more strongly than a republican one • The register mobilized is not economic but moral and communal: fear of the sacred would replace institutional incentive or sanction Dear readers, which of...
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ELSEWHERE, THEY COMPARE THEMSELVES TO THE BEST AND NOT TO THE WORST AS WITH US! CHEZ LES AUTRES, ON SE COMPARE AUX MEILLEURS ET NON AUX CANCRES COMME CHEZ NOUS !

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THEY ARE ALL GOING CRAZY ! ILS DEVIENNENT TOUS FOUS !

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English version  Guy Bertrand Mapangou, the president of Gabon’s CESEC (Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council), has just put forward a proposal, in early September 2026, drawing on the preamble of the Constitution, which refers to the Gabonese people’s responsibility “before God, the ancestors, and History,” calling for the establishment of a national ancestors’ day. He justifies this initiative by noting that many societies devote official days to religious, historical, or cultural events that contribute to their collective identity. For this blog, the CESEC is in principle an advisory body meant to inform economic and social policy, that is, unemployment, purchasing power, debt, economic diversification, and so on. A symbolic proposal about ancestral memory strikes us as disconnected from these urgent matters, especially in a context where concrete expectations run high among the population. We expect Guy Bertrand Mapangou to talk to us about tax reforms, or a debt...
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