The Burundians' perception of the causes of the fall of CEPGL

Abstract

Composed of three member countries, the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries has suffered from a prolonged lethargy since the 1990s. Over four decades of existence, the community has had practical difficulties in fulfilling its missions. Long before his fall, many projects were already executed and others in progress. Our study aims to seek the main causes of its fall through responses to the census using a questionnaire with closed and open questions administered to 158 students from the University of Burundi and the Higher Teacher Training School. The results show that 23,46% believe that the fall is due to insecurity in the sub-region, 13.92% point to the ignorance of political leaders, 17,08% give they opinion about a lack of will for regional integration by political leaders and 15.82% consider that the fall was caused by the lack of financial means on the part of member countries.