But the catchup effort remains considerable

The situation of the neighbourhoods empire not, but it does not improve and the gap with the target in 2003, to significantly reduce inequality, is patent. Five years after the implementation of the programming and urban renewal Act, the social question in 751 priority neighbourhoods of the city - the ZUS (sensitive urban zones) policy - arises in always also concern terms, according to the 2009 report of the national Observatory of sensitive urban zones (Onzus), made public yesterday.

In 2007, almost a third (33.1) of 5 million people living in these territories were living under the poverty line (908 euros per month). This figure is not only an increase over the previous year (30.5): it is not far from achieving the triple the rate of poverty observed in the rest of the territory (12) by the Observatory.

Unemployment has declined, but its decline reads in the thickness of the line. 17.2 In 2003, the proportion of job seekers rose to 16.9 last year. This rate is much higher than that observed in other areas of the concerned communities (7.7). And he declined less rapidly than in their downtowns. For the record, the Act of programming presages reduce by at least one-third in five years the number of unemployed in the ZUS. It is far away.

Young people are the first victims of underemployment in the suburbs. One in four is unemployment or inactivity to one in eight in other areas, said the report of the Onzus. The State of idleness of the young men is apparent, with an unemployment rate of 41.7 age 15-24 in 2008, before the economic crisis broke out. Young women are doing better (29.6), but everything is relative here again.

The gap is widening

Several factors play against them. The Onzus point the isolation of the neighborhoods, the absence of a personal network of young people living there, and "any other discrimination." Situations of failure at school are also more frequent than elsewhere. In ZUS, 3.7 of the students of 6th accuse at least two years of delay against 1.7 excluding ZUS. The rate of success at the College is progressing in the "difficult suburbs" (67.2 in 2004, 71.9 in 2008), but it is less than "in city". Both and if well that between these two worlds the gap even widened. However, he has reduced with respect to the rate of success in the tray. But the catch-up effort remains considerable. The effectiveness of the devices for educational success and excellence, registered recovery plan hope suburbs by Fadela Amara, Secretary of State to the city, is at stake.

Several factors play against them. The Onzus point the isolation of the neighborhoods, the absence of a personal network of young people living there, and "any other discrimination." Situations of failure at school are also more frequent than elsewhere. In ZUS, 3.7 of the students of 6th accuse at least two years of delay against 1.7 excluding ZUS. The rate of success at the College is progressing in the "difficult suburbs" (67.2 in 2004, 71.9 in 2008), but it is less than "in city". Both and if well that between these two worlds the gap even widened. However, he has reduced with respect to the rate of success in the tray. But the catch-up effort remains considerable. The effectiveness of the devices for educational success and excellence, registered recovery plan hope suburbs by Fadela Amara, Secretary of State to the city, is at stake.

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