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The movement for a "sustainable" or "convivial" degrowth of the economy in our societies has been gaining momentum for almost twenty years. This movement, in addition to criticizing the pursuit of economic growth, espouses three key principles: produce less, share more, and decide together (Abraham, 2019). But how can such a course of action be implemented in practice? One way, according to the "growth objectors," is to try to organize our subsistence within the framework of the commons. Accomplishing this objective is less a question of inventing a new form of social life than of rediscovering one that, despite having been marginalized, has never ceased to exist. For this purpose, we can draw inspiration from remarkable initiatives like the Milton Parc community in Montreal, which for over thirty years has provided housing for 1,500 people in a way that is entirely consistent with the principles of degrowth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Nachtigal hydroelectric dam project is part of Cameroon structuring projects whose implementation in the medium term will boost the country's economic growth and contribute to its emergence in 2035. However, as many projects of this scale, its achievement will involve the involuntary movement of people and goods. The aim of this action is huge and multiple socio-economic consequences. This study aims to study the socio-economic indicators of populations impacted to analyze the socio-economic impacts of involuntary displacement envisaged following the construction of the hydroelectric dam Nachtigal. The various readings and surveys and field observations, as well as interviews with various actors in planning show that socioeconomic consequences of these operations are real, and can be serious if consistent and relevant measures are not taken to counteract them. Furthermore, various investigations show that the project will directly affect three departments and will impact systematically assigns those goods or making use of the resources on this grip. For planners, the goal is that the commissioning of this work ranges between 2020 and 2021 while donors specify that neat measures should be considered and applied so that the living standards of impacted populations or improved or at least kept to that before the project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]