30 country’s export earnings in 2012. In order to transform this clear spell of mining into a portfolio of other physical, human and financial assets for promoting sustainable development, the Government embarked upon the establishment of growth poles around mining areas. To accompany these efforts by the Government and in the concern to respect their contractual obligations, and their societal responsibility, mining companies constructed socio-economic infrastructure comprising: schools, literacy elimination centres, an equipped laboratory at the University of Ouagadougou, dispensaries, houses, roads, boreholes, markets, slaughter houses, modern shops, grain banks and worship places. They have also provided specific support to productive activities of women, training of the youth (mechanics, carpentry, welding, kindergartens, etc.), to acquisition of ambulances, and in the area of sports. Moreover, under environmental governance and promotion of sustainable development, sustainable development criteria and indicators were developed and validated as well as a guide on integration of the environment and poverty-environment relationships in public policies, notably sector policies were developed and validated. 2.5. Economic growth and redistribution of the fruits of growth The SCADD aims at promoting pro-poor growth, by including in the priority sectors, the agricultural sector (agriculture, cattle breeding, fisheries, forestry), the mining sector, the cottage industry, cultural and tourism industries, and the development of SMEs/SMIs in the processing of local products. Growth reduces poverty when public policies initiated create jobs that offer a source of sustainable income for working people. In that regard, in 2012, the implementation of the Special programme for creating jobs for young people and women (PSCE/JF) helped in training 7,015 young people and create an estimated 27,493 direct jobs and 31,218 indirect jobs, of which 18,362 are