African Poverty
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African Poverty At The Millennium
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Author : Howard White
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2001-01-01
African Poverty At The Millennium written by Howard White and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
This explores the complex nature of poverty in Africa. It identifies its political and social causes and assesses the impact of recent economic growth on the welfare of poor people. To permanently reduce poverty, it calls for realistic, home-grown policy initiative, governmental commitment, a realignment of the donor community's role, and the development of institutional structures, such as poverty monitoring systems, that can hold the governments accountable.
The African Poor
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Author : John Iliffe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1987-12-25
The African Poor written by John Iliffe and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-12-25 with History categories.
This history of the poor of Sub-Saharan Africa begins in the monasteries of thirteenth-century Ethiopia and ends in the South African resettlement sites of the 1980s. Its thesis, derived from histories of poverty in Europe, is that most very poor Africans have been individuals incapacitated for labour, bereft of support, and unable to fend for themselves in a land-rich economy. There has emerged the distinct poverty of those excluded from access to productive resources. Natural disaster brought widespread destitution, but as a cause of mass mortality it was almost eliminated in the colonial era, to return to those areas where drought has been compounded by administrative breakdown. Professor Iliffe investigates what it was like to be poor, how the poor sought to help themselves, how their counterparts in other continents live. The poor live as people, rather than merely parading as statistics. Famines have alerted the world to African poverty, but the problem itself is ancient. Its prevailing forms will not be understood until those of earlier periods are revealed and trends of change are identified. This is a book for all concerned with the future of Africa, as well as for students of poverty elsewhere.
Why Africa Is Poor
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Author : Greg Mills
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Release Date : 2012-10-01
Why Africa Is Poor written by Greg Mills and has been published by Penguin Random House South Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Economic growth does not demand a secret formula. Good development examples now abound in East Asia and further afield in others parts of Asia, and in Central America. But why then has Africa failed to realise its potential in half a century of independence? Why Africa is Poor demonstrates that Africa is poor not because the world has denied the continent the market and financial means to compete: far from it. It has not been because of aid per se. Nor is African poverty solely a consequence of poor infrastructure or trade access, or because the necessary development and technical expertise is unavailable internationally. Why then has the continent lagged behind other developing areas when its people work hard and the continent is blessed with abundant natural resources? Stomping across the continent and the developing world in search of the answer, Greg Mills controversially shows that the main reason why Africa's people are poor is because their leaders have made this choice.
Poverty In Africa
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Author : Augustin Kwasi Fosu
language : en
Publisher: University of Nairobi Press
Release Date : 2009
Poverty In Africa written by Augustin Kwasi Fosu and has been published by University of Nairobi Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.
This volume adds value to the existing literature by presenting concepts and methods for poverty analysis in a single source and by documenting them for students, scholars and policy-makers, especially those in Africa where the challenge of poverty reduction is greatest. --Book Jacket.
The Paradox Of Africa S Poverty
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Author : Tirfe Mammo
language : en
Publisher: The Red Sea Press
Release Date : 1999
The Paradox Of Africa S Poverty written by Tirfe Mammo and has been published by The Red Sea Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Indigenous peoples categories.
Taking Ethiopia as a case study, this work examines the prevailing views on the poverty of much of Africa and argues that the current situation can be reversed by attacking the root causes of poverty - once they are properly understood.
Inside Poverty And Development In Africa
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Author : Marcel Rutten
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008-10-15
Inside Poverty And Development In Africa written by Marcel Rutten and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-15 with Social Science categories.
Thinking about development in Africa requires an appreciation of at least two sets of ideas. It is not sufficient to stress the ubiquity of failure, malnutrition, disease, predatory states and war; one also has to recognize that important aspects of the lives of millions of ordinary people have been transformed over the last five decades. All contributions in this book give insight into the heterogeneity of poverty and development processes in Sub-Saharan Africa, and confront the ideas, concepts and assumptions that lie behind pro-poor policies with their empirical findings.
Participation And Combined Methods In African Poverty Assessment
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Author : David Booth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Participation And Combined Methods In African Poverty Assessment written by David Booth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Africa, Sub-Saharan categories.
Discusses how contextual methods (which are defined as methods which attempt to understand poverty within the social, cultural and economic environment) and non-contextual methods can be used in the construction of poverty profiles and the assessment of poverty. Includes case studies which discuss selected poverty issues in Tanzania and Zambia.
Growth And Poverty In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Channing Arndt
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Growth And Poverty In Sub Saharan Africa written by Channing Arndt and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Business & Economics categories.
"A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)."
Understanding And Reducing Persistent Poverty In Africa
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Author : Christopher B. Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-21
Understanding And Reducing Persistent Poverty In Africa written by Christopher B. Barrett and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-21 with Business & Economics categories.
Prior work has shown that there is a significant amount of turnover amongst the African poor as households exit and enter poverty. Some of this mobility can be attributed to regular movement back and forth in response to exogenous variability in climate, prices, health, etc. ('churning'). Other crossings of the poverty line reflect permanent shifts in long-term well-being associated with gains or losses of productive assets or permanent changes in asset productivity due, for example, to adoption of improved technologies or access to new, higher-value markets. Distinguishing true structural mobility from simple churning is important because it clarifies the factors that facilitate such important structural change. Conversely, it also helps identify the constraints that may leave other households caught in a trap of persistent, structural poverty. The papers in this book help to distinguish the types of poverty and to deepen understanding of the structural features and constraints that create poverty traps. Such an understanding allows communities, local governments and donors to take proactive, effective steps to combat persistent poverty in Africa. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies.
Poverty In Africa
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Author : Thomas W. Beasley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Poverty In Africa written by Thomas W. Beasley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Africa categories.
Over the past few decades poverty has emerged as a global problem and a global agenda item in need of action. For that reason, the United Nations made its eradication the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG). The MDG's plan is for extreme poverty to be eliminated by 2015. Poverty is more of a concern on the African continent than elsewhere. Three fourths of poor people in Western and Middle Africa -- an estimated 90 million people -- live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. One in five lives in a country affected by warfare. In conflict-torn countries such as Angola, Burundi, Mozambique and Uganda, the capacity of rural people to make a livelihood has been dramatically curtailed by warfare, and per capita food production has plummeted. A child dies every three seconds from AIDS and extreme poverty, often before their fifth birthday and more than one billion people do not have access to clean water. Every year six million children die from malnutrition before their fifth birthday. This book brings together new research on programs and policies from around the globe related to poverty in Africa and its elimination or alleviation.