The African Poor
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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.
Prisoners Of Freedom
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Author : Harri Englund
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2006-09-12
Prisoners Of Freedom written by Harri Englund and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-12 with History categories.
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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 : 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.
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 Poverty Of African Historiography
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Author : Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The Poverty Of African Historiography written by Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Africa categories.
Poverty In Africa Cultural Studies
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Author : Sebastian Tonnemacher
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2006-01-10
Poverty In Africa Cultural Studies written by Sebastian Tonnemacher and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-10 with Social Science categories.
Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Cultural Studies - North African Studies, grade: 1.0, Institute of Technology, course: Cultural Studies, language: English, abstract: Africa, the third biggest continent consisting of 53 different countries, is the poorest in the world, with approximately 42 percent of all Africans living under the poverty line. Disastrous effects of this state for the population - including illnesses and a high mortality rate - are various and so are the reasons for this continent, which is so rich in beauty and natural resources, being that poor. This essay deals with the current situation on the African continent and the roles that politics and the influence of the rest of the world are playing in the process. Furthermore the results of development aid and strategies for effective support for lesser developed countries as well as ‘The Enlightenment’ will be discussed. The facts are based on different articles published in German “Spiegel” magazine supported by opinions and statements by European author and director Henning Mankell.
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.
Voices Of The Poor In Africa
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Author : Elizabeth Allo Isichei
language : en
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Release Date : 2002
Voices Of The Poor In Africa written by Elizabeth Allo Isichei and has been published by University Rochester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
To this and to her study of popular consciousness in the colony and postcolony, she brings together a wide range of disciplines - ethnography, art and art history, and contemporary literary theory among them - to look at the intellectual history of Africa, from African rather than European premises. The result is a history of popular consciousness which shows the experiences of ordinary people, often in protest to an ongoing experience of exploitation."--BOOK JACKET.
Poor Numbers
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Author : Morten Jerven
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-01
Poor Numbers written by Morten Jerven and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-01 with Political Science categories.
One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that provide financial aid to them. Rich countries and international financial institutions such as the World Bank allocate their development resources on the basis of such data. The paucity of accurate statistics is not merely a technical problem; it has a massive impact on the welfare of citizens in developing countries. Where do these statistics originate? How accurate are they? Poor Numbers is the first analysis of the production and use of African economic development statistics. Morten Jerven's research shows how the statistical capacities of sub-Saharan African economies have fallen into disarray. The numbers substantially misstate the actual state of affairs. As a result, scarce resources are misapplied. Development policy does not deliver the benefits expected. Policymakers' attempts to improve the lot of the citizenry are frustrated. Donors have no accurate sense of the impact of the aid they supply. Jerven's findings from sub-Saharan Africa have far-reaching implications for aid and development policy. As Jerven notes, the current catchphrase in the development community is "evidence-based policy," and scholars are applying increasingly sophisticated econometric methods-but no statistical techniques can substitute for partial and unreliable data.