Inside Poverty and Development in Africa: Critical Reflections on Pro-Poor Policies (African Dynamics)
Inside Poverty and Development in Africa: Critical Reflections on Pro-Poor Policies (African Dynamics)
Editor-marcel Rutten,Editor-andre Leliveld,Editor-dick Foeken
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Description
Description
When discussing development issues in Africa, it is not sufficient to simply stress the ubiquity of failure, malnutrition, disease, predatory states and war; one also has to recognize that important aspects in the lives of millions of ordinary people have been transformed over the last five decades. The contributions in this book are rooted in extensive empirical research at local, regional and/or national level in different African countries (Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa and Uganda), while some take a pan-African view. All, however, offer insight from different analytical perspectives 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. The volume also encourages policy makers to choose realistic policy prescriptions in an attempt to move people out of poverty.
Details
Details
Publisher/Supplier: Brill
Date Published: 2008-11-01
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9004158405
Language: en
Pages: 306
Length: 6.3 inches,Width: 0.3 inches,Height: 9.4 inches
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