Download or read book Taking Action for Poverty Reduction in Sub Saharan Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Taking Action to Reduce Poverty in Sub Saharan Africa written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Bank Technical Paper No. 356. The fragmentation in African financial markets and its persistence despite reforms to liberalize those markets have been difficult to explain. This paper reports findings from surveys of formal and informal institutions and their clients in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania to test hypotheses explaining different aspects of fragmentation, which occurs when different market segments are poorly linked and interest rate differentials cannot be fully explained by differences in costs and risks. The study concludes that financial development strategies, and World Bank operations supporting them, should explicitly include informal and semi-formal financial institutions to improve the extent and efficiency of financial intermediation in the medium term.

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Download or read book Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa written by Mike O. Odey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fundamental question about contemporary Africa is why does Africa remain so poor, long after the departure of the European Colonial domination and in the midst of so many natural resources? Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa provides new understandings of the persistent issue of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and makes recommendations for policy frameworks to help African governments alleviate poverty. Each chapters uses case studies to review the old strategies for resolving the problem of poverty in the continent and make the case for new initiatives to address poverty. The contributors focus on practical and day-to-day issues as the best approach to formulate and implement poverty reduction strategies in contemporary Africa. This book is invaluable reading for students and scholars of African politics and development.

Download or read book Taking Action to Reduce Poverty in Sub Saharan Africa written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Taking Action to Reduce Poverty in Sub Saharan Africa written by World Bank The and published by World Bank Group. This book was released on 1997 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa written by Kathleen Beegle and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sub-Saharan Africa's turnaround over the past couple of decades has been dramatic. After many years in decline, the continent's economy picked up in the mid-1990s. Along with this macroeconomic growth, people became healthier, many more youngsters attended schools, and the rate of extreme poverty declined from 54 percent in 1990 to 41 percent in 2015. Political and social freedoms expanded, and gender equality advanced. Conflict in the region also subsided, although it still claims thousands of civilian lives in some countries and still drives pressing numbers of displaced persons. Despite Africa’s widespread economic and social welfare accomplishments, the region’s challenges remain daunting: Economic growth has slowed in recent years. Poverty rates in many countries are the highest in the world. And notably, the number of poor in Africa is rising because of population growth. From a global perspective, the biggest concentration of poverty has shifted from South Asia to Africa. Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa explores critical policy entry points to address the demographic, societal, and political drivers of poverty; improve income-earning opportunities both on and off the farm; and better mobilize resources for the poor. It looks beyond macroeconomic stability and growth—critical yet insufficient components of these objectives—to ask what more could be done and where policy makers should focus their attention to speed up poverty reduction. The pro-poor policy agenda advanced in this volume requires not only economic growth where the poor work and live, but also mitigation of the many risks to which African households are exposed. As such, this report takes a "jobs" lens to its task. It focuses squarely on the productivity and livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable—that is, what it will take to increase their earnings. Finally, it presents a road map for financing the poverty and development agenda.

Download or read book Poverty in Sub Saharan Africa written by Weltbank and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report, taking action for poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa, commissioned in 1993 by the Bank's Africa region differs from others in that it focuses on the Bank's operational program to reduce poverty. It analyses the connections between its poverty assessments, country assistance strategies and the content of the lending program. It also examines actions that the Bank, in partnership with governments and donors can take to reduce poverty. The report reflects numerous discussions with the Bank's development partners - Africans, the donor community, and nongovernmental organizations. On average, 45 to 50 percent of Sub-Saharan Africans live below the poverty line - a much higher proportion than in any region of the world except South Asia. In 1993, an estimated 40 percent lived on less than a dollar (US) a day. The study reviewed the Bank's lending program for the fiscal years 1992-97 to determine if it reflected statements that poverty reduction is the Bank's overarching objective. Projects were classified into three categories according to their objectives: enabling growth, broadly-based services and narrowly-targeted services for the poor. This made it possible to examine the effectiveness of poverty assessments, other economic analyses, country assistance strategies and business plans as the basis for designing the Bank's lending programs; assess whether the emphasis of the Bank's lending program for poverty reduction needs to be modified; and identify the actions most likely to reduce poverty.

Download or read book Assessment of Poverty Reduction Strategies in Sub Saharan Africa written by and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2009 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comparative analysis of the approaches and strategies adopted in the respective Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP). Includes information on workshops held on the issue.

Download or read book Mainstreaming the Poverty reduction Agenda written by Martin Greeley and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using case studies from six sub-Saharan countries, illustrates improving practices in policy processes relating to poverty reduction. Highlights the importance of the constitutional, legal and governance frameworks, the structural configuration of consultation processes, and the role of instruments for obtaining and using information on poverty.

Download or read book Taking action for the world s poor and hungry people Synopsis of an international consultation written by Joachim von Braun, Rajul Pandya-Lorch and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2007 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the main findings and highlights of the discussions at the IFPRI-facilitated conference "Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People" held October 17-19, 2007, in Beijing

Download or read book Taking Action to Reduce Poverty in Sub Saharan Africa written by Banco Mundial and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Profile of Poverty in Sub Saharan Africa written by Antonio Hercules and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving Health Nutrition and Population Outcomes in Sub Saharan Africa written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This book takes an in-depth look at health, nutrition and population challenges faced by Sub-Sharan Africa, particularly how disease, malnutrition and high fertility affect poverty reduction.

Download or read book The Design and Management of Poverty Reduction Programs and Projects in Anglophone Africa written by Michael Bamberger and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely report presents a comprehensive view of the challenges of reconstruction facing the Bosnian authorities during the next three years, acknowledges the considerable difficulties in implementing their agenda, and points to the actions requiring the most urgent attention in the coming months. The report, prepared for the second donors' conference jointly sponsored by the European Union and the World Bank in April 1996, serves two purposes. First, it presents a framework for understanding the challenges facing Bosnia in the critical period ahead as it attempts simultaneously to rebuild its economy, strengthen economic management, and make the transition from a planned to a market economy. Second, it outlines background information on the new state and entity structures that have emerged since the signing of the Dayton and Paris peace accords. The report describes Bosnia's current macroeconomic situation, policies, and recent economic performance and articulates policy options for structural reforms in the public sector and in the enterprise and banking systems.

Download or read book Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development written by Machiko Nissanke and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of the opportunities and the challenges facing African economies in the 21st century, this edited volume traces the evolution of poverty in the course of economic development in sub-Saharan Africa over the recent decades. By engaging with, and seeking to develop on, the work of Professor Erik Thorbecke, it examines the evolving dynamics of poverty in multiple dimensions. It also discusses how to lay down foundations for improved governance and institutions that will realize inclusive development in sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, the volume contributes to our understanding of dynamics of pro-poor growth and pro-growth poverty reduction, and to the on-going policy and academic debates on how to overcome fragility and vulnerability and secure inclusive development through socio-economic transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. The volume is divided into four parts; two overview chapters in Part 1 set out a common theme running through the volume. Four chapters in Part II examine an evolution of the poverty profile in different dimensions in sub-Saharan Africa since the new millennium. Part III presents three country case studies of tracing poverty dynamics under a country-specific institutional and policy environment. Part IV consists of three chapters, each of which addresses the question of how to advance an inclusive development agenda in sub-Saharan Africa, but from three different perspectives: structural changes, a governance framework, and an institutional foundation.

Download or read book Assessment of Poverty Reduction Strategies in Sub Saharan Africa written by and published by OSSREA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the poverty profile of Ethiopia and description of the country's socio-economic preformance during the 1990s. Discusses implementation of the Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programme (SDPRP).