Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development

Edited by Machiko Nissanke and Muna Ndulo

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Abstract: 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. Contributors to this volume - Sabina Alkire, University of Oxford Hai-Anh H. Dang, World Bank Rob Davies, economist Gary S. Fields, Cornell University Augustin Kwasi Fosu, University of Ghana Bouba Housseini, University of Oxford Jane Kabubo-Mariara, University of Nairobi Peter F. Lanjouw, Vrije Universiteit Nicole M. Mason, Michigan State University Andy McKay, University of Sussex Domisiano Mwabu, consultant and researcher Godfrey Ndeng'e, United Nations Muna Ndulo, Cornell University Machiko Nissanke, SOAS, University of London David E. Sahn, Cornell University Melinda Smale, Michigan State University Rob Swinkels, World Bank Stephen D. Younger, Ithaca College

Date: 2017
ISBN: 9780198797692
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