Introduction

Fuchaka Waswa, Christine Ruth Saru Kilalo and Dominic Mwambi Mwasaru
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Fuchaka Waswa: Kenyatta University

Chapter 1 in Sustainable Community Development: Dilemma of Options in Kenya, 2014, pp 1-18 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter lays the background of the book by discussing the persistent problem of poverty and its indignity, using its practical manifestations within communities. Reference is made to Africa’s development irony, given its wealth in natural resources and human capital, to question the inability of Kenya to catch up with her peers at independence such as the Asian Tigers. The assumption is made that since the living standard of an average Kenyan is declining, past development approaches are wanting and new ideas need to be tried out to catapult Kenya into a newly developed country as envisaged in the nations blue print—called Vision 2030. This calls for people-centered visionary leadership that has hitherto been the missing link.

Keywords: Food Insecurity; Purchase Power Parity; World Summit; Asian Tiger; Poor Governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137497413_1

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