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Poverty reduction in the course of African development /
This volume examines the evolution of poverty in the course of economic development and how to improve governance and institutions to realize inclusive development in sub-Saharan Africa.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Overview; 1: Introduction: Tracing Poverty Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress and Future Challenges; Background: New Opportunities and Challenges in the 21st Century; Upsurge in Growth and Investment: A Turning Point in Africaś Economic Development?; Slow Pace of Structural Change and Continued Vulnerability and Fragility on the Ground
- Africaś Earlier Experiences with Poverty Reduction under Globalization as Compared with Other RegionsBreaking with the Past and the Challenges Ahead: The Dynamics of Poverty Reduction; The Scope and the Outline of the Book; Scope of the Book; Themes and Objectives of the Book; Overview of the Book; Notes; References; 2: The Employment Problem in Developing Countries: A Re-examination Four Decades Later; Introduction; Ten Important Ideas: A Reassessment; 1. Definitions of Employment and Unemployment; 2. An Employment Problem, not an Unemployment Problem; 3. Towards Better Jobs
- 4. Stratified and Segmented Labour Markets5. Informal Sector and Informal Employment; 6. Self-Employment and Own-Account Work; 7. Labour Absorption; 8. Productivity and Consistency; 9. Priority Policy Challenges; 10. Policy Evaluation Framework; A Final Word; Note; References; Part II: Evolving Poverty Profile in Africa; 3: Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction: Africa in a Global Setting; Introduction; Poverty Reduction in Response to Economic Growth; A Brief Review of the Income-Poverty Relationship; The Model; The `Identity ́Model; Empirical Estimation
- Decomposition of Changes in PovertyConclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 4: Recent Evidence on Progress on Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1990; Introduction; Assessing Growth and Poverty: Measurement Challenges; Growth Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1990; Evolution of Monetary Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa after 1990; Trends in Non-Monetary Indicators: Summarizing the DHS Evidence; To What Extent Does Improved Welfare Outcome Reflect Improved Growth Performance?; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; References
- 5: Multidimensional Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Levels and TrendsIntroduction: Why the Multidimensional Poverty Index in Africa and What It Captures?; Data and Coverage; Updates and Coverage; Data Sources; State of Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa; The Global MPI 2014: Key Findings for Sub-Saharan Africa; Urban-Rural Decomposition: A Large Part of the Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa Live in Rural Areas; Inequality among the MPI Poor at the National Level; Destitution in Sub-Saharan Africa; What is `Destitution?́; Who Are the Destitute in Sub-Saharan Africa?