Format:
1 online resource (416 pages)
ISBN:
9780821363232
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0821363220
Content:
By all measures, poverty in Africa as a whole has increased and deepened. But in fact, Africa contains a number of undocumented success stories of poverty reduction. This book presents case studies of thirteen of these success stories, giving grounds for some real hope, and providing useful learning for all ? policymakers, governments, businesses, service providers, NGOs, and donors.
Content:
Contents -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- I ATTACKING POVERTY IN AFRICA -- 1 The Political Economy of Pro-Poor Policies in Africa: Lessons from the Shanghai Conference Case Studies -- 2 Sustaining Growth and Achieving Deep Reductions in Poverty: How Uganda Recovered after Conflict -- II IMPROVING THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE -- 3 Ensuring Security and Justice: Routes to Reconciliation in Rwanda -- 4 Fueling Cooperation: A Regional Approach to Reducing Poverty in the Senegal River Basin -- 5 Exporting Out of Africa: The Kenya Horticulture Success Story -- 6 Leapfrogging into the Information Economy: Harnessing Information and Communications Technologies in Botswana, Mauritania, -- III DELIVERING SERVICES TO POOR PEOPLE -- 7 Equity Building Society: Scaling Up Microfinance in Kenya -- 8 From Donor-sponsored Microfinance Project to Commercial Bank: Increasing the Outreach of the Kenya Rural Enterprise Program -- 9 Reducing Poverty through Free Primary Education: Learning from the Experiences of Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, and Uganda -- 10 Improving Water and Sanitation Services in Rural Areas: Lessons Learned from Ghana, Lesotho, and South Africa -- 11 Defeating Riverblindness: Thirty Years of Success in Africa -- 12 Using Social Investment Funds in Africa: Scaling Up Poverty Reduction in Malawi and Zambia -- 13 Turning the Tide: How Openness and Leadership Stemmed the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Uganda -- NOTES -- INDEX -- Figures -- 2.1 Per Capita GDP Growth, 1983-2001 -- 2.2 Growth in GDP, Agriculture, Industry, and Services in Uganda, 1991/02-2001/02 -- 2.3 Poverty in Uganda by Region, 1992/93-2002/03 -- 3.1 Real GDP and GDP Growth in Rwanda, 1982-2002 -- 4.1 The Senegal River Basin -- 5.1 Exports of Major Horticultural Products Rise Rapidly in the 1990s -- 5.2 Fresh Vegetable Exports from Kenya, 1991-2002.
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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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Contents; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; I ATTACKING POVERTY IN AFRICA; Figures; Boxes; II IMPROVING THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE; Tables; III DELIVERING SERVICES TO POOR PEOPLE; NOTES; INDEX
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821363225
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821363225
Language:
English
