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Author : Kevin M. Cleaver
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821339770
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Author : Joachim von Braun
Publisher : Springer
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,90 MB
Release : 2013-08-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400770618
This book takes a new approach on understanding causes of extreme poverty and promising actions to address it. Its focus is on marginality being a root cause of poverty and deprivation. “Marginality” is the position of people on the edge, preventing their access to resources, freedom of choices, and the development of capabilities. The book is research based with original empirical analyses at local, national, and local scales; book contributors are leaders in their fields and have backgrounds in different disciplines. An important message of the book is that economic and ecological approaches and institutional innovations need to be integrated to overcome marginality. The book will be a valuable source for development scholars and students, actors that design public policies, and for social innovators in the private sector and non-governmental organizations.
Author : Kirsten Hommann
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 13,66 MB
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1464814058
For African cities to grow economically as they have grown in size, they must create productive environments to attract investments, increase economic efficiency, and create livable environments that prevent urban costs from rising with increased population densification. What are the central obstacles that prevent African cities and towns from becoming sustainable engines of economic growth and prosperity? Among the most critical factors that limit the growth and livability of urban areas are land markets, investments in public infrastructure and assets, and the institutions to enable both. To unleash the potential of African cities and towns for delivering services and employment in a livable and environmentally friendly environment, a sequenced approach is needed to reform institutions and policies and to target infrastructure investments. This book lays out three foundations that need fixing to guide cities and towns throughout Sub-Saharan Africa on their way to productivity and livability.
Author : Keijiro Otsuka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 22,18 MB
Release : 2012-12-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9400757603
This volume explores the usefulness of the Asian model of agricultural development for Africa, where, even before the recent world food crisis, half the population lived on less than on dollar a day, and a staggering one in three people and one third of all children were undernourished. Africa has abundant natural resources; agriculture provides most of its jobs, a third of national income and a larger portion of total export earnings. However the levels of land and labor productivity rank among the worst in the world. The book explains Africa’s productivity gap and proposes ways to close it, by examining recent experience in Africa and by drawing on lessons from Asia.
Author : World Bank
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 26,65 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
3. Investing in people.
Author : John A. Dixon
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251046272
A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Author : Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 40,11 MB
Release : 2001-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781589060067
Reviews causes of poverty in rural areas and presents a policy framework for reducing rural poverty, including through land reform, public works programs, access to credit, physical and social infrastructure, subsidies, and transfer of technology. Identifies key elements for drafting a policy to reduce rural poverty.
Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2004-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781451803747
Despite severe exogenous shocks, the macroeconomic program remained broadly on track, and several social indicators, particularly in the area of basic education, progressed. A variety of measures have been successfully implemented to improve the environment for private sector development, reduce the vulnerability of the rural sector, and strengthen public finance management. A more comprehensive framework for growth-enhancing policies should encompass the rural sector; foster the development of analytical links between budgets and results; and strengthen the role of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) as an integrative framework for sectoral policies.
Author : Paola de Salvo
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 40,28 MB
Release : 2022-02-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1839686170
The book brings together a series of contributions with a common goal of reflecting the links between economic development and rural development. The scenario is dotted not only with old and new wounds but also with innovative strategies in an attempt to overcome existing delays. The chapters of the book are composed of scenarios full of case studies. The plans to be adopted to help the countries that have lagged behind fueled an intense debate since the obstacles to development, as evidenced by the extensive scientific literature available, now appeared to be the realities present in the socio-economic structures of a large number of villages. Although the data available are still few, it is assumed that the Covid-19 pandemic will make a landscape already full of criticalities even more fragile.
Author : Mr. Mahmood Hasan Khan
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 29,50 MB
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1451896301
In most developing countries, poverty is more widespread and severe in rural than in urban areas. The author reviews some important aspects of rural poverty and draws key implications for public policy. He presents a policy framework for reducing poverty, taking into account the functional differences and overlap between the rural poor. Several policy options are delineated and explained, including stable management of the macroeconomic environment, transfer of assets, investment in and access to the physical and social infrastructure, access to credit and jobs, and provision of safety nets. Finally, some guideposts are identified for assessing strategies to reduce rural poverty.