LEADER 03786oam 22005294a 450 001 9910824978703321 005 20180818104151.0 010 $a9956-550-25-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000005821486 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5488766 035 $a(OCoLC)1048883132 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse70035 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005821486 100 $a20180814d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPeople-Centred Public Works Programmes$eA Strategy for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development in sub-Saharan Africa? /$fCostain Tandi & Munyaradzi Mawere 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2018 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2018 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (158 pages) 311 $a9956-550-48-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 137-148). 327 $aPoverty in rural Africa -- Theory, poverty and development -- People-centered public works programmes, poverty and development -- Bridging the gap between the poor and the rich through public works programmes in Africa : some case studies -- Public works programmes and sustainable development in Africa -- Public works programmes that work : a seed for rural development. 330 $aPoverty has long been a developmental challenge in the Global South in general and in sub-Saharan Africa in particular. With a fifth, mainly from the rural areas of the world, living below the poverty datum line, the world has a huge challenge to reduce poverty, worse still to eradicate it from the face of the earth. A target was set through the 2000-2015 United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and subsequently through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to reduce poverty by at least half by the years 2015 and 2030 respectively. In pursuing this goal, livelihoods of poor people though meeting with serious challenges, especially in rural areas, play a major role. This book explores the role played by people-centred Public Works Programmes in the fight against poverty and the development of rural communities in Africa. Whereas a number of countries in Africa have been approaching the issue of poverty through several interventions including Public Works Schemes, it is sad to note that poverty still tops the rankings among numerous economic and social challenges facing the continent. One wonders whether the public works strategy is misguided, misconstrued or mismanaged considering that its main objective is to make the unemployed more employable through the provision of temporary employment and training opportunities. The book concludes that Public Works Programmes, if well managed and people-centred, are one of the best ways to alleviate and even eradicate poverty in rural Africa, as it allows governments to make partnership with people, and facilitates implementation while giving space for economic self-sustenance, growth and development. 606 $aPublic works$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aRural development$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aPoverty$xGovernment policy$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aRural poor$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic works 615 0$aRural development 615 0$aPoverty$xGovernment policy 615 0$aRural poor 676 $a338.96 700 $aTandi$b Costain$01665098 702 $aMawere$b Munyaradzi 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824978703321 996 $aPeople-Centred Public Works Programmes$94023540 997 $aUNINA