Out of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : comparative poverty reduction strategies in Eastern and Southern Africa / / edited by Flora L. Kessy & Arne Tostensen

• Pubblicazione: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.5
• Soggetto topico: Poverty - Government policy - Africa, Eastern; Poverty - Government policy - Africa, Southern
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KessyFlora L (Flora Lucas) TostensenArne
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1 - POVERTY REDUCTION IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA: AN INTRODUCTION; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 THE HIPC INITIATIVE; 1.3 DESIGNING A PRSP; 1.4 POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA; 1.5 APPROACH, METHODOLOGY AND IMPLEMENTATION; 1.6 STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 - THE EVOLUTION OF POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN TANZANIA; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY; 2.3 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POVERTY ; 2.4 QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING2.5 TACKLING VULNERABILITY; 2.6 ENHANCING GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY; 2.7 THE TANZANIA POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY; 2.8 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 - POVERTY AND ITS REDUCTION IN UGANDA; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 ECONOMIC GROWTH; 3.3 POVERTY TRENDS; 3.4 THE POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY; 3.5 CONCLUSION; 3.6 FURTHER RESEARCH; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 - POVERTY PROFILE AND THE EVOLUTION OF POVERTY REDUCTIONSTRATEGIES IN ZAMBIA; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 OVERVIEW OF RECENT PERFORMANCE OF THE ZAMBIAN ECONOMY; 4.3 POVERTY TRENDS IN ZAMBIA ; 4.4 POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PROCESS IN ZAMBIA4.5 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 - POVERTY STATUS AND EVOLUTION OF POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIESAND STRATEGIES IN BOTSWANA; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.2 MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; 5.3 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE; 5.4 POVERTY STATUS AND PROFILE; 5.5 NON-INCOME POVERTY; 5.6 DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY IN BOTSWANA; 5.7 EVOLUTION OF POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND POLICIES IN BOTSWANA; 5.8 STAKEHOLDER VIEWS OF THE NPRS; 5.9 ECONOMY-WIDE STRATEGIES FOR POVERTY REDUCTION; 5.10 THE ROLE OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR; 5.11 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES ; Chapter 6 - POVERTY PROFILES AND THE EVOLUTION OF POVERTY REDUCTIONSTRATEGIES IN KENYA6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 POVERTY PROFILE; 6.3 EVOLUTION OF POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES; 6.4 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 - POVERTY PROFILE AND POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN NAMIBIA; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 OVERVIEW OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; 7.3 THE POVERTY PROFILE; 7.4 POLICY RESPONSES; 7.5 THE ROLE OF REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS; 7.6. THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS; 7.7 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 - COMPARING POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN EASTERN ANDSOUTHERN AFRICA; 8.1 INTRODUCTION ; 8.2 SOME FUNDAMENTALS8.3 KEY INDICATORS; 8.4 DIMENSIONS AND PARAMETERS OF COMPARISON; 8.5 MACRO-ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK AND PRO-POOR ECONOMIC GROWTH; 8.6 SECTOR-SPECIFIC EMPHASES; 8.7 OWNERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION; 8.8 INSTITUTIONALISATION AND IMPLEMENTATION; 8.9 ALIGNMENT WITH BUDGETS; 8.10 TIME PERSPECTIVE AND SEQUENCING OF INTERVENTIONS; 8.11 INTERNATIONAL FUNDING AND THE ROLE OF REGIONAL GROUPINGS; 8.12 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX; Index; Back cover; Backcover
• Sommario/riassunto: This study examines, traces and maps the poverty reduction policies adopted by six countries in Eastern and Southern Africa since the mid-1990s with a view to highlighting differences and similarities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Out of poverty
• ISBN: 1-283-00513-1; 9786613005137; 9987-08-104-5; 9987-08-145-2; 9987-10-270-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459806803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II