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African perspectives on poverty, indigenous knowledge systems, and innovation / / edited by Oliver Mtapuri
| African perspectives on poverty, indigenous knowledge systems, and innovation / / edited by Oliver Mtapuri |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gateway East, Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Disciplina | 001.089 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnoscience
Poverty Poverty - Africa |
| ISBN |
9789811958564
9789811958557 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910631078403321 |
| Gateway East, Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African poverty at the millennium [[electronic resource] ] : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane
| African poverty at the millennium [[electronic resource] ] : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (170 pages) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KillickTony |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-08403-0
9786610084036 0-585-41511-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455975003321 |
White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001 | ||
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African poverty at the millennium : : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane
| African poverty at the millennium : : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxvi, 139 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KillickTony |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-08403-0
9786610084036 0-585-41511-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780024303321 |
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| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African poverty at the millennium : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane
| African poverty at the millennium : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxvi, 139 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KillickTony |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-08403-0
9786610084036 0-585-41511-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Part I Africa's Poverty Problem -- 1. A First View -- The Growth of African Poverty -- The Danger of Overgeneralizing -- Conclusion -- 2. Different Poverty Concepts Can Point in Different Directions -- Different Poverty Concepts -- Why Conceptualizations Matter -- 3. African Poverty Has Many Dimensions -- Categories and Characteristics -- Profiles of African Poverty -- The Nature of African Poverty Is Changing -- The Sobering Implications of Complexity -- Part II The Causes of Poverty -- 4. Overview of the Proximate and Primary Causes of Poverty -- The Danger and Value of Generalization -- The Interaction of Causes and Effects -- Some Neglected Causes -- Proximate versus Primary Causes -- Some Policy Implications -- 5. Economic Stagnation Has Caused Much Poverty -- Growth and Distribution: The Overall Picture -- Africa's Growth Has Often Been Slow but May Be Improving -- The Poor May Not be Able to Benefit from Growth -- Growth Affects Poverty Groups Differently -- Conclusion -- 6. Why Has Growth Been So Poor? -- Causes of Low Growth: the Usual Suspects -- Are Bad Policies to Blame? -- Agricultural Backwardness Is Particularly Serious, but the Causes Go Deep -- Economic Reform Programs and Poverty Reduction -- Global Factors Have Not Been a Major Reason for Slow Growth -- Conclusion -- 7. Both Governments and Markets Have Failed the Poor -- Political Systems Have Contributed to Economic Stagnation -- Political Systems Have Also Tended to Keep Poverty off the Agenda -- Some Markets Fail the Poor -- What Does the Future Hold? -- 8. The Poor Have Inadequate Capital -- A Weak Asset Base Undermines Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural Areas.
Africa Lacks Physical Capital of All Kinds, Stocks of Many Are Being Denuded, and the Access of the Poor Is Increasingly Restricted -- Accumulation of Human and Social Capital Is Slow and Frequently Biased against Rural Areas -- Conclusion -- 9. Sustaining Improvements in Social Indicators Requires Growing Income and Better State Service Provision -- The Direct and Indirect Benefits of Improving Social Outcomes -- Africa Lags Behind on Social Indicators-and the Gap Is Widening -- The Poor Are More Sick and Less Educated Than the Nonpoor-and Resources Remain Skewed -- Further Reforms Can Close the International and National Gaps -- Conclusion: The Need for Balanced Development -- 10. Household and Population Dynamics: Good and Bad News for Poverty Reduction -- Household Structure and Poverty -- The Demographic Transition Is Under Way -- Changing Household Structures and Demographics Provide a Case for State Intervention -- 11. Women's Unequal Position Pervades the Poverty Problem -- Social Trends in Gender and Poverty -- Economic Trends in Gender and Poverty -- The Importance of Intrahousehold Relations -- Poverty Reinforces the Subordination of Women -- The Challenges of Poverty-Sensitive Policy and Planning -- Part III Poverty Reduction Policies -- 12. Outlines of an Antipoverty Strategy -- Promoting Social and Political Change for Poverty Reduction -- The Primacy of Pro-Poor Growth -- The Need for an Integrated Approach -- The Role of Donors -- Conclusion -- 13. National Policies for Reducing Poverty -- The Policy Challenge -- Two Initial Truisms -- Other Principles of a Poverty-Reduction Strategy -- A Checklist of Policy Possibilities for a Poverty-Reduction Strategy -- The Need to Set Targets -- Conclusion -- 14. Find out More and Monitor Progress -- 15. Donor Countries Need to Do More, Too -- The Gap between Donor Aspirations and Practices. Responding to Conflict and Postconflict Situations -- The Way Ahead -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Selected Statistical Data -- References and Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808407803321 |
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White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animal farm prophecy fulfilled in Africa : a call to a values and systems revolution / / Chiku Malunga
| Animal farm prophecy fulfilled in Africa : a call to a values and systems revolution / / Chiku Malunga |
| Autore | Malunga Chiku |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (146 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.46096 |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7618-6437-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Animal Farm Prophecy Fulfilled In Africa . Contents . Preface ; . Ch 1 Hitler is not Dead. ; . Ch 2 A "Snapshot" of Africa. ; . Ch 3 A Summary of Animal Farm. ; . Ch 4 Systems in Practice. ; . Ch 5 The Marks of Animal Farm Systems. ; . Ch 6 Why Leadership Fails in Africa and what Africans can do about it. ; . Ch 7 Breaking Animal Farm Systems. ; . Ch 8 Conclusion: Two Approaches to Organizing against Animal Farm Systems. . Bibliography . Index . About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458741503321 |
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Malunga Chiku
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| Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animal farm prophecy fulfilled in Africa : a call to a values and systems revolution / / Chiku Malunga
| Animal farm prophecy fulfilled in Africa : a call to a values and systems revolution / / Chiku Malunga |
| Autore | Malunga Chiku |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (146 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.46096 |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Africa |
| ISBN | 0-7618-6437-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Animal Farm Prophecy Fulfilled In Africa . Contents . Preface ; . Ch 1 Hitler is not Dead. ; . Ch 2 A "Snapshot" of Africa. ; . Ch 3 A Summary of Animal Farm. ; . Ch 4 Systems in Practice. ; . Ch 5 The Marks of Animal Farm Systems. ; . Ch 6 Why Leadership Fails in Africa and what Africans can do about it. ; . Ch 7 Breaking Animal Farm Systems. ; . Ch 8 Conclusion: Two Approaches to Organizing against Animal Farm Systems. . Bibliography . Index . About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791285603321 |
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Malunga Chiku
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| Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animal farm prophecy fulfilled in Africa : a call to a values and systems revolution / / Chiku Malunga
| Animal farm prophecy fulfilled in Africa : a call to a values and systems revolution / / Chiku Malunga |
| Autore | Malunga Chiku |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (146 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.46096 |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Africa |
| ISBN | 0-7618-6437-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Animal Farm Prophecy Fulfilled In Africa . Contents . Preface ; . Ch 1 Hitler is not Dead. ; . Ch 2 A "Snapshot" of Africa. ; . Ch 3 A Summary of Animal Farm. ; . Ch 4 Systems in Practice. ; . Ch 5 The Marks of Animal Farm Systems. ; . Ch 6 Why Leadership Fails in Africa and what Africans can do about it. ; . Ch 7 Breaking Animal Farm Systems. ; . Ch 8 Conclusion: Two Approaches to Organizing against Animal Farm Systems. . Bibliography . Index . About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824883403321 |
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Malunga Chiku
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| Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Attacking Africa's poverty : : experience from the ground / / editors, Louise Fox and Robert Liebenthal
| Attacking Africa's poverty : : experience from the ground / / editors, Louise Fox and Robert Liebenthal |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxi, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FoxM. Louise
LiebenthalRobert |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Africa
Poverty - Africa Economic development projects - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-37338-5
9786610373383 0-8213-6323-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783585803321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Attacking Africa's poverty [[electronic resource] ] : experience from the ground / / edited by Louise Fox, Robert Liebenthal
| Attacking Africa's poverty [[electronic resource] ] : experience from the ground / / edited by Louise Fox, Robert Liebenthal |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FoxM. Louise
LiebenthalRobert |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Africa
Poverty - Africa Economic development projects - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-37338-5
9786610373383 0-8213-6323-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450215703321 |
| Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Attacking Africa's poverty : experience from the ground / / edited by Louise Fox, Robert Liebenthal
| Attacking Africa's poverty : experience from the ground / / edited by Louise Fox, Robert Liebenthal |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxi, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FoxM. Louise
LiebenthalRobert |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Africa
Poverty - Africa Economic development projects - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-37338-5
9786610373383 0-8213-6323-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807413103321 |
| Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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