Poverty in Africa / Thomas W. Beasley, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beasley, Thomas W.

Series:

African political, economic, and security issues series.

African political, economic, and security issues series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Africa.

Poor.

Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.

Africa.

Africa--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past few decades poverty has emerged as a global problem and a global agenda item in need of action. For that reason, the United Nations made its eradication the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG). The MDG's plan is for extreme poverty to be eliminated by 2015. Poverty is more of a concern on the African continent than elsewhere. Three fourths of poor people in Western and Middle Africa âe" an estimated 90 million people âe" live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. One in five lives in a country affected by warfare. In conflict-torn countries such as Angola, Burundi, Mozambique and Uganda, the capacity of rural people to make a livelihood has been dramatically curtailed by warfare, and per capita food production has plummeted. A child dies every three seconds from AIDS and extreme poverty, often before their fifth birthday and more than one billion people do not have access to clean water. Every year six million children die from malnutrition before their fifth birthday. This book brings together new research on programs and policies from around the globe related to poverty in Africa and its elimination or alleviation.

Contents:

The impact of road infrastructure on poverty reduction in Africa / John C. Anyanwu and Andrew E. O. Erhijakpor

We are the first doctors here at home : women's perspectives on sanitary conditions in Mozambique / Maja Söderbäck and Malin Udén

Livelihood diversification, de-agrarianisation and social differentiation : comparative analysis of rural livelihoods from South Africa and Kenya / Miyuki Iiyama

Poverty and maternal health in Malawi / C.P. Maliwichi-Nyirenda and L. L. Maliwichi

Oyster mushroom cultivation for resource-poor farmers in Southern Africa / E.C. Kunjeku and L.L. Maliwichi

Chinese policies towards Africa : poverty alleviating or poverty promoting? / Jacqueline M. Musiitwa

The evolution and dynamics of urban poverty in Zambia / Danny Simatele and Munacinga Simatele

The role of small scale survivalist enterprises in generation of household incomes in vhembe district of limpopo province, South Africa / Maliwichi, L. L., Oni S. A. and Sifumba, L.

Gender inequality and poverty : the Kenyan case / Tabitha W. Kiriti and K. C. Roy

The globalization-AIDS-poverty syndrome in Africa / Pádraig Carmody and Glen Elder.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-565-X

OCLC:

662453193