Poverty : global challenges, role of inequality and reduction strategies / Chukwuma Agu, editor.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Agu, Chukwuma, editor.

Series:

• Hunger and poverty.
• Hunger and Poverty : Causes, Impacts and Eradication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Poverty--Developing countries.
• Poverty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Poverty reduction and inequality are undeniably the buzz issues of the millennium. And where else would one go to understand the dynamics and paradoxes they raise for policies other than Africa, the continent historically synonymous with poverty until recently when chants of 'Africa rising' seem to have replaced mourning for 'the dark continent'? Humongous resources have been dedicated to policy, research and intervention programmes and projects to reduce poverty and inequality, with Africa and South Asia getting more than their fair shares. But while everyone agrees that something is amiss wi

Contents:

• POVERTY: GLOBAL CHALLENGES, ROLE OF INEQUALITY AND REDUCTION STRATEGIES; POVERTY: GLOBAL CHALLENGES, ROLE OF INEQUALITY AND REDUCTION STRATEGIES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WELFARE 'PARADOX': IS AFRICA'S GROWTH EXPERIENCE REALLY 'UNIQUE'?; Chapter 2: METAPHORS OF POVERTY: PARACONSISTENCY, POLYCONTEXTUALITY, HEALTH-DISEASE AND COMPLEXITY; Chapter 3: HEALTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A SURVEY OF THEORY AND EVIDENCE; Chapter 4: REGIONAL POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN NIGERIA: DO SECTORAL GROWTH DYNAMICS MATTER?
• Chapter 5: RURAL-URBAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO POVERTY CHANGES IN CAMEROON: A NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSISChapter 6: INEQUALITY, POLARIZATION AND POVERTY IN CAMEROON; Chapter 7: INDIGENOUS HEALTH GAP REFRAMED: ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES BY POVERTY ALLEVIATION; Chapter 8: AMELIORATING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF POVERTY ON EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT: EXEMPLAR PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES; Chapter 9: CONCLUSION: CHALLENGING THE STEREOTYPE ON GROWTH, POVERTY AND SECTORAL OUTCOMES IN AFRICA; ABOUT THE EDITOR; INDEX

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63482-329-X