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Genre/Form: | Conference papers and proceedings Congresses Congrès |
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Material Type: | Conference publication |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Machiko Nissanke; Muna Ndulo |
ISBN: | 0198797699 9780198797692 |
OCLC Number: | 1038582097 |
Notes: | " .. the Institute of African Development at Cornell University organized a symposium on the theme of 'Growth, Poverty, and Inequality : Confronting the Challenges of a Better Life for All in Africa', 19-20 April 2013. .. This volume arises from the symposium .. " -- p. vii. |
Description: | xxviii, 332 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | PART I. OVERVIEW; PART II. EVOLVING POVERTY PROFILE IN AFRICA; PART III. TRACING POVERTY DYNAMICS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES; PART IV. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONS FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT |
Responsibility: | edited by Machiko Nissanke and Muna Ndulo. |
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This book-a selection of papers from a conference in honor of Erik Thorbecke, perhaps the most distinguished scholar of poverty and income distribution in Africa-shows that the relationship between growth and poverty in Africa is much more nuanced and varied, especially when considering broader definitions of poverty. It delves into the more complex relationship between growth and poverty through case studies of Kenya, Senegal, and Zambia as well as a "reexamination"of the main mechanism by which growth affects poverty, namely employment, by one of the most distinguished contributors to that topic, Gary Fields. Finally, the book addresses the underlying factors governing the growth-poverty relationship, governance and institutions. ... taken together, thechapters paint a rich, subtle, and highly differentiated picture of the dynamics of poverty in the world's poorest continent-a fitting tribute to Erik Thorbecke. * Shantayanan Devarajan, Journal of Economic Literature * Read more...


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