1st Edition

Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa

Edited By Mike Odey, Toyin Falola Copyright 2018
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

314 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

A fundamental question about contemporary Africa is why does Africa remain so poor, long after the departure of the European Colonial domination and in the midst of so many natural resources? Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa provides new understandings of the persistent issue of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and makes recommendations for policy frameworks to help African governments... Read more

Part I: Dimensions and Assessments of Poverty Reduction Policies and Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa



1. Poverty in Post-colonial Africa: The Legacy of Contested Perspectives



2. Scaling up Power Infrastructure Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa for Poverty Alleviation



3. The Impact of Anti-Corruption Conventions in Sub-Saharan Africa



4.  The Besieged Continent: Interrogating Contemporary Issues of Corruption and Poverty in Africa



5. PEPFAR and Preventing HIV Transmission: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
                                                                         
6.  Reflections on the Current Challenges of Poverty Reduction in Africa

7. A Critical Analysis of Poverty Reduction Strategies in Post-Colonial Africa



Part II: Problems of Good Governance and Institutional Failures in West-Africa



8.  Weaknesses and Failures of Poverty Reduction Policies and Programs in Nigeria since 1960 



9.  In the Web of Neo¬-Liberalism and Deepening Contradictions? Assessing  Poverty Reform Strategies in West Africa Since the Mid-1980s



10.  An Assessment of Abuse of the elderly as an Aspect of Poverty in Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria



11. Reflections on the Interface between Poverty and Food Insecurity in Nigeria



12. An Appraisal of Poverty Reduction Program in Bayelsa State of Nigeria: “In- Care of the People” (COPE)



13. A Comparative Analysis of Incidence of Poverty in Three Urban Centers in Ghana  from 1945-1990   

Biography

Toyin Falola is University Distinguished Teaching Professor and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.



Mike O. Odey is a Professor of Economic History at Benue State University, Nigeria.