New growth and poverty alleviation strategies for Africa
Subtitle: international and regional Perspectives
By: Karl Wohlmuth [and others], (eds.).
Series: African development perspectives yearbook -- vol. 13(2008); African development perspectives yearbook -- vol. 13.
Publisher: Lit; Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berlin; New Brunswick [N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9783825815424
Subjects: Economic development; Poverty; Economic policy; Economic conditions; Economic history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1.; title: New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa -- How to reach the Millennium Development Goals? --; title: New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies: International Policies, the Millennium Development Goals, and African Cooperation. An Introduction  -- Afeikhena Jerome and Karl Wohlmuth; title: HIPC Process, Well-being Outcomes, and the Realisation of the MDGs in Rural Cameroon  -- Francis M. Baye and Sunday A. Khan; title: Post-conflict Reconstruction and the Millennium Development Goals: Lessons from the Mozambican Case  -- Arno J. van Niekerk; title: African Growth Gap, Development Policy and the Realization of the MDGs  -- Tobias Knedlik and Eva Reinowski; title: Technology, Growth and Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa  -- Mark Knell; title: Productive Capacities and Policies Key to Growth Study of African LDCs  -- Anil K. Kanungo; title: Some Aspects of the Political Economy of the New Partnership for Africa's Development: An Explanation  -- Oludele A. Akinboade; title: Integrating the MDGs and NEPAD for Pro-Poor Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa  -- Emmanuel Nnadozie and Siham Abdulmelik; title: Are Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) making Headway in Promoting Pro-Poor Growth necessary for the Attainment of the MDGs in Africa?  -- Afeikhena Jerome, Oluyele Akinkugbe and Francis Chigunta; title: Is the EU Strategy for Africa Promoting Growth and Development in Africa?  -- Mareike Meyn -- Unit 2.; title: New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies -- The Case of South Africa --; title: New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies: The Future of Reform Policies in South Africa. An Introduction  -- Philippe Burger and Mareike Meyn; title: Growth and Development Strategies in South Africa: Towards inCENTives for Sub-Regional Economic Growth  -- Lochner Marais and Lucius Botes; title: Does Economic Growth lead to Higher Employment and Lower Unemployment in South Africa? -- J. P. Geldenhuys and Marina Marinkov; title: South African Economic Policy: Are we moving towards a Welfare State?  -- Philippe Burger; title: Education Policy, Growth and the Labour Market in South Africa: A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Analysis  -- Helene Maisonnave and Bernard Decaluwe; title: Determinants of Household Poverty in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: Evidence from KIDS 2004  -- Antonie Pool; title: Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment: Towards more Equal Sharing of the Benefits of Growth in South Africa  -- Theo Potgieter; title: Soft Boundaries: Pro-Poor Tourism and Cross-border Collaboration in the Arid Areas of Southern Africa  -- Doreen Atkinson -- Unit 3.; title: Profiles, News and Information --; title: Profiles of Institutions --; title: Global Equity Initiative at Harvard University: A Summary of Africa-related Work and Programs  -- Erin Judge; title: Applied Socio-Economic Policy Research towards achieving Namibia's Development Objectives  -- Klaus Schade; title: Building Capacity for Economic Policy Research in Sub-Saharan Africa  -- William Lyakurwa; title: Poverty in Focus: United Nations Development Programme promoting South-South Cooperation on Applied Poverty Research and Training  -- Francisco Filho; title: Promoting Sustainable Human Development by Leading Research and Training: The Centre for Development Support  -- Lucius Botes; title: Poverty Reduction Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing the Cases of Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia  -- Owen B. Sichone; title: Research Reports --; title: Do Associations impact on Growth? -- The Case of the Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda  -- Robert Blatter and Oliver Schmidt; title: What is the Growth Potential for Africa of its Economic Relations with China?  -- Luca Marchiori; title: Promoting Commercial Agriculture in Africa: Lessons from Five Countries  -- Federico Bonaglia and Denise Wolter; title: New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa: International Research Trends -- Tino Urban.