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What Works for Africa's Poorest : Programmes and policies for the extreme poor Paperback / softback
Edited by David Lawson, David Hulme, Lawrence K. Ado-Kofie
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Despite some excellent progress towards poverty reduction elsewhere in the world, many parts of Africa lag behind in the decline in absolute and relative poverty.
Over the last decade there has been an increased awareness that the poorest people - the extremely poor and the chronic poor - rarely benefit from poverty reduction programmes, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
This has been particularly observed with microfinance programmes.
Well-designed microfinance can help poor people improve their lives but generally such programmes do not reach the poorest - casual labourers in remote rural areas, ethnic and indigenous minorities, older people, widows, migrants, bonded labourers and others.As a result, NGOs and donors have started to mount programmes explicitly targeting the extreme poor, the poorest and the ultra-poor.
This book examines such initiatives and identifies 'what works for the poorest' in Africa.
The book contains country-specific case studies combined with cross-country analyses of important programmes.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:290 pages
- Publisher:Practical Action Publishing
- Publication Date:15/02/2017
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- ISBN:9781853398445
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:290 pages
- Publisher:Practical Action Publishing
- Publication Date:15/02/2017
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- ISBN:9781853398445