Overview
The eradication of poverty has become an overreaching goal of international action and the work of the United Nations, which declared 1997-2006 the first ""Decade for the Eradication of Poverty."" The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has made poverty eradication its essential priority in the pursuit of ""sustainable human development."" This book examines in detail poverty reduction policies and strategies and outlines a new methodological approach to the process of designing national poverty reduction strategies in Africa. It also endeavors to define the roles of the various national stockholders and external partners, such as UNDP. Mbaya Kankwenda is the United Nations resident coordinator on operational activities for development and UNDP. Luc-Joël Gregoire is principal economist at UNDP. Hugues Legros is a program officer / economist at the UNDP. Harouna Ouedraogo is assistant resident representative / economist at the UNDP. Copublished with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Full Product Details
Author: Mbaya Kankwenda ,
Luc-Joel Gregoire ,
Hugues Legros ,
Harouna Ouedraogo
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Imprint: Brookings Institution
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.720kg
ISBN: 9781902282084
ISBN 10: 1902282086
Pages: 452
Publication Date: 01 March 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
,
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
Availability: Out of stock
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.
Reviews
Chapters discuss the general problem of poverty, economic policies, demographic issues, definitions and measurements of poverty, a comprehensive approach to poverty, national poverty reduction strategies, the role of donors, and UNDP's initiative to support National Long Term Perspective Studies in Africa. -- Future Survey, 8/1/2001
Chapters discuss the general problem of poverty, economic policies, demographic issues, definitions and measurements of poverty, a comprehensive approach to poverty, national poverty reduction strategies, the role of donors, and UNDP's initiative to support National Long Term Perspective Studies in Africa. - Future Survey, 8/1/2001
Author Information
Mbaya Kankwenda is the Executive Director of the Canadian Institute for Development research and Strategic Studies on Africa, based in Montreal, prior to that he headed the Congolese Institute for Development Research and Strategic Studies. He also worked for the United Nations Development Programme as Programme Coordinator of the Peace building and Development Initiatives in Central Africa and the Great lakes Region. Luc J. Gregoire is principal economist at the UNDP in Senegal and Mauritania. Hugues Legros is senior lecturer at the Free University of Brussels. Harouna Ouedraogo is Research Officer at the Regional Council for Public Savings and Financial Markets.
