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Author:   Mike Odey (Benue State University, Nigeria) ,  Toyin Falola (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9781138240667

ISBN 10:   1138240664
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   08 September 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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 Part III: Dimensions of Poverty in East and Southern Africa 14. Landlessness, National Politics, and the Future of Land Reforms in Kenya 15. Extra-version and Development in northwestern Ethiopia: The Case of the Humera Agricultural Project (1967-1975) 16. Affirmative Action as a Theological-Pastoral Challenge in the South-African Democratic Context

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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.

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