Attacking Africa's Poverty : Experience from the Ground

By all measures, poverty in Africa as a whole has increased and deepened. But in fact, Africa contains a number of undocumented success stories of poverty reduction. This book presents case studies of thirteen of these success stories, giving groun...

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Main Authors:	Fox, Louise M., Liebenthal, Robert B.
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ASSETS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGRICULTURE ANNUAL CHANGE BANKRUPTCY BENCHMARKS CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPITAL FLOWS CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL BANK COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONFLICT COUNTRY CASE DEBT DEBT RELIEF DECLINE IN POVERTY DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC SAVINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC ORDER ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPORTS FARMER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FORECASTS GDP GLOBAL CONDITIONS GLOBAL ECONOMY GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HIGH POVERTY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOW INTEREST RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MICROFINANCE NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATURAL RESOURCES NET EXPORTS PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY PACKAGE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POOR POLICIES POOR RURAL GIRLS POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY PRODUCTS PRIVATIZATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR CHANGES PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REAL GDP REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RICH COUNTRIES RURAL AREAS SAHARA SANITATION SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSIDIARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE SHOCKS WAR WATER USERS WELFARE SYSTEM WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
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spelling	okr-10986-69542021-04-23T14:02:27Z Attacking Africa's Poverty : Experience from the Ground Fox, Louise M. Liebenthal, Robert B. ACCESS TO ASSETS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGRICULTURE ANNUAL CHANGE BANKRUPTCY BENCHMARKS CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPITAL FLOWS CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL BANK COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONFLICT COUNTRY CASE DEBT DEBT RELIEF DECLINE IN POVERTY DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC SAVINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC ORDER ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPORTS FARMER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FORECASTS GDP GLOBAL CONDITIONS GLOBAL ECONOMY GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HIGH POVERTY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOW INTEREST RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MICROFINANCE NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATURAL RESOURCES NET EXPORTS PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY PACKAGE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POOR POLICIES POOR RURAL GIRLS POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY PRODUCTS PRIVATIZATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR CHANGES PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REAL GDP REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RICH COUNTRIES RURAL AREAS SAHARA SANITATION SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSIDIARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE SHOCKS WAR WATER USERS WELFARE SYSTEM WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO By all measures, poverty in Africa as a whole has increased and deepened. But in fact, Africa contains a number of undocumented success stories of poverty reduction. This book presents case studies of thirteen of these success stories, giving grounds for some real hope, and providing useful learning for all policymakers, governments, businesses, service providers, non-governmental organizations, and donors. Case studies are drawn from the experiences of Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Kenya, Botswana, Mauritania, Tanzania, Lesotho, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, and Ghana. 2012-06-04T13:58:00Z 2012-06-04T13:58:00Z 2006 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6672414/attacking-africas-poverty-experience-ground 978-0-8213-6322-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6954 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Central Africa East Africa Southern Africa West Africa Sahel Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	ACCESS TO ASSETS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGRICULTURE ANNUAL CHANGE BANKRUPTCY BENCHMARKS CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPITAL FLOWS CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL BANK COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONFLICT COUNTRY CASE DEBT DEBT RELIEF DECLINE IN POVERTY DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC SAVINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC ORDER ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPORTS FARMER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FORECASTS GDP GLOBAL CONDITIONS GLOBAL ECONOMY GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HIGH POVERTY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOW INTEREST RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MICROFINANCE NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATURAL RESOURCES NET EXPORTS PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY PACKAGE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POOR POLICIES POOR RURAL GIRLS POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY PRODUCTS PRIVATIZATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR CHANGES PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REAL GDP REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RICH COUNTRIES RURAL AREAS SAHARA SANITATION SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSIDIARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE SHOCKS WAR WATER USERS WELFARE SYSTEM WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO ASSETS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGRICULTURE ANNUAL CHANGE BANKRUPTCY BENCHMARKS CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPITAL FLOWS CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL BANK COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONFLICT COUNTRY CASE DEBT DEBT RELIEF DECLINE IN POVERTY DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC SAVINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC ORDER ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPORTS FARMER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FORECASTS GDP GLOBAL CONDITIONS GLOBAL ECONOMY GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HIGH POVERTY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOW INTEREST RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MICROFINANCE NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATURAL RESOURCES NET EXPORTS PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY PACKAGE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POOR POLICIES POOR RURAL GIRLS POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY PRODUCTS PRIVATIZATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR CHANGES PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REAL GDP REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RICH COUNTRIES RURAL AREAS SAHARA SANITATION SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSIDIARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE SHOCKS WAR WATER USERS WELFARE SYSTEM WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Fox, Louise M. Liebenthal, Robert B. Attacking Africa's Poverty : Experience from the Ground
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description	By all measures, poverty in Africa as a whole has increased and deepened. But in fact, Africa contains a number of undocumented success stories of poverty reduction. This book presents case studies of thirteen of these success stories, giving grounds for some real hope, and providing useful learning for all policymakers, governments, businesses, service providers, non-governmental organizations, and donors. Case studies are drawn from the experiences of Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Kenya, Botswana, Mauritania, Tanzania, Lesotho, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, and Ghana.
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author	Fox, Louise M. Liebenthal, Robert B.
author_facet	Fox, Louise M. Liebenthal, Robert B.
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title	Attacking Africa's Poverty : Experience from the Ground
title_short	Attacking Africa's Poverty : Experience from the Ground
title_full	Attacking Africa's Poverty : Experience from the Ground
title_fullStr	Attacking Africa's Poverty : Experience from the Ground
title_full_unstemmed	Attacking Africa's Poverty : Experience from the Ground
title_sort	attacking africa's poverty : experience from the ground
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6672414/attacking-africas-poverty-experience-ground http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6954
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