Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139).
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pt. I. Africa's Poverty Problem -- 1. A First View -- 2. Different Poverty Concepts Can Point in Different Directions -- 3. African Poverty Has Many Dimensions -- pt. II. The Causes of Poverty -- 4. Overview of the Proximate and Primary Causes of Poverty -- 5. Economic Stagnation Has Caused Much Poverty -- 6. Why Has Growth Been So Poor? -- 7. Both Governments and Markets Have Failed the Poor -- 8. The Poor Have Inadequate Capital -- 9. Sustaining Improvements in Social Indicators Requires Growing Income and Better State Service Provision -- 10. Household and Population Dynamics: Good and Bad News for Poverty Reduction -- 11. Women's Unequal Position Pervades the Poverty Problem -- pt. III. Poverty Reduction Policies -- 12. Outlines of an Antipoverty Strategy -- 13. National Policies for Reducing Poverty -- 14. Find out More and Monitor Progress -- 15. Donor Countries Need to Do More, Too.
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Title
African poverty at the millennium.
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0821348671
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Poverty-- Africa.
Armoede.
Armut
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Macroeconomics.