Macroeconomic Adjustment and Poverty in Africa: An Emerging Picture

Demery, Lionel; Squire, Lyn

doi:10.1093/wbro/11.1.39

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“…Defining absolute poverty as income levels that are insufficient to provide adequate nutrition, Ahluwalia, Carter and Chenery (1979) put the poverty incidence in 1975 at 27 per cent and projected it would reach 30 per cent by the year 2000. Lately Demery and Squire (1996), utilizing household data from the Federal Office of Statistics (FOS) in 1985 and 1992, put the incidence at 43 per cent and 34.1 per cent respectively. Given the comparability of data from the two studies, it would seem that there has been an increased incidence of poverty in Nigeria in the period 1975-85 and a decline of about 9 per cent between 1985 and 1992.…”

Section: Poverty In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Poverty alleviation with economic growth strategy: Prospects and challenges in contemporary Nigeria

Oladeji¹,

Abiola²

2000

Journal of Social Development in Africa

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Section: Poverty In Nigeriamentioning

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Poverty alleviation with economic growth strategy: Prospects and challenges in contemporary Nigeria

Oladeji¹,

Abiola²

2000

Journal of Social Development in Africa

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“…Such unceasing rural-to-urban migration and consequent falling average household incomes are generally agreed to be the main driving forces behind the believed expansion of urban agriculture in developing countries, although the precise contribution of urban agriculture to alleviating poverty has been difficult to quantify (Bryld 2003;Zezza and Tasciotti 2010). It has even been argued that for many developing countries, the Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank (The Bretton Woods Institutions), which are intended to increase household income through development of a well-managed free-market economy, have in fact led to a worsening fiscal situation for the urban poor, which in turn has driven greater reliance on urban agriculture (Bryld 2003;Demery and Squire 1996;Jamal 1985;Ratta and Nasr 1996).…”

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Give peas a chance? Urban agriculture in developing countries. A review

Hamilton

Burry

Mok

et al. 2013

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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International audienceUrban agriculture is receiving increasing attention throughout the developing world, but debate rages as to whether it is a blessing or a curse. Some see it as savior for the poor, providing food, and livelihoods, yet to others it is responsible for harboring and vectoring pathogenic diseases and is an archaic practice that has no place along the path toward development. Consequently, the activity receives a mixed reception, and despite much support in many instances, it certainly does not enjoy universal unimpeded progress. Here, we undertake a global tour of urban agriculture throughout the developing world in an attempt to elucidate the various benefits, costs, and hindrances associated with the practice. Through this analysis we identify the need for better understanding of the following six aspects if urban agriculture is to make a meaningful contribution to food security and sustenance of livelihoods in the future: (1) the global and regional extent of urban agriculture; (2) the contribution of urban agriculture to communicable diseases, especially malaria but also diarrheal disease; (3) the role that urban agriculture does and/or could play in abating both malnutrition and obesity; (4) the impacts of urban agriculture on women; (5) appropriate methods of achieving governance and institutional support; and (6) the risks posed by chemical pollutants, particularly as Africa becomes increasingly industrialized. Overlaying these, we suggest that the time is ripe to extend the debate about urban agriculture’s positive and negative environmental impacts—especially in relation to carbon emissions—from primarily a developed world concern to the developing world, particularly since it is the developing world where population growth and consequent resource use is increasing most rapidly

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“…A study on six African countries found that the poorest of the poor did not benefit from economic growth and their prospects were not rosy unless there was more investment in human capital and a better targeting of social spending (Demery and Squire, 1996). Thus, it is important to a female-headed household to enhance their skills and add up more knowledge which helps them to be a person who is independent and knowledgeable.…”

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Human Capital Investment Expenditure of Women in Female-Headed Household in Peninsular Malaysia

Michael¹,

M.Munisamy²,

Haron³

et al. 2010

ASS

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This study aims to investigate the human capital expenditure, expenditure share of human capital investment expenditure and the probability of having human capital investment among women of female-headed households. The data were obtained from a nationwide study on "Economic wellbeing and human capital investment of female-headed household" funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), government of Malaysia, under the e-Science Grant. Four states (Kedah, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor) represents four zones were selected using simple random technique with 68% of response rate. The study found that women of female-headed household spent about 21% of their yearly income in reading material followed by health (18%) and personal care (15%). Similarly, expenditure share about 67% of their yearly income was spent on reading materials followed by health (63%) and personal care (58%) Further analysis revealed that those who have a higher household income (OR = 0.023; P<0.05) and smaller household size (OR = 0.028; P<0.05) were found to be significant invested part of their household expenses for their own human capital purposes.

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Macroeconomic Adjustment and Poverty in Africa: An Emerging Picture

Cited by 113 publications

References 14 publications

Poverty alleviation with economic growth strategy: Prospects and challenges in contemporary Nigeria

Poverty alleviation with economic growth strategy: Prospects and challenges in contemporary Nigeria

Give peas a chance? Urban agriculture in developing countries. A review

Human Capital Investment Expenditure of Women in Female-Headed Household in Peninsular Malaysia

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