Structural adjustment programmes and the problem of urban poverty: an African perspective

Kaseke, Edwin

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“…SAPs have not only been ineffective in reducing urban poverty, but evidence from across the continent suggests that the policies have led to increases in urban poverty among the unemployed as well as those with fixed incomes such as salaried employees (Gilbert 1994;Riddell 1997;Kaseke, 1998 employee. The monthly salary of a typical public school head teacher in 1996 (¢110,000, or $103) was barely enough to provide the basic needs of an average household for only three weeks.…”

Section: Urban Impoverishment and Multiple Modes Of Livelihood: Explomentioning

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Urban impoverishment and multiple modes of livelihood in Ghana

Owusu¹

2001

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Many African countries experienced economic crisis in the 1970s and are currently restructuring their economies under the tutelage of the World Bank and the IMF. The restructuring process has had pervasive effects on the livelihood strategies of many people, as their established means of income generation have been disrupted. While survival of the urban poor has been studied, little is known of strategies of other social groups. Using Ghana as a case study, I argue that although urban poverty predates the implementation of structural adjustment program (SAP), the policies have created a favorable environment for the intensification of multiple livelihood strategies among of salaried employees. The paper finds that multiple livelihood strategies are practiced by a large number of salaried employees, but their involvement depends on many factors, including individual, family and household characteristics; access to capital and resources; opportunities offered by the urban economy; and the nature of formal employment. KeywordsEconomic reforms, African urban economies, multiple modes of livelihood Disciplines African Studies | Regional Economics | Urban, Community and Regional Planning | Urban Studies and Planning CommentsThis is the accepted version of the following article from

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Section: Urban Impoverishment and Multiple Modes Of Livelihood: Explomentioning

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Urban impoverishment and multiple modes of livelihood in Ghana

Owusu¹

2001

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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“…The trend toward the privatization of various human services and custodial state functions is an essential aspect of the global spread of neoliberal policies (Kaseke, 1998). These policies have been vigorously promoted by the USA through the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, two development and financial organizations dominated by the USA (Danaher, 1994;Danaher, 2001).…”

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The criminalization of immigration and the privatization of the immigration detention: implications for justice

Ackerman

Furman

2013

Contemporary Justice Review

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In recent decades, the criminalization of immigration and the use of private prisons have increased in popularity. The criminalization of immigration and the privatization of prisons work hand in hand in shaping the American criminal justice response to immigration. Privatization creates a powerful opportunity for the social construction of the undocumented immigrant into a powerful potential source of revenue for for-profit corporations. Private prison corporations, such as Corrections Corporation of American and The GEO Group, stand to profit significantly from the private immigration detention center. Several investigative reports have focused on how these companies stand to profit, but little attention has been given to the psychosocial consequences that impact immigrant detainees and their families.

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“…These assumptions make it impossible to capture the increasing number of people in some African cities who operate in the formal and informal sector simultaneously. This is particularly serious given that recent urbanization of poverty in Africa (Riddell 1997;Kaseke 1998) and the limited formal sector employment opportunities have compelled many formal sector employees to join the informal sector as an income-supplementing and/or income-diversification strategy.…”

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“…The African economic crisis of the 1970s and 1980s and the neoliberal reforms that were introduced in the 1980s have resulted in the intensification of urban poverty, particularly among urban workers (Jeffries 1992). 8 The neoliberal economic reforms have had devastating effects on the livelihood strategies of salaried employees (Riddell 1997;Kaseke 1998). For instance, while the introduction of cost-recovery measures has escalated the prices of critical urban services, the real salaries of formal sector employees, especially public sector employees, have remained stagnant or, in some cases, declined (Owusu 2001).…”

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Conceptualizing Livelihood Strategies in African Cities

Owusu

2007

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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Francis Owusu is an assistant professor of community and regional planning at the Iowa State University, Ames. His research examines the relationship between liberal economic reforms and urban livelihood strategies; explores the relationship between organizational cultures and public sector reforms; and engages debates over the theoretical and conceptual issues surrounding development policy. His work focuses on Africa.

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Structural adjustment programmes and the problem of urban poverty: an African perspective

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

Urban impoverishment and multiple modes of livelihood in Ghana

Urban impoverishment and multiple modes of livelihood in Ghana

The criminalization of immigration and the privatization of the immigration detention: implications for justice

Conceptualizing Livelihood Strategies in African Cities

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