escaping from poverty as well as descending into poverty; 3) to determine effects of compound disadvantages on the likelihood … of chronic poverty; and 4) to assess the evidence of spatial poverty traps (SPTs). Quantitative analysis is conducted … those households found to have risen from poverty (starting in the bottom tercile and ending in the top tercile, the …

In the coming decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) could see a major humanitarian crisis. If rapid population growth … problems of food supply, poverty,and underemployment will result. Lowered population growth, job creation, and higher …

This study compares models for university engagement with private and public sector employers in Africa. It compares … engagement models in countries with more developed food systems (South Africa) and a sample of selected African countries with …

agribusiness companies in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, and South Africa. The study was conducted in the context of … anticipated dramatic changes in Africa’s food consumption patterns over coming decades, driven by rising incomes and urban … (1) except for South Africa, companies predominantly employ O-level graduates but (in all countries including South …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been rapidly urbanizing for many years. Current estimates from the UN are that urban … population growth in East Africa is over 4% per year, while in Southern Africa, which has higher urbanization levels, the growth … is estimated at 2%. Overall in East and Southern Africa (ESA), urban populations in the region are growing about 3% per …

This paper underscores the scope and nature of needed responses to the rapidly changing food systems in Africa. The …

education and training institutions (AET) in southern Africa. Data were gathered on key selected areas such as student enrolment … institutions which can then potentially be applied to other AET institutions. South Africa demonstrated the greatest degree of … diversity in their AET institutions. What is even more remarkable is that South Africa arguably has the most market driven …

(AET) institutions in Africa with specific reference to three institutions in eastern and southern Africa …

The relative importance of small versus large farm enterprises in driving agricultural production growth and poverty … reduction is a central development debate in Africa. More broadly this debate revolves around questions of farm land … in Africa. On the one hand, there is a well‐established literature that argues that the intensification of smallholder …