looks at six indicators of district-level deprivation: the poverty rate; the food scarcity rate; the (gender …

(that is, poverty, inequality, economic growth, education, employment, unemployment and the standard of living index) based … increase in the growth rate of urban inequality, a reduction in the growth rate of urban poverty and a lower level of overall …

This article attempts to lay out the broad discursive space connecting the triad of microfinance, poverty and … approach to both poverty and patriarchy. The article argues that microfinance can at best become a coping strategy for poor …

and violence; strengthening the legal and institutional frames and mitigating the state of poverty. …

This paper examines how various poverty assessment modalities serve to strengthen the governance capacities necessary …

Poverty in Africa is multifaceted. It is characterized by, among other things, a lack of purchasing power, rural … generation. On average, 45-50% of sub-Saharan Africans live below the poverty line - a much higher proportion than in any other … region of the world. This article assesses the socio-economic dilemma of poverty in Africa and suggests an alternative policy …

The New Poverty Agenda is said to represent a break with the past and to offer a rationale for aid that is built on … partnerships towards a common and realizable goal - the elimination of poverty. However, recent critiques have highlighted problems … with the practice of poverty policy, and particularly limitations identified from its association with global actors which …