Machiko Nissanke
Introduction: Tracing Poverty Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress and Future Challenges
Nissanke, Machiko
Authors
Contributors
Machiko Nissanke mn2@soas.ac.uk
Editor
Muna Ndolo
Editor
Abstract
The recent sustained growth posted by sub-Saharan African countries has led to a surge in investment flows and given rise to high hopes for Africa’s future prospects at the backdrop of the narratives of ‘Africa Rising’. The growth has produced a reduction of 10 percentage points in the headcount ratio of the extreme poor in the first decade of the 21st century, indicating that the high pace of growth has started making a difference to the poor. However, this achievement amounts to a mere 3 percentage points of reduction in the same poverty ratio over 30 years between 1981 and 2010. To maintain the momentum that has just begun, it is important to translate firmly the euphoria surrounding the ‘Africa Rising’ narrative into a solid reality of inclusive development. By tracing an evolution of the poverty profile and introducing the scope and the outline of the volume, this introductory chapter discusses unprecedented opportunities, as well as formidable challenges, in ensuring pro-poor growth and pro-growth poverty reduction, overcoming fragility and vulnerability, and securing inclusive development through socio-economic transformation in SSA.
Citation
Nissanke, M. (2017). Introduction: Tracing Poverty Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress and Future Challenges. In M. Nissanke, & M. Ndolo (Eds.), Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development (3-38). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198797692.003.0001
Publication Date | May 1, 2017 |
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Deposit Date | Aug 22, 2018 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 3-38 |
Book Title | Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development |
ISBN | 9780198797692 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198797692.003.0001 |
Keywords | sub-Saharan Africa, growth, poverty, inequality, globalization, inclusive development, institutions, governance |
Related Public URLs | http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198797692.001.0001/acprof-9780198797692 |
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