Attacking Africa's Poverty : Experience from the Ground.
By all measures, poverty in Africa as a whole has increased and deepened. But in fact, Africa contains a number of undocumented success stories of poverty reduction. This book presents case studies of thirteen of these success stories, giving grounds for some real hope, and providing useful learning...
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
2006
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Table of Contents:
- The political economy of pro-poor policies in Africa : lessons from the Shanghai Conference case studies / Rwekaza Mukandala, Louise Fox, Robert Liebenthal
- Sustaining growth and achieving deep reductions in poverty : how Uganda recovered after conflict
- Ensuring security and justice : routes to reconciliation in Rwanda / Bob Burgoyne, Matthew Maguire
- Fueling cooperation : a regional approach to reducing poverty in the Senegal River Basin / Undala Alam, Ousmane Dione
- Exporting out of Africa : the Kenya horticulture success story / Phil English, Steve Jaffee, Julius Okello
- Leapfrogging into the information economy : harnessing information and communications technologies in Botswana, Mauritania, and Tanzania / Joseph O. Okpaku, Sr.
- Equity building society : scaling up microfinance in Kenya / Tamara Cook
- From donor-sponsored microfinance project to commercial bank : increasing the outreach of the Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme / John Nyerere, Sharon Maviala
- Reducing poverty through free primary education : learning from the experiences of Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, and Uganda / Roger Avenstrup
- Improving water and sanitation services in rural areas : lessons learned from Ghana, Lesotho, and South Africa / Jon Lane
- Defeating riverblindness : thirty years of success in Africa / Jesse B. Bump [and others]
- Using social investment funds in Africa : scaling up poverty reduction in Malawi and Zambia / Wim H. Alberts, John T. Milimo, Colin Wilshaw
- Turning the tide : how openness and leadership stemmed the spread of HIV/AIDS in Uganda / Narathius Asingwire, Swizen Kyomuhendo.
