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03635aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 EDE1217CB05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200617010021 008 190107t20192019dcuab b i000 0 eng d 020 $a 1464812322 020 $a 9781464812323 035 $a (OCoLC)1081001717 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d WAU $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a fb----- 050 4 $a HC800.Z9 $b P613 2019 245 00 $a Accelerating poverty reduction in Africa / $c Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, editors. 264 1 $a Washington DC : $b World Bank Group, $c [2019] 300 $a xxi, 285 pages : $b color illustrations, color maps; $c 27 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Key messages -- Overview -- Introduction -- 1. Poverty in Africa -- 2. Africa's demography and socioeconomic structure -- 3. Earning more on the farm -- 4. Moving to jobs off the farm -- 5. Managing risks and conflict -- 6. Mobilizing resources for the poor. 520 $a Sub-Saharan Africa's turnaround over the past couple of decades has been dramatic. After many years in decline, the continent's economy picked up in the mid-1990s. Along with this macroeconomic growth, people became healthier, many more youngsters attended schools, and the rate of extreme poverty declined from 54 percent in 1990 to 41 percent in 2015. Political and social freedoms expanded, and gender equality advanced. Conflict in the region also subsided, although it still claims thousands of civilian lives in some countries and still drives pressing numbers of displaced persons. Despite Africa's widespread economic and social welfare accomplishments, the region's challenges remain daunting: Economic growth has slowed in recent years. Poverty rates in many countries are the highest in the world. And notably, the number of poor in Africa is rising because of population growth. From a global perspective, the biggest concentration of poverty has shifted from South Asia to Africa. Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa explores critical policy entry points to address the demographic, societal, and political drivers of poverty; improve income-earning opportunities both on and off the farm; and better mobilize resources for the poor. It looks beyond macroeconomic stability and growth--critical yet insufficient components of these objectives--to ask what more could be done and where policy makers should focus their attention to speed up poverty reduction. The pro-poor policy agenda advanced in this volume requires not only economic growth where the poor work and live, but also mitigation of the many risks to which African households are exposed. As such, this report takes a "jobs" lens to its task. It focuses squarely on the productivity and livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable--that is, what it will take to increase their earnings. Finally, it presents a road map for financing the poverty and development agenda.-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Poverty $z Africa, Sub-Saharan. 650 0 $a Economic development $z Africa, Sub-Saharan. 651 0 $a Africa, Sub-Saharan $x Economic conditions. 650 7 $a Economic development. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901785 650 7 $a Economic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 $a Poverty. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01074093 651 7 $a Sub-Saharan Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239520 700 1 $a Beegle, Kathleen, $d 1969- $e editor. 700 1 $a Christiaensen, Luc J., $e editor. 710 2 $a World Bank, $e issuing body. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721014954.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EDE1217CB05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search