Mainstreaming the Poverty-reduction Agenda

Mainstreaming the Poverty-reduction Agenda
Author: Martin Greeley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2001
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Using case studies from six sub-Saharan countries, illustrates improving practices in policy processes relating to poverty reduction. Highlights the importance of the constitutional, legal and governance frameworks, the structural configuration of consultation processes, and the role of instruments for obtaining and using information on poverty.

Urban Poverty in Africa

Urban Poverty in Africa
Author: Mary Gachocho
Publisher: Un-habitat
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1999
Genre: Africa
ISBN:

This volume represents a selection of papers presented at the Africa Regional Workshop on Urban Poverty, held in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 1998. The papers are the outputs of the regional programme supported by UNCHS (Habitat) and the Ford Foundation since 1992. The papers published in this volume analyse urban poverty trends in East and Southern Africa, and review different strategies that countries and cities have pursued to address urban poverty.