Eliminating Extreme Poverty in Africa: Trends, Policies and the Role of International Organizations

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dc.contributor.author Bicaba, Zorobabel
dc.contributor.author Brixiová, Zuzana
dc.contributor.author Ncube, Mthuli
dc.date.accessioned 2016-08-04T10:11:10Z
dc.date.available 2016-08-04T10:11:10Z
dc.date.issued 2016-08
dc.identifier.citation Bicaba, Z., Brixiová, Z., Ncube, M. (2016). Eliminating Extreme Poverty in Africa: Trends, Policies and the Role of International Organizations. A Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit Working Paper Number 170. Cape Town: SALDRU, University of Cape Town. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-928281-31-3
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11090/819
dc.description An earlier version of this paper was issued as Bicaba, Zorobabel; Brixiová, Zuzana and Ncube, Mthuli (2015), Eliminating Extreme Poverty in Africa: Trends, Policies and the Role of International Organizations, Working Paper Series No 223, African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The authors thank Mohamed S. Ben Aissa, John Anyanwu, Michael Crosswell, Douglas Gollin, Jacob Grover, Basil Jones, Beejay Kokil, Kevin Lumbila, Alice Nabalamba, and Don Sillers for comments and discussions. An earlier version was presented at the 1st Annual World Bank Conference on Africa and at a seminar at the USAID. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the African Development Bank. Corresponding e-mail address: zbrixiova@gmail.com. en_US
dc.description.abstract Eradicating extreme poverty for all people everywhere by 2030 is the first goal among the UN Sustainable Development Goals that guide the current development agenda. This paper examines its feasibility for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the world’s poorest but growing region. It finds that under plausible assumptions extreme poverty will not be eradicated in SSA by 2030, but it can be reduced to low levels. National and regional policies that focus on accelerating growth, while making it more inclusive would accelerate poverty reduction. International organizations, including informal ones such as the G20, can play a key role in this endeavor by encouraging policy coordination and coherence. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Saldru Working Paper;170
dc.subject Poverty en_US
dc.subject sustainable development en_US
dc.subject inclusive growth en_US
dc.subject policies en_US
dc.subject governance en_US
dc.title Eliminating Extreme Poverty in Africa: Trends, Policies and the Role of International Organizations en_US
dc.type Working Paper en_US


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