Essays about: "Poverty traps"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words Poverty traps.

1. 6. A Regime Shift Analysis of Poverty Traps in sub-Saharan Africa : Identifying key feedbacks and leverage points for change

   University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Musumbu Tshimpanga Johnny; [2012]
   Keywords : Sustainable development; Poverty traps; sub-Saharan Africa; smallholder agrarian agricultural systems; regime shifts; feedbacks; drivers; leverage points; transformation; and sustainable livelihoods.;

   Abstract : Smallholder livestock keeping and agriculture systems in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) seem to be caught into poverty traps, in as much as they cannot any longer provide ecosystem services on which local communities depend for their survival. I used a regime shifts framework to carry out a thorough assessment of these two case studies in arid and semi-arid lands and smallholder by identifying relevant traps and alternate desirable regimes. READ MORE

3. 7. Do We Really Know Why the Poorest Countries are Failing? : A Study of Collier’s The Bottom Billion – Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About it

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

   Author : Malin Bohlers; [2012]
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   Abstract : In this deductive study, Paul Collier’s claims regarding poverty are tested. Collier claims in The Bottom Billion – Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About it (2008) that the poorest 58 countries today are poor because they are stuck in one or several traps. READ MORE