Poverty, Inequality, and Innovation in the Global South

ISBN-13: 9783031218408 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 327 str.

Oliver Mtapuri

Opis

This edited volume analyzes the experiences learned in practice especially among small holder farmers to eradicate poverty. In other words, it discusses practical solutions which small scale farmers can use to alleviate poverty and reduce inequality. This addresses the issue of inclusive and sustainability of projects leading to the notion of not leaving anyone behind. The book provides insights that can be translated into policy with potential to inform practice. It also has the potential to address the issue of rural urban migration by providing knowledge that is usable by small scale farmers, policy makers and entrepreneurs alike. The volume is written by authors from different countries, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, indicating the commonality of the problems of poverty and inequality. It contains insights from all these countries assembled together into an amalgam of practices ready to use and implement informed by evidence from the field as most of the chapters are based on empirical data.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Of Poverty, Inequality, Development and Innovation: An Introduction                               

Chapter 2: Perceptions of inequality in an Informal Settlement in Durban, South Africa    

Chapter 3: Africa’s policy and technology options: Linking agricultural mechanization to social protection targets                                                                                                                

Chapter 4: Building Bridges to Close the Inequality Gap as a Basis for Social Change: A Social Worker’s Pragmatic Experience in Immersion                                             

Chapter 5: Tanzania policies on water governance in river basins: Implications for livelihoods and resource conservation                                                                                     

 

Chapter 6: Farmer groups approach to rural development in Morogoro, Tanzania: A study of the activities performed and challenges experienced                       

 

Chapter 7: Tanzania Social Action Fund II Implementation for the Household Socio-Economic Improvement: Evidence from Arusha District, Tanzania                   

Chapter 8: Gender parity as a way to address poverty challenges in South Africa             

Chapter 9: Development Driven Tools or Parasitic Paradigms? A Critical Perspective of Western theories of Development and its Reforms                                                   

Chapter 10: The Sankofa Methodology: A Pan-African Approach to Poverty Alleviation    

Chapter 11: Innovations for Fighting Poverty and Inequality in Zimbabwe: The Evolving Roles of the State, Private Sector and Non-Governmental Organisations   

Chapter 12: Systemic monitoring and evaluation to enhance collective creativity and innovation for the alleviation of poverty and inequality                                  

Chapter 13: Factors affecting agricultural students’ attitude towards entrepreneurship at a University in South Africa                                                                                                                               

Chapter 14: Ending poverty on the African continent: Consolidating the agrarian welfare regime in Zimbabwe                                                                                                                      

Chapter 15: Rural women’s perceptions of poverty and inequality in Mungwi District, Zambia                                                                                      

Chapter 16: An Investigation into the Nexus between Innovation and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa                                                                                                        

 

O autorze

Oliver Mtapuri is Professor at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, ​University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 

Blurb

“This book offers a systematic examination of poverty, inequality, and innovation from a perspective of the Global South. It examines and foregrounds historical backgrounds, context, measurements, policies, programmes, approaches to services including continuous monitoring and evaluation processes. The book also reflects on proposing that public policies should be based on rigorously and scientifically established evidence.”

-- Mulugeta F. Dinbabo, Professor of Development Studies, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

“A brilliant book on the nexus between poverty, inequality, innovation and development. The book opens new vistas and fresh pathways for Africa’s development steeped in lived experiences from the Global South.”

--Saumya Chakrabarti, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, Visva-Bharati (University), Santiniketan, India. 

Oliver Mtapuri is Professor at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, ​University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 

This edited volume analyzes the experiences learned in practice especially among small holder farmers to eradicate poverty. In other words, it discusses practical solutions which small scale farmers can use to alleviate poverty and reduce inequality. This addresses the issue of inclusive and sustainability of projects leading to the notion of not leaving anyone behind. The book provides insights that can be translated into policy with potential to inform practice. It also has the potential to address the issue of rural urban migration by providing knowledge that is usable by small scale farmers, policy makers and entrepreneurs alike. The volume is written by authors from different countries, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, indicating the commonality of the problems of poverty and inequality. It contains insights from all these countries assembled together into an amalgam of practices ready to use and implement informed by evidence from the field as most of the chapters are based on empirical data.