Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa

315 Pages·2018·13.14 MB·English

by  Mike O. Odey

Poverty Reduction Strategies in
Africa
A fundamental question about contemporary Africa is why does Africa remain
so poor, long after the departure of the European Colonial domination and in the
midst of so many natural resources?
Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa provides new understandings of the
persistent issue of poverty in Sub- Saharan Africa and makes recommendations
for policy frameworks to help African governments alleviate poverty. Each
chapter uses case studies to review the old strategies for resolving the problem
of poverty in the continent and make the case for new initiatives to address
poverty. The contributors focus on practical and day- to-day issues as the best
approach to formulate and implement poverty reduction strategies in con-
temporary Africa.
This book is invaluable reading for students and scholars of African politics
and development.
Toyin Falola is University Distinguished Teaching Professor and the Jacob and
Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at
Austin, USA.
Mike O. Odey is a Professor of Economic History at Benue State University,
Nigeria.
Global Africa
Series Editors: Toyin Falola and Roy Doron
1 Dissent, Protest and Dispute in Africa
Edited by Emmanuel M. Mbah and Toyin Falola
2 Environment and Identity Politics in Colonial Africa
Emmanuel M. Mbah
3 Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa
Edited by Toyin Falola and Mike O. Odey
4 Literature and Culture in Global Africa
Tanure Ojaide
5 Gendering Knowledge in Africa and the African Diaspora
Contesting History and Power
Edited by Toyin Falola and Olajumoke Yacob-H aliso
Poverty Reduction Strategies
in Africa
Edited by Toyin Falola and
Mike O. Odey
First published 2018
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Names: Falola, Toyin, editor. | Odey, Mike Odugbo, editor, author.
Title: Poverty reduction strategies in Africa : the ideology of the family-
state / edited by Toyin Falola and Mike Odugbo Odey.
Other titles: Global Africa ; v 3.
Description: New York : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Global Africa ; v 3 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017004333| ISBN 9781138240667 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781315282978 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Poverty–Government policy–Africa, Sub-Saharan. |
Africa, Sub-Saharan–Economic conditions–21st century.
Classification: LCC HV438.A357 .P68 2017 | DDC 362.50967–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017004333
ISBN: 978-1-138-24066-7 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-28297-8 (ebk)
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Contents
List of illustrations viii
Notes on contributors x
Introduction 1
MIkE O. ODEY AND TOYIN FALOLA
PART I
Dimensions and assessments of poverty reduction policies
and programs in sub- Saharan Africa 19
1 Poverty in postcolonial Africa: the legacy of contested
perspectives 21
SATI U. FWATSHAk
2 Scaling up power infrastructure investment in sub- Saharan
Africa for poverty alleviation 53
AORI R. NYAMBATI
3 The impact of anti- corruption conventions in sub- Saharan
Africa 65
DANIEL BARkLEY AND CLAIRE MADUkA
4 Interrogating the issues of corruption and poverty in
contemporary Africa 78
IDRIS S. JIMADA
5 PEPFAR and preventing HIV/AIDS transmission: evidence
from sub- Saharan Africa 92
DANIEL BARkLEY AND OPEYEMI ADENIYI
vi Contents
 6  Reflections on the current challenges of poverty reduction in 
Africa 109
LOvEDAY N. GBARA
7 A critical analysis of poverty reduction strategies in
postcolonial Africa 120
FELIX O. OkOkHERE
PART II
Problems of good governance and institutional failures in
West Africa 137
8 Weaknesses and failures of poverty reduction policies and
programs in Nigeria since 1960 139
MIkE O. ODEY
9 In the web of neoliberalism and deepening contradictions?
Assessing poverty reform strategies in West Africa since the
mid- 1980s 155
OkPEH O. OkPEH, JR.
10 An assessment of abuse of the elderly as an aspect of poverty
in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria 177
MILDRED O. EkOT
11  Reflections on the interface between poverty and food 
insecurity in Nigeria 193
FUNSO A. ADESOLA
12 An appraisal of the poverty reduction program in Bayelsa
State of Nigeria: “In Care of the People” (COPE) 204
EzI BEEDIE
13 A comparative analysis of incidence of poverty in three
urban centers in Ghana from 1945 to 1990 215
WILHELMINA J. DONkOH
Contents vii
PART III
Dimensions of poverty in East and Southern Africa 243
14 Land reforms, landlessness, and poverty in Kenya: the
postcolonial experience 245
MARTIN S. SHANGUHYIA
15 Extraversion and development in northwestern Ethiopia:
the case of the Humera Agricultural Project, 1967 to 1975 268
LUCA PUDDU
16  Affirmative action as a theological-pastoral challenge in the 
South African democratic context 283
ELIJAH M. BALOYI
Index 294
Illustrations
Figure
5.1 PEPFAR funding, 2004–2008 93
Tables
3.1 ratification and entry into forced dates for AU and UN
conventions and SADC Protocol 68
3.2 Preventive and punitive measures in the AU, SADC
Protocol, and UNCAC 70
3.3 The Control of Corruption Index 71
3.4 Descriptive statistics 73
3.5 Difference-i n-Differences (DID) estimations 74
5.1 PePFAr first- phase budget funding by country 93
5.2 Difference-i n-Differences (DID) of mean adult HIV rates
for PEPFAR and non- PEPFAR recipient countries in
sub- Saharan Africa, 2003 to 2008 95
5.3 Difference-i n-Differences (DID) of mean total fertility
rates for PEPFAR and non- PEPFAR recipient countries in
sub- Saharan Africa, 2003 to 2008 95
5.4 ABC activities in PEPFAR countries 99
5.5 Descriptive statistics: mean and standard deviation 101
5.6 Difference-i n-Differences (DID) estimation: ordinary least
squares (OLS) dependent variable is log (HIV) 102
5.7 Difference-i n-Differences (DID) estimation: two-s tage least
squares (2SLS) 102
5.8 Difference-i n-Differences (DID) estimation: ordinary
least squares (OLS) 103
5.9 Difference-i n-Differences (DID) estimation: two-s tage least
squares (2SLS) 103
5.10 Difference-i n-Differences (DID) estimation: ordinary least
squares (OLS) 105
5.11 Variance inflation factor (VIF ) 105
Illustrations ix
8.1 Poverty in Nigeria by state, 1985 to 1992 144
8.2 Dimensions of poverty in Nigeria in 1995, 1999, and 2001 145
9.1 Changes in human development over time in selected
countries, 1975 to 2003 161
9.2 The 32 poorest countries in the world as measured by the
UNDP’s Human Development Index, 2005 162
9.3 Structural adjustment programs and poverty in sub-S aharan
Africa, 1985 and 1990 168
11.1 Percentages of Nigerians living above or below the poverty
line in select years 195
11.2 Select countries population living below the poverty line,
2011 199