scholarly journals THE SOCIAL NETWORK OF URBAN AGRICULTURE

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gbenekamu Mpigi ◽  
Collins Wizor
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Global South ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Port Harcourt ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Developmental Phases

This paper addresses issues that affect poor urban households in the global south and uses Port Harcourt City Nigeria as its case study. It identified that poverty reduction strategies in Nigeria has always been top-down and generalised. Policy makers and planners have never considered differentiating urban from rural poverty and therefore, the contributions of urban agriculture has not been really appreciated.<div><br> <div>This paper reviewed urban agriculture from three developmental phases in Nigeria and suggested that to understand what it is and what it does, it should be city specific when defining it. it suggested that this should be done in regards to the features of urban agriculture and in relation to the city's economy. This is because what prompt someone to engage with urban agriculture in London is different from the motivation of those in Port Harcourt City.</div><div>The paper concluded that three social relations are important in understanding why people engage with urban agriculture in the global south. They are gender, birth right and social network. </div></div>

scholarly journals THE SOCIAL NETWORK OF URBAN AGRICULTURE

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gbenekamu Mpigi ◽  
Collins Wizor
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Global South ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Port Harcourt ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Developmental Phases

This paper addresses issues that affect poor urban households in the global south and uses Port Harcourt City Nigeria as its case study. It identified that poverty reduction strategies in Nigeria has always been top-down and generalised. Policy makers and planners have never considered differentiating urban from rural poverty and therefore, the contributions of urban agriculture has not been really appreciated.<div><br> <div>This paper reviewed urban agriculture from three developmental phases in Nigeria and suggested that to understand what it is and what it does, it should be city specific when defining it. it suggested that this should be done in regards to the features of urban agriculture and in relation to the city's economy. This is because what prompt someone to engage with urban agriculture in London is different from the motivation of those in Port Harcourt City.</div><div>The paper concluded that three social relations are important in understanding why people engage with urban agriculture in the global south. They are gender, birth right and social network. </div></div>

Theory and method in the study of poverty in east Africa

Focaal ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (45) ◽  
pp. 56-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Context Specific

This article explores the relation between theory and method in three methodologically innovative studies of rural poverty. The issue is pertinent because the nature of research on poverty has shifted from small-scale qualitative studies to large surveys, and to national-scale studies that combine qualitative and quantitative methods in an effort to inform policy makers on appropriate poverty reduction strategies. The interest in combined methods holds considerable promise for poverty research because it links a search for 'objective' economic concerns to the analysis of 'subjective' and context-specific issues. It is instructive to examine recent studies of poverty that have pursued different theoretical and methodological choices with a view to understand how 'theory' influenced methodological choices, and whether and how such choices influenced their understanding of poverty.

Digital Opportunities, Equity, and Poverty in Latin America

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Cecchini
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Latin American Countries

This chapter examines the digital divide that exists within Latin American countries. It argues that information and communication technology is creating new opportunities that can be seized to support human development and poverty-reduction strategies. However, it also clarifies that ICT on its own cannot leapfrog the old institutional and organizational weaknesses of Latin American economies and societies. The author hopes that understanding the deep-rooted inequalities that underlie ICT access in Latin America will not only inform researchers on the challenges for the development of the information society in the region, but also assist policy makers in the preparation and implementation of appropriate public policies.

Rural Poverty, Participation and Poverty-Reduction Strategies in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rufus Boluwaji Akindola ◽  
Chris O. Ehinomen
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Oil Gas

Despite Nigeria’s abundant oil, gas and other natural resources, the experience of the majority of its population in rural areas has been, and still is, one of abject poverty. Nigerians remain poor because of the failure of successive governments to manage the country’s enormous wealth effectively. Although poverty is equally widespread in urban areas, poor economic and social policies have aggravated the extent of poverty in rural areas. This article utilises a historical analysis technique to examine the nature of rural poverty in Nigeria and also the failure of the government’s poverty-reduction strategies. Information was sourced from previous studies, reports of government agencies and institutions, the World Bank, and relevant journals articles. The researchers have found that the limited understanding of the nature of poverty, and the failure to engage the rural poor and the wider community in decision-making processes, especially relating to poverty analysis, have been important factors that have contributed to the failure of past poverty-reduction strategies in the country. The researchers come to the conclusion that involving the poor is placing them at the centre of their own development process.

scholarly journals The Determinants of Household Poverty in South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajuruchukwu Obi ◽  
Sanelise Tafa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Good Picture ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Household Poverty ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Poverty Status

South Africa was privileged to be part of the MDGs agenda which was adopted in 2000. One of the aims of MDGs was to reduce extreme poverty by half in 2015. For that reason, South Africa integrated policies and strategies to rid poverty by half to that of United Nations (UN). Through all the combined policy approaches, South Africa has successfully achieved the target of halving the population living below PPP$1.25c per person per day. Whichever threshold used, the results showed that the percentage share of people living below poverty line has now decreased from 11.3 per cent in 2000 to 4.0 per cent in 2011. However, these reports are not reflecting the exact poor’s experiences because at household level there is still an outright poverty. Therefore, if the national poverty report gives a good picture about South African poverty status whereas there is still prevalence of poverty at household level, there are high chances that wrong policies in regard to poverty reduction strategies will be wrought. Hence this paper focuses on the determinants of household poverty in South Africa. The sole aim of this paper is to assess the determinants of household poverty in South Africa. The reviewed literature on determinants of poverty in South Africa would enable policy makers to see the effect of demographic characteristics on poverty in South Africa. Thus, strategies and policies aimed at alleviating poverty in South Africa can be directed to the discussed factors.

scholarly journals Poor-Led Social Movements and Global Justice

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 698-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique Deveaux
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Relations Of Power ◽  
Poor Communities

Political philosophers’ prescriptions for poverty alleviation have overlooked the importance of social movements led by, and for, the poor in the global South. I argue that these movements are normatively and politically significant for poverty reduction strategies and global justice generally. While often excluded from formal political processes, organized poor communities nonetheless lay the groundwork for more radical, pro-poor forms of change through their grassroots resistance and organizing. Poor-led social movements politicize poverty by insisting that, fundamentally, it is caused by social relations of power that exploit and subordinate poor populations. These movements and their organizations also develop the collective capabilities of poor communities in ways that help them to contest the structures and processes that perpetuate their needs deprivation. I illustrate these contributions through a discussion of the Landless Rural Worker’s Movement in Brazil (the MST), a poor mobilization organization in Bangladesh (Nijera Kori), and the slum and pavement dweller movement in India. Global justice theorizing about poverty cannot just “add on” the contributions of such struggles to existing analyses of, and remedies for, poverty, however; rather, we will need to shift to a relational approach to poverty in order to see the vital importance of organized poor communities to transformative, poor-centered poverty reduction.

Digital Opportunities, Equity, and Poverty in Latin America

2008 ◽  
pp. 2566-2585
Author(s):  
Simone Cecchini
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Latin American Countries

This chapter examines the digital divide that exists within Latin American countries. It argues that information and communication technology is creating new opportunities that can be seized to support human development and poverty-reduction strategies. However, it also clarifies that ICT on its own cannot leapfrog the old institutional and organizational weaknesses of Latin American economies and societies. The author hopes that understanding the deep-rooted inequalities that underlie ICT access in Latin America will not only inform researchers on the challenges for the development of the information society in the region, but also assist policy makers in the preparation and implementation of appropriate public policies.

scholarly journals Non-governmental organisations and rural poverty reduction strategies in Zimbabwe: A case of Binga rural district

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Mago ◽  
Daina Nyathi ◽  
Costa Hofisi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Participatory Development ◽  
Rural District ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
The Government

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies implemented by Non-governmental organisation (NGOs) for poverty alleviation in Zimbabwe with specific reference to Zimbabwe’s Binga Rural District. The qulitative research methodology was employed in the article. Data were collected using questionnaires and interviews. Findings indicated that NGOs do not adequately fulfil the needs of the poor due to ineffective strategies that they implement. There is insufficient understanding of the livelihoods of the poor in Binga, hence the need for participatory development approaches. Deepening and widening poverty in the rural areas that are currently served by NGOs is an indicator that their poverty alleviation strategies are inadequate and ineffective to deal with poverty in these rural areas. The paper recommends a policy shift by both NGOs and the government to improve the poverty reduction strategies used by NGOs.

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