Title: Poverty, vulnerability, and rural development.

POPLINE Document Number: 128797

Author(s):

Morgan WB

Source citation:

In: Sustaining the future: economic, social, and environmental change in sub-Saharan Africa, edited by George Benneh, William B. Morgan, and Juha I. Uitto. Tokyo, Japan, United Nations University Press, 1996. :17-51.

Abstract:

There is a major preoccupation with poverty in arguments about sustainable environments and the management of resources use. Some scientists focus upon poverty as the main concern in the study of developing countries, and that the elimination of poverty or at least the raising of minimal living standards should be one of the main objectives of research and policy formulation. Economic reform together with environmental conservation should always be developed with regard to the poor. The nature of poverty, rural poverty and development in sub-Saharan Africa, aspects of economy and society in sub-Saharan Africa, vulnerability, and poverty and economic reform are discussed. A number of factors came together to exacerbate sub-Saharan Africa's economic and financial problems during the 1970s and 1980s. Price incentives to promote agricultural production and reduce rural poverty will not solve the problems of extremely poor people. Poor people need employment and cheaper food, the latter of which only a more efficient use of inputs in agriculture can provide.

Keywords:

Africa, Sub Saharan
Recommendations
Economic Factors
Economic Development
Sustainable Development
Resources
Poverty
Rural Development
Africa
Developing Countries
Organization and Administration
Socioeconomic Factors