Development of local government – a key to poverty reduction in rural Africa
Abstract: "In sub-Saharan Africa some 80% of the poor live in rural areas and derive most of their incomes, whether in kind or in cash, from agriculture; economic development that is based on agriculture and benefits the mass of the population and the building of development-oriented local government structures providing a wide range of services are therefore essential if poverty is to be reduced. Both aspects have been repeatedly overlooked because of erroneous assessments of the employment, economic linkage and value added potential of peasant farming and the disdain in which the development-promoting significance of rural communities is held; since the 1980s international development cooperation has, moreover, increasingly shifted the emphasis in its promotion to physical and social infrastructure and the service sectors, principally in the industrial and urban sphere. At the same time, there has been a growing realization that the task for rural and agricultural development to proceed su
- Alternative title
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Gemeindeentwicklung – Schlüssel zur Armutsminderung im ländlichen Raum Afrikas
- Location
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Extent
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Online-Ressource, 4 S.
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Veröffentlichungsversion
- Bibliographic citation
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Briefing Paper ; Bd. 5/2002
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Bonn
- (when)
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2002
- Creator
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Otzen, Uwe
- Contributor
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Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik gGmbH
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-194667
- Rights
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Last update
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25.03.2025, 1:50 PM CET
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Associated
- Otzen, Uwe
- Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik gGmbH
Time of origin
- 2002
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