Overview
- Provides a comprehensive picture of the state of multidimensional poverty, its measurement, causal factors, and policies and practices in East Africa
- Offers case studies of poverty and the policies aimed at its alleviation in Burundi, Cameron, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania
- Investigates the relationship between energy, environment and poverty
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being (EIAP)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Child Poverty and Malnutrition
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Dynamics and Determinants of Poverty
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Multidimensional Measures of Poverty
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Energy-Environment-Poverty Relationships
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About this book
This volume is a collection of selected studies on poverty and well-being in East Africa. Using a multidimensional approach, the authors hope to provide a broad view of poverty and a thorough account of the variables that contribute to it. As opposed to traditional studies of poverty, which focus mainly on material well-being, this volume includes criteria such as material standard of living, health, education, housing, personal security, access to information, freedom, participation in organization, corruption, trust, and employment. The studies highlighted in this volume are grouped into the following four research areas: child poverty and malnutrition, dynamics and determinants of poverty, multidimensional measures of poverty, and energy-environment-poverty relationships. Together, these studies provide a comprehensive picture of the state of multidimensional poverty, its measurement, causal factors, and policies and practices in Burundi, Cameron, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania. The methodology utilized in the studies is diverse as well, ranging from econometric analysis to decision theory, to neoclassical growth models. This book is geared towards students and researchers interested in economic development, welfare, and poverty in Africa as well as policy makers and members of NGOs and international aid agencies.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Poverty and Well-Being in East Africa
Book Subtitle: A Multi-faceted Economic Approach
Editors: Almas Heshmati
Series Title: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30981-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30980-4Published: 09 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80936-6Published: 27 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30981-1Published: 30 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2364-107X
Series E-ISSN: 2364-1088
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 281
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development Economics, Public Policy, Social Policy, Economic Policy, Economic Growth