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Public Policy Strategies for Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Inclusive Approach

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In retrospect, the poverty problem has deepened in many Sub-Saharan African countries in the last several decades, underpinning the region’s inability to sustain peace and stability, and in the process threatening years of development post-independence. This worsening situation is reflected in the HDI of the sub-continent which is on the lowest bracket in the global league. Subsequently, most of the countries have formulated and embarked on poverty reduction strategies in order to eradicate the status of “extremely poor” and also to receive debt forgiveness from the multi-lateral as well as bilateral organizations. Nevertheless, the effects of these endeavors have been mixed. This paper aims at identifying the status of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and qualitatively look at the modern policies that keep the problem alive today. What it enshrines is an elaborate strategy for poverty eradication, which puts emphasis on a consultative process for addressing the plight of extreme poverty in the region.

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  • Ekpeyong, Paul, 2024. "Public Policy Strategies for Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Inclusive Approach," MPRA Paper 121728, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    poverty; sub-Saharan; Africa; Policies;
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    JEL classification:

    • H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • O21 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Planning Models; Planning Policy
    • O23 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development

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