over the last 50 years yet rates in Sub-Saharan Africa have experienced little change and one in four countries within Sub-Saharan have seen an increased, showing the poorest progress and slowest decline globally (Mogford 2004 p. 94). Sub-Saharan Africa continues to have great obstacles in decreasing child mortality. One of the main causes for high child mortality is the effect HIV and AIDS has on the region. Child mortality caused by HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa would dramatically improve with
world live in regions of economic water scarcity, with 780 million of these people living in areas with no basic water facilities. Economic water scarcity means that investments in water resources and relevant human labour forces are not substantial enough to meet water demands in an area where the population does not have the financial means to make use of an adequate water source on their own. Economic water scarcity is about an unequal distribution of resources for many reasons, including political
where others see confusion and chaos (David, 2013).Dollinger (2003) defines entrepreneurship in agriculture as the creation of innovative economic organization for the purpose of growth or gain under conditions of risk and uncertainty in agriculture. Entrepreneurship in agriculture is seen as one of the most important solutions to poverty, unemployment and low economic
Evidently, Manda and Mwakubo’s article “gender and economic development in Africa: an overview” is a comprehensively written summary that analyze key arguments in relations to gender and development. The article is reviewed in a manner that seeks to disseminate major features of the gender challenges germane to the development in Africa. Gender issues, in Africa, have been at the center of debate since the 1990s, especially after the movement on women empowerment both globally and national, however
Gender inequality specifies to unequal treatment or approach of individuals based on their gender. It occurs from differences in socially constructed gender roles as well as biologically through chromosomes, brain structure, and hormonal differences. In 2006, the World Economic Forum introduced The Global Gender Gap Index. It is a framework that captures the magnitude and capacity of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress. The index measures national gender gaps on political, economic
part by the United States and Western allies, this perspective now dominates the economic and political ideology of most Sub-Saharan Africa nations. African states readily adopted SAPs to continue receiving western aid from multilateral aid institutions. Conditional lending now focuses on pro-market policies (Haque 1999). The policies of privatization were to rationalize public sector investment, and make developing country industries globally competitive (Noorbakhsh & Paloni 1999). SAPs force recipient
not available or unaffordable, suffering the stigma of tuberculosis, and poverty and hunger so severe, cause most to turn their eyes because it is too painful to witness. Surely, these are the sufferings found only in God-forsaken places such as Sub-Saharan Africa. If one makes this statement to the people living in the Mississippi Delta, the eastern coal belt of Appalachia, and many Native American communities, their lives reflect a vicious burden as well. Bono (2014) stated, “Where you live should
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are both currently affecting the present world. Interestingly, it is believed that these viruses originated in certain types of monkeys and chimpanzees located in the western part of Africa, and evolved from them into a disease only transferable from human to human. This fact makes HIV and AIDS of zoonotic origin (Shannon 2014). According to a report titled “What is HIV/AIDS?” by the U.S Department of Health and Human
longer life than ever. Has the less fortunate been left behind as the rest of society has prospered. Recent economic research has found both positive and negative relationships between growth and inequality not just in the UK but also throughout the world. There is no questioning that the UK as a whole has become more prosperous. The British economy has experienced 9 years of economic growth since the last recession ended in 1992. Since 1996 the level of real national output has grown in excess
London School of Economics economists, was among the first write against development aid. Hubbard and Duggan in, “The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty” (2009) is also critical of foreign aid with different qualifications and emphases on other type of aid in terms of development. Dead Aid begins with a foreword written by Neil Ferguson writing. “It has long seemed to me problematic, and even a little embarrassing, that so much of the public debate about Africa’s economic problems should