Poverty, Inequality, and Innovation in the Global South

Oliver Mtapuri is Professor at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, ​University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

• Chapter 1: Of Poverty, Inequality, Development and Innovation: An Introduction.- Chapter 2: Perceptions of inequality in an Informal Settlement in Durban, South Africa.- Chapter 3: Africa’s policy and technology options: Linking agricultural mechanization to social protection targets.- Chapter 4: Building Bridges to Close the Inequality Gap as a Basis for Social Change: A Social Worker’s Pragmatic Experience in Immersion.- Chapter 5: Tanzania policies on water governance in river basins: Implications for livelihoods and resource conservation.- Chapter 6: Farmer groups approach to rural development in Morogoro, Tanzania: A study of the activities performed and challenges experienced.- Chapter 7: Tanzania Social Action Fund II Implementation for the Household Socio-Economic Improvement: Evidence from Arusha District, Tanzania.- Chapter 8: Gender parity as a way to address poverty challenges in South Africa.- Chapter 9: Development Driven Tools or Parasitic Paradigms? A Critical Perspective of Western theories of Development and its Reforms.- Chapter 10: The Sankofa Methodology: A Pan-African Approach to Poverty Alleviation.- Chapter 11: Innovations for Fighting Poverty and Inequality in Zimbabwe: The Evolving Roles of the State, Private Sector and Non-Governmental Organisations.- Chapter 12: Systemic monitoring and evaluation to enhance collective creativity and innovation for the alleviation of poverty and inequality.- Chapter 13: Factors affecting agricultural students’ attitude towards entrepreneurship at a University in South Africa.- Chapter 14: Ending poverty on the African continent: Consolidating the agrarian welfare regime in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 15: Rural women’s perceptions of poverty and inequality in Mungwi District, Zambia.- Chapter 16: An Investigation into the Nexus between Innovation and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa.