Poverty Reduction

Francis Wilson is a professor and director of the Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town.Einar Braathen teaches at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research.Dr Nazneen Kanji is an independent consultant, as well as lecturing in social policy at the London School of Economics.

• 1. Introduction: Poverty, Power and the State - Francis Wilson, Nazneen Kanji and Einar Braathen2. Conceptual and Philosophical Predispositions - Archie Mafeje3. Democracies and Poverty: Links and Associations - Kenneth Good4. Poverty and Citizenship: Moral Repertoires and Welfare Regimes - Hartley Dean5. 'The Right to Have Rights': Poverty, Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and State Power - Camilo Perez-Bustillo6. Poverty and Development in the Age of Globalization: The Role of Foreign Aid - Brigitte Schulz7. Poverty Reduction and Policy Dialogue: The World Bank and the State in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi - Nazneen Kanji8. Poverty Discourse and State Power: A case study of Morocco - Blandine Destremau9. Trade Policy, Poverty and Inequality in Namibia - Dirk Hansohm, Klaus Schade and Arne Wiig10. The State and Poverty Reduction Policies in Zimbabwe, 1980-1997 - Brian Raftopoulos11. Poverty and Democratization: The Case of Botswana - Charity K. Kerapeletswe and Tsholofelo Moremi12. Providing So Little for So Few: Botswana's Social Assistance Scheme - Arnon Bar-On13. Towards Pro-Poor Governance? The Case of Mozambique - Einar Braathen and Alessandro Palmero14. Meeting the Challenge? The Emerging Agenda for Poverty Reduction in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Julian May15. The South African Women's Budget Initiative: What does it tell us about poverty alleviation? - Debbie Budlender16. Redressing Urban Poverty in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Christian M. RogersonIndex