TY - BOOK AU - White,Howard AU - Killick,Tony TI - African poverty at the millennium: causes, complexities, and challenges SN - 0821348671 AV - HC800.Z9 P684 2001 U1 - 339.46096 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank KW - Poverty KW - Africa KW - Economic conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-139); Pt. I. Africa's Poverty Problem -- 1. A First View -- 2. Different Poverty Concepts Can Point in Different Directions -- 3. African Poverty Has Many Dimensions -- Pt. II. The Causes of Poverty -- 4. Overview of the Proximate and Primary Causes of Poverty -- 5. Economic Stagnation Has Caused Much Poverty -- 6. Why Has Growth Been So Poor? -- 7. Both Governments and Markets Have Failed the Poor -- 8. The Poor Have Inadequate Capital -- 9. Sustaining Improvements in Social Indicators Requires Growing Income and Better State Service Provision -- 10. Household and Population Dynamics: Good and Bad News for Poverty Reduction -- 11. Women's Unequal Position Pervades the Poverty Problem -- Pt. III. Poverty Reduction Policies -- 12. Outlines of an Antipoverty Strategy -- 13. National Policies for Reducing Poverty -- 14. Find out More and Monitor Progress -- 15. Donor Countries Need to Do More, Too ER -