- Home
- Books
- Economic Report on Africa 2005
- Chapter
Overview - Meeting the challenges of unemployment and poverty in Africa
- Author: United Nations
- Main Title: Economic Report on Africa 2005 , pp 1-24
- Publication Date: February 2007
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/3907441e-en
- Language: English
- Previous Chapter
- Table of Contents
- Next Chapter
Poverty in Africa is substantially higher than in other developing regions. More enigmatic is that poverty in Africa is chronic and rising. The share of the total population living below the $1 a day threshold of 46 per cent is higher today than in the 1980s and 1990s—this despite significant improvements in the growth of African GDP in recent years. The implication: poverty has been unresponsive to economic growth. Underlying this trend is the fact that the majority of people have no jobs or secure sources of income.
© United Nations
ISBN (PDF):
9789210598859
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/64b4adee-en
Related Subject(s):
Economic and Social Development
Sustainable Development Goals:
-
From This Site
/content/books/9789210598859c003dcterms_title,dcterms_subject,pub_keyword-contentType:Journal -contentType:Contributor -contentType:Concept -contentType:Institution105
/content/books/9789210598859c003
dcterms_title,dcterms_subject,pub_keyword
-contentType:Journal -contentType:Contributor -contentType:Concept -contentType:Institution
10
5