Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is in danger of being significantly left behind other regions of the world economically. Growth in SSA has been much weaker and more volatile than in other regions in the last two decades. The region contains most of the world's least developed countries: they have the lowest per capita incomes, they are structurally less developed, they are aid- (and often) food-dependent, and have the largest and deepest pockets of poverty left in the world. Meanwhile, in other developing regions of the world, such as Latin America and Asia, there has been much more progress on all these important indicators of growth and welfare. SSA alone failed to meet the challenge of halving poverty to meet its Millennium Development Goals for 2015, and is in now serious danger of not meeting its Sustainable Development Goals to eliminate poverty by 2030. This Palgrave Pivot provides a narrative for SSA that brings together growth, jobs and poverty reduction.

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ISBN 9783030915735
Author Moazam Mahmood
Format Hardback
Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG