Sound and cohesively implemented rural development strategies

A missing link in Africa’s fight against poverty

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21540905
AutoresMartin Tichaona Muchero (0000-0002-5977-5500, University of Pretoria, autor de correspondencia), Charles Machethe (0000-0002-5215-2132, University of Pretoria)
Año2023
Volumen40
Número3
Páginas485-506
Fecha de publicación2023-05-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopment Southern Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0376-835X • E-ISSN: 1470-3637
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0376835x.2021.2014785
OpenAlexW4200288287
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas7

Success in fighting poverty in Africa will largely depend on the extent to which rural poverty is reduced as it is largely a rural phenomenon. By examining the rural development strategies of the East African Community, Economic Community of West African States and the Association of South East Asian Nations, the purpose of this study was to determine their relationship to rural poverty reduction. The Rural Development Strategy Soundness Model and Rural Web Model tools were used to examine the soundness and cohesiveness of implementation, respectively. The results showed that rural poverty declined where a rural development strategy had both been sound and cohesively implemented. We concluded that a positive correlation exists between a sound and cohesively implemented rural development strategy and rural poverty reduction. We deduced from this that the former is a missing link in Africa’s fight against rural poverty

Basic needs · Culture of poverty · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Poverty · Poverty reduction · Rural area · Rural history · Rural poverty · Sociology · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · International Development and Aid · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare