Poverty, Inequality, and Innovation in the Global South

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Of Poverty, Inequality, Development, and Innovation: An Introduction

   • Oliver Mtapuri

   Pages 1-11

3. Perceptions of Inequality in an Informal Settlement in Durban, South Africa

   • Oliver Mtapuri, Andrew Emmanuel Okem

   Pages 13-34

4. Africa’s Policy and Technology Options: Linking Agricultural Mechanisation to Social Protection Targets

   • Toendepi Shonhe, Isaac Chinyoka

   Pages 35-59

5. Building Bridges to Close the Inequality Gap as a Basis for Social Change: A Social Worker’s Pragmatic Experience in Immersion

   • Saidah Mbooge Najjuma

   Pages 61-95

6. Tanzania Policies on Water Governance in River Basins: Implications for Livelihoods and Resource Conservation

   • Christina Mwivei Shitima, Saida Seleman Fundi

   Pages 97-120

7. Farmer Groups Approach to Rural Development in Morogoro, Tanzania: A Study of the Activities Performed and Challenges Experienced

   • Venosa Mushi, Adolf Makauki

   Pages 121-141

8. Tanzania Social Action Fund II Implementation for the Household Socio-Economic Improvement: Evidence from Arusha District, Tanzania

   • Claudia Edward Mamkwe, Elizabeth Lulu Genda

   Pages 143-165

9. Gender Parity as a Way to Address Poverty Challenges in South Africa

   • Maria Matshidiso Kanjere

   Pages 167-181

10. Development-Driven Tools or Parasitic Paradigms? A Critical Perspective of Western Theories of Development and Its Reforms

    • Bashir Olaitan Ibrahim

    Pages 183-202

11. The Sankofa Methodology: A Pan-African Approach to Poverty Alleviation

    • Tapiwa Muzerengi, Shepherd Gudyani

    Pages 203-226

12. Innovations for Fighting Poverty and Inequality in Zimbabwe: The Evolving Roles of the State, Private Sector and Non-governmental Organisations

    • Tinashe Gumbo, Admire Mutizwa

    Pages 227-246

13. Systemic Monitoring and Evaluation to Enhance Collective Creativity and Innovation for the Alleviation of Poverty and Inequality

    • Ivan Gunass Govender

    Pages 247-270

14. Factors Affecting Agricultural Students’ Attitude Towards Entrepreneurship at a University in South Africa

    • Tsion Tesfaye Kidane, Oliver Mtapuri

    Pages 271-284

15. Ending Poverty on the African Continent: Consolidating the Agrarian Welfare Regime in Zimbabwe

    • Isaac Chinyoka

    Pages 285-306

16. Rural Women’s Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality in Mungwi District, Zambia

    • Tobias Mubanga Mutale, Oliver Mtapuri

    Pages 307-344

17. An Investigation into the Nexus Between Innovation and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • Barry Ibrahima, Andrew Emmanuel Okem, Julien Reysz

    Pages 345-360

18. Back Matter

    Pages 361-367

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This edited volume analyzes the experiences learned in practice especially among small holder farmers to eradicate poverty. In other words, it discusses practical solutions which small scale farmers can use to alleviate poverty and reduce inequality. This addresses the issue of inclusive and sustainability of projects leading to the notion of not leaving anyone behind. The book provides insights that can be translated into policy with potential to inform practice. It also has the potential to address the issue of rural urban migration by providing knowledge that is usable by small scale farmers, policy makers and entrepreneurs alike. The volume is written by authors from different countries, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, indicating the commonality of the problems of poverty and inequality. It contains insights from all these countries assembled together into an amalgam of practices ready to use and implement informed by evidence from the field as most of the chapters are based on empirical data.

• poverty
• africa
• global south
• development
• Innovation

This book offers a systematic examination of poverty, inequality, and innovation from a perspective of the Global South. It examines and foregrounds historical backgrounds, context, measurements, policies, programmes, approaches to services including continuous monitoring and evaluation processes. The book also reflects on proposing that public policies should be based on rigorously and scientifically established evidence. (--Mulugeta F. Dinbabo, Professor of Development Studies, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa)

A brilliant book on the nexus between poverty, inequality, innovation and development. The book opens new vistas and fresh pathways for Africa’s development steeped in lived experiences from the Global South. (-- Prof Saumya Chakrabarti, Phd Professor Of Economics Visva-Bharati (University), Santiniketan, India.)

• Durban, South Africa

  Oliver Mtapuri

Oliver Mtapuri is Professor at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, ​University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.