African poverty at the millennium : causes, complexities, and challenges / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.