Substantive Paper

Issue: An overview of the extend of poverty challenges in Africa, highlighting efforts that are being made by government, private sector and civil society to address these challenges in Africa.  Efforts made by researchers to assist policy-makers and implementers in addressing these challenges. The paper will also make recommendations on what researchers, policy-makers and implementers can do to make the fight against poverty effective. Best practices from countries that have made positive strides in addressing the problem, are highlighted.   

Title:  Poverty research, policy-making and implementation in Africa: Where to go from now? Full paper

Presentation

Presenter: Mr. Kasirim Nwuke, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Ethiopia  

Case Study 1  

Title:  Mosopa Community Poverty Alleviation Project in North West Province, South Africa

Issue: The paper will show how the relationship between ETRUSCAN Diamond Miners and Mosopa   community impact on poverty alleviation. (available on request) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Presenter: Mr. Pule Mohutsiwa, Mosopa Community Poverty Alleviation Project, South Africa

Case Study 2

Title: Women and poverty alleviation: The case of Basadi Ikageng Project in North West Province (available on request) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Issue: The paper will show how women started a food security project as away of responding to the  poverty challenges

Presenter:   Mr. Simon Kombe, Independent Development Trust (IDT), South Africa

Case Study 3

Title: The Bethelsdorp Development Trust (BDT)   as an example of a community-driven poverty    alleviation  initiative focusing on environment, heritage and development, Port Elizabeth (available on request) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Issue: The local community of Bethelsdorp in Port Elizabeth organised itself into a trust and engaged with   researchers and the government to address local challenges of poverty, unemployment and    development.

Presenter: Mr. Robert Gallagher, Bethelsdorp Development Trust (BDT)  , South Africa

Case Study 4

Title: Community-driven poverty alleviation projects: The Zanzibar example (available on request) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Issue: The research will focus on how the University of Dar es Salaam’s Institute of Marine Sciences    engaged local communities in Zanzibar in the development of poverty alleviation projects, viz.    seaweed and fish farming   

Presenter: Dr. Narriman Jiddawi, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania