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Title: | Sub Saharan Africa and the millennium development goals: Issues, perspectives, tensions and contradictions | Contributor(s): | Adjapawn, Quassy (author); Makuwira, Jonathon (author) | Publication Date: | 2006 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4654 | Abstract: | Despite the numerous development initiatives by multilateral and bilateral development agencies, Sub-Saharan Africa is home to the world's poorest people and to many of the least developed countries. Development theorists have utilized various theoretical perspectives to understand and explain the complex nature of the region's underdevelopment. To date, optimism has faded into pessimism as many of the social indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa continue to decline, raising more questions than answers regarding such a disparity. This article critically examines the reasons why Sub-Saharan Africa's development continues to lag behind. Employing 'Alternative Development', 'Alternatives to Development', and 'Post-Development' theories we explain why the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) alone are no panacea to poverty alleviation but rather a blueprint. We contend that Sub-Saharan Africa's problems transcend the simplistic development views of western epistemology. Rather, they reflect the tension that exists between externally driven and/or imposed development agendas and the indigenous ways of social development. In addition, Sub-Saharan Africa's development challenges are structurally induced. As such, achieving the MDGs will require a multifarious approach to addressing poverty. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Global Development Studies, 4(1-2), p. 229-248 | Publisher: | International Development Options | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1093-8281 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200209 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32572252 |
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