Reducing poverty in Africa - realistic targets for the post-2015 MDGs and agenda 2063

Turner, Sara; Cilliers, Jakkie; Hughes, Barry

dc.contributor.author	Turner, Sara
dc.contributor.author	Cilliers, Jakkie
dc.contributor.author	Hughes, Barry
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-16T09:01:46Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-16T09:01:46Z
dc.date.issued	2014-08
dc.description.abstract	The eradication of extreme poverty is a key component of the post-2015 MDG process and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. This paper uses the International Futures forecasting system to explore this goal and finds that many African states are unlikely to make this target by 2030. In addition to the use of country-level targets, this paper argues in favour of a goal that would see Africa as a whole reducing extreme poverty to below 20% by 2030 (15% using 2011 purchasing power parity), and to below 3% by 2063.	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	am2015	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http:// www.issafrica.org	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Turner, S, Cilliers, J & Hughes, B 2014, 'Reducing poverty in Africa - realistic targets for the post-2015 MDGs and agenda 2063', African Futures Paper, no. 10, pp. 1-28.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	1026-0404
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/49052
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Institute for Security Studies	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2014, Institute for Security Studies	en_ZA
dc.subject	Poverty	en_ZA
dc.subject	Post-2015 MDG	en_ZA
dc.subject	International futures	en_ZA
dc.subject	African Union’s Agenda 2063	en_ZA
dc.title	Reducing poverty in Africa - realistic targets for the post-2015 MDGs and agenda 2063	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA