Reasonable goals for reducing poverty in Africa

Turner, Sara; Cilliers, Jakkie; Hughes, Barry

dc.contributor.author	Turner, Sara
dc.contributor.author	Cilliers, Jakkie
dc.contributor.author	Hughes, Barry
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-10T08:31:42Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-10T08:31:42Z
dc.date.issued	2015-02
dc.description.abstract	The eradication of extreme poverty is a key component in the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals 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, even when modelling a package of aggressive poverty reduction interventions. In addition to country-level targets the authors also argue in favour of a goal that would see Africa as a whole reducing extreme poverty to below 15% by 2030, and below 4% by 2045.	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	am2015	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	The Hanns Seidel Foundation	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://www.issafrica.org/futures	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Turner, S, Cilliers, J & Hughes, B 2015, 'Reasonable goals for reducing poverty in Africa', Institute for Security Studies Papers, paper no. 13, pp. 1-16.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	1026-0404
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51768
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Institute for Security Studies	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2015, Institute for Security Studies	en_ZA
dc.subject	Poverty	en_ZA
dc.subject	African Union’s agenda 2063	en_ZA
dc.subject	Goal	en_ZA
dc.subject	Targets	en_ZA
dc.subject	Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals	en_ZA
dc.subject	African states	en_ZA
dc.title	Reasonable goals for reducing poverty in Africa	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA