The international dimensions of poverty relief : a comparative case study of Angola and Zambia

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dc.contributor.advisorNel, Philip
dc.contributor.authorCordeiro Neto, Jacinto Rangel Lopes
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences . Dept. of Political Science.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-27T11:35:34Z
dc.date.available2012-08-27T11:35:34Z
dc.date.issued2003-04
dc.descriptionThesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: This report seeks to investigate the extent and success of multilateral foreign aid aimed at poverty alleviation in two countries, Angola and Zambia. Links between aid, economic growth, and poverty alleviation are also investigated. It is found that aid alone cannot create economic growth in order to alleviate poverty, and growth from aid alone is not sustainable - as the case study of Zambia shows. In Zambia, aid did not have enough impact to change the legacy of unsound economic polices, as the institutions that led these processes lacked the capacity to design sound policies to manage the aid projects. In the case of Angola, the whole process of using aid for poverty alleviation was seriously retarded by the civil war. The war is clearly one of the major causes of the poverty that exists in Angola - unlike in the case of Zambia where poverty is a chronic situation. As poverty alleviation is critical to both these countries, they should concentrate on empowering the poor with capacity-building skills, and multilateral aid should promote this. In terms of aid agreements with multilateral institutions, conditions must be in place before aid is granted to promote the interests of the poor. Well-designed aid can be successfully implemented, and can be sustainable. However, this will work only if all stakeholders from the bottom to the top are actively involved in the planning through to the implementing stages. Apart from empowering the poor, government and multilateral agencies also need to encourage the growth of the private sector in these two countries.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie verslag stelondersoek in na die omvang en sukses van multilaterale hulpverlening aan Zambië en Angola wat gemik is op die verligting van armoede. Die verband tussen hulpverlening, ekonomiese groei en armoedeverligting word ook ondersoek. Daar word bevind dat hulpverlening nie outomaties aanleiding gee tot groei -plus-armoedeverligting nie, en dat ekonomiese groei wat op hulpverlening gebaseer is, onvolhoubaar is, soos Zambië illustreer. In Zambië kon hulpverlening nie daarin slaag om swak ekonomiese beleid reg te ruk nie, vanweë die gebrek aan institusionele kapasiteit. In die geval van Angola was pogings om hulp te benut vir armoedeverligting ernstig in die wiele gery deur die burgeroorlog, een van die hoofoorsake van armoede in Angola. Aaangesien armoedeverligting "n kritiese uitdaging vir albei state is, moet die armes bemagtig word deur kapasiteitsbou, en multilaterale hulp moet daarvoor geoormerk word. Dit impliseer dat hulpverleningsooreenkomste aan voorwaardes wat die armes bevoordeel, onderworpe moet wees. Goed-ontwerpte hulp kan suksesvol toegepas word, en kan volhoubaar wees. Dit voorveronderstel egter dat alle belangegroepe aktief betrek word. Naas die bevordering van die belange van die armes, moet die privaatsektor in albei state ook verder uitgebou word.af_ZA
dc.format.extent79 p. : ill.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53653
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectEconomic assistance -- Angola -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectEconomic assistance -- Zambia -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectPoverty -- Economic aspects -- Angola -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectPoverty -- Economic aspects -- Zambia -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectStructural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Angola -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectStructural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Zambia -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertations -- Political scienceen_ZA
dc.subjectTheses -- Political scienceen_ZA
dc.titleThe international dimensions of poverty relief : a comparative case study of Angola and Zambiaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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