Poverty, Inequality, and Innovation in the Global South

383 Pages·2023·7.122 MB·English

by  Oliver Mtapuri

Poverty, Inequality,
and Innovation in
the Global South
Edited by
Oliver Mtapuri
Poverty, Inequality, and Innovation in the Global
South
Oliver Mtapuri
Editor
Poverty, Inequality,
and Innovation
in the Global South
Editor
Oliver Mtapuri
Durban, South Africa
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Preface
This book questions notions of development and advances ideas, theories
on poverty, and inequality from a perspective from the South. It makes a
link between poverty, inequality, development, and innovation to unpack
new pathways for progress and valorizes the transferability of those lessons
to other landscapes or settings with potential for scalability. The book is
about the experiences learned through practice including among small-
holder farmers to eradicate poverty. In other words, it discusses practical
solutions which small scale farmers can use to alleviate poverty and reduce
inequality. It provides insights that can be translated into policy with
the potential to inform practice. It also has the potential to address the
issue of rural urban migration by providing knowledge that is useable
by small scale farmers on the ground, policy makers, and entrepreneurs
alike. It was written by authors from different countries like Ethiopia,
Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe indi-
cating the commonality of the problems of poverty and inequality. It
contains insights from all these countries assembled together into an
amalgam of practices ready to use and implement informed by evidence
from the field as most of the Chapters are based on empirical data.
This book will appeal to scholars—academic staff/faculty and students.
For students, it is accessible to both undergraduate and postgraduate
students. It targets staff/faculty and students in the disciplines of Devel-
opment studies, African studies, Agrarian Studies, Social studies, Devel-
opment economics, Political economy, Climate studies, Anthropology,
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Development management, Pan-African studies, Geography, and Agri-
culture as it foregrounds the complex nexus between poverty, inequality,
development, and innovation. It will appeal to politicians, activists, devel-
opment practitioners, researchers, and policy makers who deal with the
challenges of poverty, inequality, development, and innovation every day.
It will appeal to African scholars on the African continent and those in
the Diaspora and those with a keen interest in poverty, inequality, and
innovations in a context of resource abundance juxtaposed with glaring
poverty as reflected in Africa.
Oliver Mtapuri is a full Professor in Development Studies at the School
of Built Environment and Development in the College of Humanities
at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban South Africa. He
has a Ph.D. in Development Studies (UKZN) and an M.B.A. degree
from the University of Zimbabwe. He is an Associate of the Insti-
tute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. His areas of research
interest straddle poverty and inequality, redistribution, research method-
ologies, community-based tourism, project management, and the political
economy of Africa which adumbrates struggles on many fronts and a
yearning for total emancipation.
Durban, South Africa Oliver Mtapuri
Contents
1 Of Poverty, Inequality, Development, and Innovation:
An Introduction 1
Oliver Mtapuri
2 Perceptions of Inequality in an Informal Settlement
in Durban, South Africa 13
Oliver Mtapuri and Andrew Emmanuel Okem
3 Africa’s Policy and Technology Options: Linking
Agricultural Mechanisation to Social Protection
Targets 35
Toendepi Shonhe and Isaac Chinyoka
4 Building Bridges to Close the Inequality Gap
as a Basis for Social Change: A Social Worker’s
Pragmatic Experience in Immersion 61
Saidah Mbooge Najjuma
5 Tanzania Policies on Water Governance in River
Basins: Implications for Livelihoods and Resource
Conservation 97
Christina Mwivei Shitima and Saida Seleman Fundi
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6 Farmer Groups Approach to Rural Development
in Morogoro, Tanzania: A Study of the Activities
Performed and Challenges Experienced 121
Venosa Mushi and Adolf Makauki
7 Tanzania Social Action Fund II Implementation
for the Household Socio-Economic Improvement:
Evidence from Arusha District, Tanzania 143
Claudia Edward Mamkwe and Elizabeth Lulu Genda
8 Gender Parity as a Way to Address Poverty Challenges
in South Africa 167
Maria Matshidiso Kanjere
9 Development-Driven Tools or Parasitic Paradigms?
A Critical Perspective of Western Theories
of Development and Its Reforms 183
Bashir Olaitan Ibrahim
10 The Sankofa Methodology: A Pan-African Approach
to Poverty Alleviation 203
Tapiwa Muzerengi and Shepherd Gudyani
11 Innovations for Fighting Poverty and Inequality
in Zimbabwe: The Evolving Roles of the State,
Private Sector and Non-governmental Organisations 227
Tinashe Gumbo and Admire Mutizwa
12 Systemic Monitoring and Evaluation to Enhance
Collective Creativity and Innovation for the Alleviation
of Poverty and Inequality 247
Ivan Gunass Govender
13 Factors Affecting Agricultural Students’ Attitude
Towards Entrepreneurship at a University in South
Africa 271
Tsion Tesfaye Kidane and Oliver Mtapuri
14 Ending Poverty on the African Continent:
Consolidating the Agrarian Welfare Regime
in Zimbabwe 285
Isaac Chinyoka
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15 Rural Women’s Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality
in Mungwi District, Zambia 307
Tobias Mubanga Mutale and Oliver Mtapuri
16 An Investigation into the Nexus Between Innovation
and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa 345
Barry Ibrahima, Andrew Emmanuel Okem,
and Julien Reysz
Index 361
Notes on Contributors
Isaac Chinyoka is a DST/NRF South African Chair on Welfare and
Social Development Research Fellow, Centre for Social Development
for Africa, University of Johannesburg. His interests include comparative
public policy, social protection, the political economy of poverty allevia-
tion, family policy, health and disaster management, social development
and welfare, and development economics in Africa, the Caribbean, the
United States, and the United Kingdom.
Saida Seleman Fundi has a Ph.D. in Public Administration. She
is currently a Lecturer at the School of Public Administration and
Management, Mzumbe University Tanzania, teaching administration and
management subjects particularly, Public Policy, Public Sector Gover-
nance, institutional analysis, Organization Behaviour, Human Resource
Management, Organizational Theory, Local Government Management,
Qualitative Research Methodology, and Leadership Theory and Practice.
Apart from teaching, Saida has been involved in the review of various
courses and programmes at Mzumbe University and various research
and official reports within and outside the University. In addition to
course reviews, she has been participating in programme and curriculum
development for administration and management studies. She is also a
consultant, short course trainer in management and administration and
has supervised and coordinated various outreach activities in villages
surrounding Mzumbe University.
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