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Social Conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Roy A. Carr-Hill

    1. Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-4

  3. Monitoring Social Conditions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Growth—the African disease

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      Pages 7-16

    3. Which social conditions to report?

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      Pages 17-24

    4. The real population problem

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      Pages 25-35

  4. A Critical Examination of the Statistical Data

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Food production and food security

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      Pages 39-51

    3. Fire and water

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      Pages 52-64

    4. Child mortality and nutrition

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      Pages 65-80

    5. Adult health and health care

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      Pages 81-96

    6. Children’s education

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      Pages 97-112

    7. Literacy and adult education

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      Pages 113-126

    8. Urbanisation

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      Pages 127-139

    9. The impact of state violence and warmongering

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      Pages 140-155

    10. The status of women

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      Pages 156-176

  5. Improving the Knowledge Base

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Monitoring social conditions, top-down

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      Pages 179-192

    3. Monitoring basic needs at the local level

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      Pages 193-208

    4. Conclusion

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      Pages 209-218
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About this book

Sub-Saharan Africa is at the centre of the debate about development and about the relationship between prosperity in the North and poverty in the South. However, the data base for much of the argument is very weak. The purpose of this book is to present an up-to-date picture based on a critical evaluation of several hundred studies. Separate chapters consider food, fuel and water, health and education, and then three cross-cutting issues: urbanisation, women and human rights. The uniqueness of the book is not only in the care with which the data is examined but also in the emphasis upon interpreting data within a framework oriented towards the monitoring of the satisfaction of basic human needs.
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  • Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK

    Roy A. Carr-Hill

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