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Africa is the world’s poorest region in terms of income and material living standards. This chapter re-evaluates and explains how poverty rates are measured and how they are made comparable over time...
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What is Development?

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This chapter discusses various definitions of the term ‘development’. It explains how ‘human development’ is conceptualized in the development literature and how it differs from economic, political or cultural developments. The chapter...
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