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2. Upgrading rural footpaths to motorcycle taxi tracks in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
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Peters, Krijn and Clarke, Jim
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TRAILS , *MOTORCYCLES , *MOTORCYCLING , *JOB vacancies , *TRAINING manuals , *RURAL roads , *TAXICABS - Abstract
Motorcycle taxis have rapidly expanded throughout sub-Saharan Africa, providing many with affordable improved access to essential services. This paper reports on a project in 2021 to convert footpaths into motorcycle taxi tracks in central Liberia. Its community-based approach was documented in a manual to train future contractors in both the technical and social dimensions of track construction. The construction methodology is presented and discussed. It gives governments and donors a unique and significant opportunity to address isolation, improve the livelihoods of rural people and create more employment opportunities for Africa's young population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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3. SMEs in sustainable development: Their role in poverty reduction and employment generation in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Abisuga-Oyekunle, Oluwayemisi Adebola, Patra, Swapan Kumar, and Muchie, Mammo
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POVERTY reduction , *SUSTAINABLE development , *SMALL business , *ECONOMIC expansion , *JOB creation - Abstract
Poverty alleviation has been positioned high on the international development agenda following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000. African countries initiated various missions to establish sustained economic growth by increasing productivity with an ultimate goal of poverty reduction. The significance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in poverty reduction and employment generation is widely acknowledged. Despite the high failure rate amongst SMEs, particularly in the African context, some are striving with excellent results and are demonstrating signs of growth, innovation and sustainability. This paper explores the development of SMEs as a strategic measure for job creation in sub-Saharan Africa. It examines the role of SMEs in achieving sustainable employment in Africa. This study will benefit governments in Africa, getting them to focus on the development of the SMEs, and guiding them on how best to integrate SME development to achieve poverty alleviation. The recommendations proposed in this study may be helpful in policy formulation, business operation and regulatory practice for sustainable growth and development in the sub-Saharan African context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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4. A justice and wellbeing centered framework for analysing energy poverty in the Global South.
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Samarakoon, Shanil
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PROCEDURAL justice , *CONCEPTION , *JUDGES , *JUSTICE , *POVERTY ,DEVELOPING countries - Abstract
Approximately one billion people in the Global South, a large proportion of which reside in rural sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian sub-continent, live without access to electricity. Meanwhile, there is a growing appreciation of the vital role that energy access plays in advancing human wellbeing. This is epitomised by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal Seven, which ambitiously aspires to achieve universal access to modern energy by 2030. I argue that while such global initiatives represent important normative pursuits, their technical orientation tends to occlude consideration of issues relating to justice in energy systems. Drawing upon recent critical scholarship, I demonstrate how issues of distributive, recognition and procedural injustice are generated in the course of provisioning energy services for populations in the Global South. I argue that a failure to recognise and address these injustices has negative consequences for the wellbeing of several populations, including future generations. In order to better elucidate these issues in Global South contexts, I build upon Brand-Correa & Steinberger's (2017) analytical energy-wellbeing framework to include an ethical imperative to ensure energy justice when provisioning energy services. The paper concludes with three avenues for future research that can help mobilise this analytical framework in practice. • Issues of energy justice tend to be occluded by a technical framing of energy poverty in the Global South • A eudaimonic conception of wellbeing is more just and sustainable • Energy services represent the most practical interaction between human needs and energy systems • Issues of distributive, recognition and procedural justice need to be addressed in order to advance wellbeing through energy services in the Global South [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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