Changing farm size distributions and agricultural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa

TS Jayne, A Wineman, J Chamberlin… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
We review the literature on the distribution of farm sizes in sub-Saharan Africa, trends over
time, drivers of change in farm structure, and effects on agricultural transformation and …

[HTML][HTML] Association between transport-related physical activity and wellness in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic literature review

EG Musau, NM Pisa, HE Masoumi - … research interdisciplinary perspectives, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction This systematic review is based on concerns about the rapid urbanization in
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) that has raised sedentary lifestyles and the need to understand …

Understanding sub-Saharan Africa's extreme poverty tragedy

SA Asongu, S Le Roux - International Journal of Public …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Motivated by a recent World Bank report on achieving of Millennium Development Goals
which shows that poverty has been declining in all regions of the world with the exception of …

[BUCH][B] Electoral politics and Africa's Urban transition: class and ethnicity in Ghana

NL Nathan - 2019 - books.google.com
Two aspects of contemporary urban life in Africa are often described as sources of political
change: the emergence of a large urban middle class and high levels of ethnic diversity and …

[BUCH][B] International Schooling and Education in the 'New Era' Emerging Issues

T Bunnell - 2019 - emerald.com
361-emerald_bunnell-3611790_idx 195..208 Page 1 INDEX Abu Dhabi, 77, 115, 118, 129,
156 Accredited European Schools, 15 Advance Levels (A-Levels), 11, 68, 95, 139 ADvTech …

“What's in the middle”: Scratching beneath the surface of the middle class (es) in Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Turkey and Vietnam

M Clément, E Rougier, JP Berrou, F Combarnous… - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
The term “middle class” is increasingly used to qualify the mass of people in develo**
countries who are neither poor nor rich and share consumption patterns historically …

Peri-urbanization as “Quiet Encroachment” by the middle class. The case of P&T in Greater Accra

LE Bartels - Urban Geography, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Informal settlements are often equated with slums emerging at urban fringes and inhabited
by the poor. This article contributes to revising this common narrative by drawing on rich …

Interrogating informality: Conceptualisations, practices and policies in the light of the New Urban Agenda

PA d'Alençon, H Smith, EÁ de Andrés, C Cabrera… - Habitat International, 2018 - Elsevier
Informality is growing in a context of increasing inequity, and in many places becoming the
norm. However, despite decades of studies and interventions,'recognising informality'is still …

[BUCH][B] Africa and global health governance: domestic politics and international structures

AS Patterson - 2018 - books.google.com
A timely inquiry into how domestic politics and global health governance interact in Africa.
Global health campaigns, development aid programs, and disaster relief groups have been …

The narrative of 'the African middle class' and its conceptual limitations

D Neubert, F Stoll - Middle classes in Africa: Changing lives and …, 2018 - Springer
The core of the 'middle class narrative'points to the purchasing power of the growing 'middle
class' and its stimulating effect on the African economy. Promoted by the media and …