Poverty and government expenditure: an assessment of the impact of government expenditure and interventions on poor groups with a focus on Rwanda

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dc.contributor.advisorLe Roux, Pieter
dc.contributor.authorMusahara, Herman
dc.contributor.otherInstitute for Social Development
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-09T10:10:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-05T09:15:21Z
dc.date.available2007/04/18 11:39
dc.date.available2007/04/18
dc.date.available2013-07-09T10:10:53Z
dc.date.available2024-11-05T09:15:21Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis the author undertook a poverty and policy analysis. It is argued that it is important to understand the nature, magnitude and context of poverty before one can undertake an informed policy prescription. Existing theories of poverty, welfare regimes and social policies offer a lot of useful lessons for policy, but have limitations in offering a single model for Rwanda. The thesis demonstrated that, not only is Rwandan poverty multifaceted and deep, but it is characterized by a poverty conflict trap that can be traced back to the entire post colonial period. The author argued however that the current policy is not only inefficient in targeting poverty, but it may be unable to meet the challenges of growth, redistribution and conflict mitigation. The thesis, after further analyzing policy options, puts forward a package that is needed to reduce poverty in Rwanda in the long term and to break the poverty conflict trap. The prescribed package is put forward as a comprehensive and institutionalized social policy, which Rwanda so far does not have.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/17449
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectRwandaen_US
dc.subjectEconomic conditionsen_US
dc.subjectEconomic policyen_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.titlePoverty and government expenditure: an assessment of the impact of government expenditure and interventions on poor groups with a focus on Rwandaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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