TY - CHAP
T1 - Multiple Perspectives for Poverty Reduction
AU - SOFO, Francesco
AU - WICKS, Alison
AU - SOFO, Michelle
AU - MIRANTI, Riyana
AU - Taylor-Ide, Luke
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The 193 United Nations member countries, focused on halving world poverty by 2015, set eight Millennium Development Goals. A new 2030 agenda for sustainable development has replaced the failed goals; it comprises 17 new sustainable development goals including ending poverty. 1.2 billion people (about 20% of the world's population) cannot fulfil most basic daily needs to live without fear, hunger, or suffering. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) estimates that more than one billion people in the world live on less than US$1 a day while 2.7 billion struggle to survive on less than US$2 per day. The chapter strategically examines four perspectives (economic, sociological, occupational, and educational) to identify some of the key success factors to ensure the viability of new micro-businesses. A theoretical framework that incorporates these perspectives and the SEED–SCALE methodology is proposed, demonstrating how the establishment of new micro-businesses may be used to reduce poverty in developing economies.
AB - The 193 United Nations member countries, focused on halving world poverty by 2015, set eight Millennium Development Goals. A new 2030 agenda for sustainable development has replaced the failed goals; it comprises 17 new sustainable development goals including ending poverty. 1.2 billion people (about 20% of the world's population) cannot fulfil most basic daily needs to live without fear, hunger, or suffering. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) estimates that more than one billion people in the world live on less than US$1 a day while 2.7 billion struggle to survive on less than US$2 per day. The chapter strategically examines four perspectives (economic, sociological, occupational, and educational) to identify some of the key success factors to ensure the viability of new micro-businesses. A theoretical framework that incorporates these perspectives and the SEED–SCALE methodology is proposed, demonstrating how the establishment of new micro-businesses may be used to reduce poverty in developing economies.
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Empowerment
KW - social capital
KW - SEED Scale
KW - Poverty
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046461817&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/multiple-perspectives-poverty-reduction
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-5225-3247-7.ch027
DO - 10.4018/978-1-5225-3247-7.ch027
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781522532477
T3 - Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development (AEGDDRD)
SP - 523
EP - 542
BT - Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Governance Strategies for Economic Growth in Africa
A2 - Alemu, Kassa Teshager
A2 - Alebachew, Mulunesh Abebe
PB - IGI Global
CY - Hershey, United States
ER -