[Infrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in Namibia]

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Abstract

In this study we trial to discover that there's a gigantic problem of poverty and hunger in Namibia and this dissertation will talk about the poverty decrease issues in Namibia. The strategic modes and steps taken by the government to advance the present rank are discussed. The paper will present a new composite signal - the poverty and hunger decreases - to consider countries' production in the direction of accomplishing millennium growth. The issues pertaining to poverty decrease are considered and how government will take plans to halve poverty and hunger by 2015. Building on the statistical structure of the human expansion index in Namibia where study would be finished on governmental and local level, thereby developing insights on a country's snare advancement in the direction of its own aim.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION6

Outline of the Study6

Background of the research6

Problem Statement7

Aims and Objectives7

Significance7

Research Question8

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW9

Context9

International trends in income distribution9

Regional patterns of growth and poverty reduction10

Growth, distribution, and poverty reduction: an empirical test10

Holding the line—the role of migration and public employment12

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY29

Research Design29

Literature Search29

Sample29

Instrument (research questions to be filled out by respondents)30

Data collection30

Theoretical framework30

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS32

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION42

REFERENCES45

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Outline of the Study

The outline for this study is to identify he poverty reduction scenario and the development projects going on in Namibia.

Background of the research

African countries became independent in the 1950s and 1960s after a long struggle for liberation, and subsequently they came to be administered in their own children. The post-colonial decades were not full of joy and satisfaction for the African societies. The African population faces significant challenges, such as political instability, civil war, poverty, disease, corruption, dictatorship and underdevelopment in terms of basic services such as education, clean water, health and infrastructure. Development efforts of the last six decades are not in the best interest of the African societies. Foreign aid has not helped the growth of Africa. Debt has become a challenge for many African countries. Trade was based mainly on the export of agricultural products and oil, but not of manufactured goods.

There is a requirement of poverty and development analysis on Namibia. He finds that the structural relationship between poverty reduction, income growth and distribution of same. Prior to 1985, rapid growth greatly impoverished. After 1985, despite very low income growth, a rising share of income, which meant the lowest quintile, the average income of the poor rose more rapidly than the non-poor. This unusual dynamics of poverty were mainly due to international ...