This paper, however, argues that the situation in sub- Saharan African deserves special attention both because the region presently has the fastest rate of urbanization in the world but also because, unlike elsewhere in the world, the incidence of poverty continues to deepen in most countries of the region. The paper is divided into five parts. The first begins by raising the question of what is “urban” about poverty? It examines attempts that have been made to identify the special characteristics of urban poverty whilst the second part goes on to consider the special case of sub-Saharan Africa. A third part then attempts to provide a conceptual framework based on a political economy approach for understanding the situation.
Resource collections
- Evaluating humanitarian action
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
