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This book sets out to examine the relationships between growth, poverty and sectoral
outcomes. The major conclusion is that the attendant challenges are complex, multi-
dimensional and multi-facetted processes that do not lend themselves to very easy
conclusions as seem to have been the case in many mainstream works dealing on the subject
matter. The first part of the book, comprising chapters 1 through 3, deals with broad
perceptions and theoretical issues of poverty and growth, using a sprinkling of empirical
evidence, mostly concentrated on Africa. In this group are Onyukwu, Amakom and Agu
(Chapter 1) who discuss the poverty growth linkage paradigm in light of Africa‟s recent
growth experience and Juarez (Chapter 2) and Ichoku and Ifelunini (Chapter 3) who attempt
some broad categorizations based on theory and empirical evidence. Juarez discusses the
multi-pronged dimensions of poverty, the complex web of impacts on other sectors as well as
their implications for policies and strategies aimed at mitigating them. Ichoku and Ifelunini
concentrated on the link between health and development. The second part of the book deals
with regional and country case studies. In this group are Agu and Orji (Chapter 4) which
discusses the regional and sectoral determinants of poverty in Nigeria. Menjo, Epo and
Dickson (Chapter 5) and Ne Port and Paul (Chapter 6) respectively discuss rural and urban
contributions of poverty as well as inequality and polarization, both in Cameroon. Zhao
(Chapter 7) goes on to further case study on health using indigenous Australia while Owens
(Chapter 8) discusses Exemplar programs and their contributions to ameliorating negative
impact of poverty on education achievement in the United States. We give further details of
each chapter underneath. Underneath, we outline some of the findings and positions of the
respective chapters.
