Global Poverty: The Case for Sub-Saharan Africa

In Global Poverty: The Case for Sub-Saharan Africa the author explores the meaning of poverty; its multifarious manifestations and how it can be overcome or mitigated; anchoring his discourse around three major questions: the deep causes of the endemic, systemic and pervasive poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa; stakeholders in poverty reduction and how they can contribute to its alleviation; and finally, policy options that should be explored by various key stakeholders to address poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This book is a proactive, corrective study of poverty in Sub-Saharan, Africa, drawing on the author’s vast knowledge and experience in Government service in Tanzania and in international development organisations. It gives a comprehensive overview of the multi-dimensional nature of poverty and the imperative of a multi-dimensional and multi-sectorial approach to its eradication. Policy markers, development studies students and interested public wishing to find answers to the question, “What needs to be done to uplift Sub-Saharan African people from pervasive poverty?” will find Global Poverty: The Case for Sub-Saharan Africa valuable resource.

About the Author.
Ambassador Lumbanga obtained his BA from the University of Dar es Salaam) in 1969 in Economics and Management & Administration. He also holds an Executive Master’s Degree in International Relations magna cum laude from the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations. He has worked in various Government Ministries in Tanzania, rising to his appointment as Chief Secretary and Head of Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet. He is the longest Cabinet Secretary to serve in that office covering three Presidents, (Mwinyi, Mkapa and Kikwete).

In 2006, he was appointed as Tanzania’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva ( IATE, CTBTO, UNIDO) and as Governor to the Common Fund for Commodities in Amsterdam, Holland.