Dr Jeng
A good analysis.
Suntou
On 3/8/12, Dr. Alhaji S. Jeng <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
> It's not ONLY the number of kilometers of paved roads or bridges built that
> remove people out of poverty. Other activities like jobs being created,
> income generated, and food on the table are some of the prerequisites to
> human development. In the Gambian society, the fact that your praises are
> being continually sung is no genuine indication that you're doing well for
> ALL. So, to many of those who understand this, this assessment of the
> Gambia's poverty level doesn't come as a surprise.
>
> Best regards
>
> Alhaji S. Jeng
> Norway
>
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> Emne: Re: [G_L] Gambia: Over 50% of population living in poverty
> (AfricaNews)
>
> Mboge
> This report is unfair. The H.E has over the years build many bridges and did
> many many development. Hasn't the report spotted all of that?
> I can't comprehend this statement:
> "The report of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper II (PRSP II), published by
> the National Planning Commission, indicates that 68 per cent of rural
> population and 40 per cent of urban population live in poverty."
>
> Can our Junior economist please explain.
> All the development still no progress in tackling poverty. Yet people are
> living large in the Gambia. With big houses and multiple cars, multiple
> wives etc etc. What are they measuring our poverty with.
> Isn't the street lights not poverty reduction? Even Bambalaye knows, the
> Prof. has done good with Baabilo. Thanks for sharing.
> Suntou
>
>
>
> On 3/5/12, Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> http://www.africanews.com/site/Gambia_Over_50_of_population_living_in_poverty/list_messages/41233Gambia:
>> Over 50% of population living in poverty
>>
>> 1. Posted on Monday 5 March 2012 -
>> 11:55<http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/37551#m37551>
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>> Madi Njie, AfricaNews reporter in Serekunda, Gambia
>> *The latest report of the International Monetary Fund on The Gambia has
>> revealed that majority of Gambia's 1.8 million people still lives in
>> poverty despite an increment in primary school enrolment and
>> completion, as
>> well as an improvement in immunization, child and maternal mortality.*
>> [image: Gambians managing in economic hardship]
>> With the reported “robust economic growth” over the years, the latest
>> survey on the country’s poverty situation states that the 58 per cent
>> of
>> the population lives in poverty.
>>
>> The IMF report says the Gambia’s progress on reducing poverty has been
>> mixed as various social indicators have shown strong improvement
>> notably in
>> education and health, but “a large share of the population stills
>> lives in
>> poverty”.
>>
>> However, the reports suggests that the government’s recent initiative
>> to
>> provide greater support to agriculture is expected to contribute to
>> progress in reducing the incidence of poverty by boosting incomes for
>> the
>> rural poor.
>>
>> Again, with the launching of a new poverty reduction strategy, the
>> Programme for Accelerated Growth and Employment (PAGE) which places
>> further
>> emphasis on agriculture as well as investment in infrastructure, the
>> IMF
>> noted that the poverty gap in the country is expected to reduce.
>>
>> However, the poverty levels in the Gambia have been on the rise since
>> 1992, from 30 per cent of households living below the poverty level to
>> 58
>> per cent in 2008 and since then there is no significant reduction.
>>
>> Several poverty studies have been conducted in the Gambia with each
>> study adopting a different methodology but in all the studies, overall
>> poverty and food poverty were used to estimate the head count index.
>>
>> The first poverty study conducted in 1992 revealed that in terms of
>> overall poverty, 31 per cent of the population were poor; 33.1 per
>> cent of
>> the population in the urban areas were food poor compared to 54 per
>> cent in
>> the rural areas.
>>
>> The second poverty study conducted in 1998 showed that overall poverty
>> was significantly increasing from 31 per cent in 1992 to 69 per cent by
>> 1998. The study also showed huge differences between the
>> populations living
>> in different localities, as 60 per cent of the population in the rural
>> areas were poor compared to only 13 per cent of those living in the
>> urban
>> areas.
>>
>> The third poverty study was carried out in 2003. In this study, the
>> poverty head count index was 58 per cent with the likelihood of ‘being
>> poor’ higher in households located in rural areas; the proportion
>> ranging
>> from 34% for Banjul and Kanifing combined, 56 per cent in other
>> urban areas
>> and 67.8 per cent for predominantly rural areas.
>>
>> Like in 1992 and 1998, overall levels in 2003 were also higher in local
>> government areas that are predominantly rural compared to the urban
>> settlements in the Greater Banjul Area.
>>
>> The head count index reduced to 58 per cent in 2003 and overall poverty
>> levels decreased in all regions except CRR North and South. In 2003,
>> CRR
>> had the highest poverty rates compared to NBR, LRR and URR, which had
>> the
>> highest rates in 1998.
>>
>> The MDG Status Report for 2007 indicates that “the country is far from
>> achieving MDG target of 1”, which is to halve, between 1990 and 2015,
>> the
>> proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day.
>>
>> The report of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper II (PRSP II), published
>> by the National Planning Commission, indicates that 68 per cent of
>> rural
>> population and 40 per cent of urban population live in poverty.
>>
>> Despite government’s efforts to eradicate poverty in the country, the
>> menace is escalating as all recent surveys and reports had affirmed
>> that
>> the current status of poverty is increasing.
>>
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