GEOG 455 — POVERTY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
BA BA Geography and Rural Development · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
The main objective of this course is to introduce undergraduates to the basic concepts and understanding of poverty including absolute, relative, complex approaches, approaches to the measurement of poverty, Participatory Poverty Assessment and tools, the causes and effects of poverty and poverty reduction strategies. It will focus on the various dimensions of poverty and their effects on the rural populace. The Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy, Poverty reduction strategies under the District Assemblies and NGOs in Ghana will be assessed.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
Other courses on this programme
- CS 451 — INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION OF SOIL SCIENCE
- GEOG 451 — REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT I
- GEOG 452 — REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT II
- GEOG 453 — SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF HUMAN SOCIETIES I
- GEOG 454 — SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF HUMAN SOCIETIES II
- GEOG 456 — RURAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES
- GEOG 457 — INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY
- GEOG 458 — INDUSTRIALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- GEOG 459 — MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY
- GEOG 460 — HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- GEOG 461 — POPULATION GEOGRAPHY
- GEOG 462 — POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
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