Policy analysis and advocacy for gender mainstreaming in national poverty reduction and strategy 2001-2003

Abstract

This paper focuses on policy analysis and advocacy for gender mainstreaming in national poverty reduction strategy (2001 - 2003). Africa's poverty challenge is characterized by the poor record of economic growth, high inequality in income and asset ownership, and inadequate access to basic social services, which results in low levels of human resources development and low agricultural productivity. Although the economic performance of many African countries has improved significantly since the mid-1990s, the required sustainable growth rate of 7% to reverse the growing poverty in the continent remains uncertain.