This new book addresses the state of poverty and its effects on education and development. It is organized into two sections: Poverty, socio-economics, poverty and gender. Section one focuses on the state of the lives of the peoples in Africa as a result of poverty. These chapters raise arguments to challenge the status quo as unacceptable. The second section of the book focuses on poverty in relation to gender. It explores how lack of education and inequality of females in the society can impact poverty of the nation in general. These chapters discuss the influential factors of poverty in Asia and Africa, and how it enriches the section by looking into Appalachian single mothers' lived experiences from the South-eastern portion of the US. Finally, this section is enriched by looking into effects of globalization on females. It argues that despite the much acclaimed pluses of globalization there is a downside to it that impacts females negatively. An analysis of structural adjustment program and food security in two selected countries in Africa / Francis E. Godwyll and Ebenezer Malcalm Poverty in Africa : an inherited, created and superimposed epidemic / Robert J. Wafula Debt, burden, and poverty in Africa / Patrick A. Brobbey Perpetuators or alleviators : the politics of globalization and poverty in Africa / Dominic S. Dadzie Globalization of market economy : Kenya's experience of structural adjustment programs and political democratization / Ongito J. Ongoro Illegal organ trade : capitalizing on life and death / Brooke Merryfield and Edward Akita Empowering poor communities for change : the role of civil society participation in Ghana's poverty reduction strategy / Collins Annin Economic globalization : a stimulus for inequities and injustice in the lives of the powerless in Thailand / Tae Ito and Pittaya Paladroi-Shane Hidden poverty in Japan : current situation and problem of homelessness / Yuko Shimizu and Mito Takeuchi Making poverty invisible : a case study of Starehe Boys Centre and School, Kenya / Peter C. Otiato Relational poverty : enrichment through care theory / Soyoung Kang Gender, poverty and female education in Sub-Saharan Africa / Fanta Diamanka and Francis E. Godwyll One girl for one T.V. : issues of human trafficking and sexual slavery in the era of globalization / Marah Eakin The Karen refugee women : their survival stories / Yumiko Harada Women's health issues in developing countries / Paige Miller The role of non-governmental organizations in the de-feminization of poverty / Mohira Kurbanova Poverty and the phenomenon of women as heads of households in post 1994 Rwandan genocide / Joseph Mugenga Fertility transition in Ghana : women's education versus poverty reduction / Hector Addison Globalization and its impact on women in developing countries / Augustina Adusah-Karikari and Francis E. Godwyll.
