PhD defence D.G.S.O. (Deo-Gracias) Houndolo

Below is a brief summary of the dissertation: 

Addressing poverty remains a shared goal, and notwithstanding recent tendencies, governments around the globe have committed to eradicating it as exemplified in the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) which is to end poverty by 2030. While it is relatively easy to set such goals, the promise of the SDG to leave no one behind, hinges on sustained political and economic stability and the ability to design, implement, and evaluate innovative development interventions that are context-sensitive, evidence-based, and scalable. An examination of such poverty reduction initiatives yields two broad types of interventions, that is, single sector development interventions and multifaceted interventions.