Implementation Issues in Rural Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries: Problems and Prospects

Abstract

It is a credo amongst scholars cum academics all over the globe that well coordinated and elaborate programmes and policies of rural development mounted by the third world countries in sub-Saharan Africa will lift her entire citizenry from manacle of gross underdevelopment to a region of development in all facets of their economies. The countries in sub-Saharan African have spent trillions of dollars in rural development sector but an overview of the economies of these countries show that the vast population are marooned and encapsulated in gross poverty, ignorance, and underdevelopment. The reason is attributable to poor implementation of rural development policies and programmes coupled with a host of variegated factors. This paper therefore defines the concept of implementation and rural development. The authors of this paper adopt the modernization theory to explicate the work. It discusses the significance of rural development to the economies of Sub-Saharan African countries. The paper also explains how poor implementation of rural development programmes affects these countries. Moreover, it orchestrates the factors/problems that impede rural development drives of various governments in Sub-Saharan African. Furthermore, it elucidates on the prospects of rural development. The paper finally suggests that an effective implementation of rural development programmes in all ramifications is the only vehicle for rapid growth and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.