A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain substantial: more ...

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In the 25 years from 1990 to 2015, the extreme poverty rate dropped an average of a percentage point per year – from nearly 36% to 10%. But the rate dropped only one percentage point in the two years ...

which spoke to 43,143 people across 28 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Corruption creates and increases poverty and exclusion. While corrupt individuals with political power enjoy a lavish life, ...

The most immediate consequence of poverty is not having enough nutritious ... Hunger and the risk of famine remain very high in sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly one child in five under the age of ...

Although we can all agree that ending poverty is an urgent necessity, there appears to be increasing disagreement about the best way to achieve that goal. Born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia, Moyo has ...

and abandoning them to a wasteland of poverty from which there is no escape.” Gross domestic product in Africa’s most industrialized economy expanded by an average of less than 1% annually ...

The cuts are expected to undo decades of efforts to save lives, pull people out of poverty, combat terrorism and promote human rights in Africa, the world’s youngest, fastest-growing continent.

REUTERS/Nic Bothma CAPE TOWN, Feb 26 (Reuters) – South Africa sought to salvage international talks on tackling global poverty on Wednesday as finance chiefs from several leading economies ...