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 ...

Rural poverty accounts for nearly 63 percent of poverty worldwide, reaching 90 percent in some countries like Bangladesh and between 65 and 90 percent in sub-Saharan Africa. (Exceptions to this ...

Dual-purpose breeds spread across Africa in the mid-2010s — Noilers in Nigeria, Tanbros in Tanzania, Kenbros in Kenya. Such a chicken is important in countries like Zambia, which is increasingly ...

REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini During that same 2015 visit to Africa, Pope Francis made a risky trip to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country was still in crisis following a ...

Despite more than $1 trillion in development aid given to Africa in the past 50 years, she argues that aid has failed to deliver sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction—and has actually made ...

Brazil has the highest poverty rate for such households at 54.8 percent, followed by South Africa at 49.8 percent. “Price surges are putting the lives of parents and children at risk,” said ...