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 ...

The Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO) analyzes macroeconomic and poverty developments in 47 developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report is released twice annually for the Spring and Annual ...

Sub-Saharan Africa must increase economic growth to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This article discusses some obstacles to growth in the region, as well as some policy actions that ...

Nonetheless, the economic and social situation in sub-Saharan Africa remains fragile and vulnerable to domestic and external shocks, and the region has a long way to go to make up for the ground lost ...

While there are still huge problems of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa especially, there is growing optimism about tackling the issue of poverty. Africa is among the fastest-growing regions in the ...

BACKGROUND Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced relatively high population growth ... Gains and losses from internal migration: Evidence from migrantsending households in Ghana. Brighton: Migrating out ...

The study added that over 575,000 cases occur annually in sub-Saharan Africa, primarily affecting children under five ...

c) The international poverty line set by The World Bank is ... and build the resilience of the poor particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. 42.3% of the population in this region lives with less ...