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 ...

Persistently high levels of rural poverty, with or without overall economic growth ... Research shows that agricultural stagnation has harmed the rural poor in sub-Saharan Africa by creating food ...

Key constraints to growth included inappropriate economic policies, inadequate human capital development, and low levels of private investment ... to accelerate growth and reduce poverty in ...

Land is a vital resource that sustains livelihoods across Sub-Saharan Africa, but also one that is heavily prone to corruption. According to Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer, ...

Until dependency ratios shift, Africa’s large youthful population will remain the continent’s biggest barrier to growth.

in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), chronic energy shortages, unreliable supply, and high costs have created a structural bottleneck, restricted economic expansion and reinforced cycles of poverty.

Additionally, mothers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, who have been exposed to high levels of economic insecurity ... and clean water are limited. Poverty also makes it harder for families to ...

Almost 500 million of these people could be in sub-Saharan Africa. Projections for regions such as East Asia and the Pacific are lower — although there are not enough data to analyse poverty in ...

The Bishop of Kabale Diocese, Bishop Callist Rubaramira, has expressed deep concern over the growing levels of poverty in Uganda, pointing to recent statistics from the Uganda Bureau of ...