Vulnerability to climate change is considered high in Africa due to many factors. These include, inter alia, heavy reliance ...

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’s public debt-to-GDP ratio is forecast to fall from 61 per cent in 2023 to 57 per cent this year, but more than half of countries are still in or at high risk of debt distress ...

In this respect, the results of the empirical work offer the following elements of a policy framework that could be implemented to promote sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty in sub-Saharan ...

As we recently celebrated International Women’s Day, a day dedicated to honouring the achievements of women and advocating for gender equality, we are reminded that true equality goes beyond ...

The report highlights the urgency to address the education and skills gaps, among other investment and policy priorities, which could help accelerate growth to end poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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 ...

South Africa has the contradiction of being the leading agricultural exporter in Africa while the number of food-insecure ...

The global goal of eradicating extreme poverty, defined as living on $2.15 per person per day, by 2030 remains a formidable ...

Food shortages in rural areas were rampant in a country that already had one of the highest rates of malnutrition and stunted children in sub-Saharan Africa. “How many people ate an egg in the ...

Education reforms in Africa must also prioritise training and equipping school teachers and other educators with modern teaching ...