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 ...

It does not promise "business as usual." Rather, in the context of an increasingly interdependent world, it calls for a more integrated and determined approach to fighting poverty in Africa. In a ...

the fight against multidimensional poverty remains a massive challenge. Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounts for 553 million people trapped in poverty, while South Asia is home to another 402 million.

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.

Afrobarometer surveys in the 2000s and 2010s tracked the same downward trends in poverty rates in Africa as measured by the proportions of people who tell interviewers that they go without a ...

He quickly learned it was the art of persuasion, giving him skills he calls on every day as senior development officer for KickStart International, a pioneering "social enterprise" fighting poverty in ...

Plants provide food, feed, and fibre, and maintaining plant health influences societal outcomes, from creating sustainable jobs to alleviating poverty. Ahead of the 52nd Southern African Society ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday said South Africa fully supported the ... working session on social inclusion and the fight against higher and poverty, Ramaphosa said it was only through ...

Given the country’s fiscal constraints, we further compared the impact of only increasing one of the aforementioned variables. We found that increasing the size of the grant was more effective at ...