Poverty in a Rising Africa, the first of two upcoming reports on poverty in ... Poverty reduction has been slowest in fragile countries, the report notes, and rural areas remain much poorer, although ...

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 ...

Every planting season, women in our villages wake up before dawn, their hands rough from years of tilling the land. They ...

The World Bank set its US 'dollar-a-day' poverty line using its 1990 data. Despite many doubts and criticisms, its poverty numbers fell until the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.

A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in this ...

A World Bank study reveals that nearly all poor populations in MENA are exposed to extreme climate hazards like heat, drought ...

Thanda, a non-profit organisation based in rural KwaZulu-Natal has announced that the organisation is restoring dignity and ...

The K-Ricebelt project, which uses domestic technology to resolve food shortages in Africa, has gained global notice for its ...

The reality is that it is not only emaSwati, but the whole world has gone crazy. Capitalism is a disease which has long infected humanity. We hear of the Americans spending US$300 billion on the ...

enhancing their impact on rural development, poverty reduction, climate resilience and economic growth across Africa,” Lario affirmed. The MoU lays out an actionable framework for a co-financing ...