Climate change has thrown predictability out the window - the rains no longer arrive on time, and when they do, they either ...

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 ...

Trump hit the small African kingdom of Lesotho with his highest tariff this week at 50%, fueling urgent efforts by the ...

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 ...

A West African organisation is working with local churches and rural communities in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to support ...

The Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative has expressed concerns over the high level of poverty currently being faced by African cocoa farmers despite producing 70 per cent of global cocoa needs.

Despite more than $1 trillion in development aid given to Africa in the past 50 years, she argues that aid has failed to deliver sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction—and has actually made ...