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 ...

The Earth Institute’s Millennium Villages Project is a “bottom up” approach to lifting developing country villages out of the poverty trap ... in rural Africa, (ii) identify mechanisms ...

poor and environmentally damaged places on the planet”. Welcome to The Sahel, the region directly below the Sahara that stretches from Africa’s west coast to its east. It is a region that ...

The first Deputy Prime Minister, Ms Rebecca Kadaga told Mr Museveni that some parishes are bigger with larger number of residents but they get the same share of money as smaller ones. President ...

The vision of a "borderless Africa" is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of ...

But in sub-Saharan Africa, champions of the idea hope that new-city developments can address the continent’s urbanization conundrum: While the growth of cities has rolled back poverty elsewhere, the ...