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 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 ...

This is Africa's moment. It is time for Africa to seize control of this narrative, to define its own critical mineral priorities, and to chart a course toward prosperity, driven by its own resources.

Most countries surveyed by Afrobarometer have lost the gains in poverty reduction they achieved in the first decade and a half of the 21st century. The report, based on data from 39 African countries ...

The World Bank cautions that a 2% GDP growth rate in South Africa is insufficient to significantly reduce poverty and unemployment. In its latest economic update, which also includes a section on ...