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Inequality destroys benefits of positive economic growth for the poor, South African district-level data reveals

A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the home consumption welfare of people living below the poverty line, especially during times of significant ...
The Nation Newspaper

Post-colonial poverty in Africa

Poverty especially on an absolute scale, is a devastating economic/financial disease afflicting most (if not all) human societies across diverse geographies and time periods. However, the intensity ...
Reuters

Poor, indebted countries need collective relief, African leaders say

Developing nations facing worsening debt crisis Debt service is eating up liquidity, curbing development New initiative calls for collective relief Global multilateralism in jeopardy as US, UK pursue ...
standardmedia.co.ke

World towers above Africa not due to lack, but poor leadership

The spectacular drama that often attends visits to the Global North by African leaders reminds us of our refusal to be great. In 2010, Greg Mills of South Africa published a powerful book titled Why ...
LAist

Uneven Growth Leaves South Africa's Poor Behind

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Seattle Times

A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa’s problem of urbanizing while poor

KIAMBU, Kenya (AP) — Turn into Tatu City on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, and it feels like entering a different world. Even the country’s most reckless drivers are transformed, slowing ...
Naija Gist - Latest

COVID-19 response must target African agriculture and the rural poor (by Olusegun Obasanjo and Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe)

Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the continent looks like it could be the worst hit from the economic fallout of the crisis: 80 million ...
The Conversation

A basic income support grant can address extreme poverty and inequality in South Africa ‑ economic model shows how

Eleni Abraham Yitbarek is affiliated with Partnership for Economic Policy (Research Fellow) Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso is affiliated with DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Social Policy, College of Graduate ...