African Poverty Assessment
We hear much about the “doom-and-gloom” of the times; however, underlying the raucous is a positive story-line that needs to be harped on (at least a tad). A positive story of the past quarter century, especially in Africa, is the reduction in poverty prevalence. This is not to say that the continent is out of the woods, but that now challenge is to translate Africa’s steady economic growth into social progress and stronger societies all around. // read more