Child Poverty In Africa
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Poverty is the Reason for Evil
Many believe that poverty is the reason for evil. Indeed there may be a basis for this comment, yet is it really the reason for evil? Recently sitting down with a group of folks in a little town on a not so busy cross roads in the middle of nowhere, we started talking about poverty and someone said that; Poverty is the Reason for Evil. Now then as I interject those truisms to their finding that “poverty” is the reason for evil, which is evident Read More... -
African Poverty Statistics Will Never Tell The Whole Story!
Clearly Africa is a land of extreme poverty. The media has always and continues to portray the African continent as a destitute and hopeless one. In fact the images of this once great nation are commonly used by charity organizations to illustrate the characteristics of human want and suffering. But precisely, how poor are African countries? And what does the accumulated data that the Western World Statistics Organizations really show? Superfici Read More... -
World Bank Hones Plan to Accelerate Progress in Africa
Two years ago, Africa seemed at a turning point. Could it reverse a two-decade decline in economic and social progress? Could it end poverty and hunger in a decade? The need to reduce poverty and speed up quality of life improvements in Africa will be on the agenda at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings this week. The World Bank’s key strategy for Africa—the three-year Africa Action Plan—is up for mid-term review April 1 Read More...
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