World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said yesterday that reducing poverty and supporting economic development in Africa will be his top priority, along with modernizing the bank’s cumbersome ...

While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has declared that the 21st century belongs to Africa, saying the continent has the potential to defeat poverty and insecurity through trade, infrastructure and digital ...

With a G-8 summit and a wave of worldwide protests shining a sudden global spotlight on African poverty, several major American Jewish organizations are taking steps to put the continent’s troubles ...

The African Media Globe (AMG) has called on African Leaders and the African Union to take decisive steps to dismantle economic and governance systems that perpetuate dependency, corruption, and ...

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Can chickens change the world? Bill Gates thinks so. Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates speaks to the media, in front of a chicken coop set up on the 68th floor of the 4 ...

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde says Africa still has big infrastructure gaps, which represent huge costs to businesses and people. Maputo, Mozambique: Africa is “taking off” with strong, ...

Africans are getting wealthier more quickly than previously believed, according to a new study that also suggests the poorest continent's riches are spreading beyond the narrow confines of its elite. ...

The paper reviews the history of the concepts used to depict poverty in Africa. “Pauperism” is a legal concept, deriving from early modern law in Britain, which frames individual situations, places ...

President Bush and other world leaders kicked off the G-8 summit Monday in Japan, with poverty in Africa at the top of the agenda. Three years ago, members set a goal of increasing world aid to Africa ...