Poverty

Fighting poverty takes more than one day a year

In some villages in Laos, a household of six people live on US$320 a year, living with whatever means their environment offers them.

Nanda Gasparini|
Education, Agriculture and Food, Health, Poverty, Water

Poverty in Africa and elsewhere

Poor people are poor because markets fail them and governments fail them.  That markets fail them is well-known.  Failures in capital markets mean that young people cannot get loans to finance…

Shanta Devarajan|
Debt, Education, Jobs & Development, Social Protection, Poverty

Financial turmoil could threaten poverty reduction gains

David Dollar|
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Agriculture and Food, Poverty

Can Africa's growth be sustained?

We had a fascinating seminar on this topic yesterday.  Goolam Ballin of Standard Bank said that Africa today looks like Asia did 20 years ago--poised to grow rapidly over the next two decades.  At…

Shanta Devarajan|
Debt, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Poverty, Competitiveness

Is information the solution?

Chris Blattman is right to question my enthusiasm for information as the solution to seemingly intractable development problems. (By the way, thanks for the complimentary plug for AfricaCan, Chris…

Shanta Devarajan|
Jobs & Development, Social Protection, Poverty, Digital Development, Governance
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