* Region's average growth seen accelerating to over 5 pct * African poverty coming down, but more action needed * Invest...
Poverty reduction has entered a new era. Mobile phones and wireless broadband enable new models of business development and service delivery. New methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment are controlling ancient scourges such as malaria.
One Texas woman wants you to be able to fight poverty before you even put any clothes on. When Tara Smith came home from volunteering with the Pea...
Recognizing small farmers and their organizations as primary stakeholders in development means more than paying lip service to them in global meetings.
L.E.A.D Uganda's children do not want your pity. They do not need charity. Africa's youth want your support as an active, equal partner, so they can transform their communities, their country, and their continent.
In response to a recent Human Rights Watch report about the abuse of beggar children and growing international pressure, the Senegalese government has...
Murka doesn't trust humans. It's no wonder. The two-year-old baby elephant had a spear lodged in her forehead when she was found hiding in thick bush.
Huge sums of money have been spent getting South Africa ready for the World Cup. If only the rich world saw the investment potential to bring the disadvantaged out of extreme poverty and hunger.
We need a better metaphor than the chessboard to explain a new approach to Africa. We have to focus on what we can do better than anyone: eradicating poverty through entrepreneurship.
Watch Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort's present the four pillars of capitalism's new architecture.
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