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Economists are sceptical of the claim that the country’s food security scheme helped avert a rise in extreme poverty. Here’s why.

I could not help but wonder what the relevance of the Christian faith is in the lives of ordinary black people, especially considering that the majority of them are possibly members of these churches but suffer the most as a result of such gross socioeconomic inequality and horrendous political leadership of the ANC government.

A new World Bank report has identified Southern African Customs Union member countries of Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa, as representative of the world’s most unequal region. 

From the impacts of COVID-19 on women to groundbreaking research on cash transfers, gender-based violence and women’s political participation, a Duke Center for International Development (DCID) webinar held on Thursday, March 3, 2022, brought to light critical issues in women’s rights and international development.

World Bank Strengthening Gender Statistics project is partnering with National Statistical Offices in twelve IDA-19 countries to support the production of gender data in the economic domain.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) of Mongolia and the World Bank announced December 30, 2021 their joint official poverty rate estimation for 2020. The two organizations have collaborated on poverty measurement based on household consumption surveys since 2002.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) of Mongolia and the World Bank announced December 30, 2021 their joint official poverty rate estimation for 2020. The two organizations have collaborated on poverty measurement based on household consumption surveys since 2002.

Developing countries like Bangladesh can take advantage of the apparel industry as an indirect launching platform to help women transition from jobs to careers and to bring more women into the labour markets by adopting complementary policies, experts said.

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Food security in the face of COVID-19: Evidence from Africa Food security has been a significant concern for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), even before the onslaught of challenges brought about by COVID-19. As the pandemic started spreading to the region, one concern has been that of its possible impacts on food security, as the crisis has the potential to exacerbate an already fragile food security environment. Data from a series of high-frequency phone surveys (HFPS), collected with support from t...