Andrew Dabalen

By most accounts, poverty reduction in rural Malawi has lacked dynamism in the past decade and the gains from prosperity have not always reached the poorest. This Report explores the obstacles to reducing rural poverty and proposes a set of potential solutions to overcome them.

Les deux décennies de croissance économique sans précédent qu a connues l'Afrique ont-elles amélioré sensiblement le bien-être des opulations? Poverty in a Rising Africa décrit les problèmes de données et analyse systématiquement les informations disponibles sur les niveaux et les tendances en matière de pauvr.

This handbook documents thoroughly, an innovative approach to data collection in developing countries, which combines baseline data from a household survey with subsequent interviews of selected respondents using mobile phones.

We have long known that a person's chance of success in life is deeply influenced by early access to education, health services, safe water, and nutritious food. This in turn improves the likelihood that a child can live up to his or her human potential and pursue a rewarding life. As Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) enters its 20th year of unprecedented high economic growth and hopes continue to rise, its citizens increasingly wonder if these more hopeful economic times will translate into a better future for themselves and their families. This book - the first of its kind in SSA - documents and analyses how opportunities have changed over the past decade in 20 countries that are home to at least 7 in 10 African children. It finds that improving children's access to key services appears to be possible even in the poorest countries. And in most cases where progress has been rapid, policy initiatives have made a difference, bringing services to citizens and compensating for the inherent disadvantages they would otherwise have faced. The findings in this book remind us of the significant progress Sub-Saharan African countries have made in the last several decades, as well as the challenges that remain in ending extreme poverty and laying the foundations for shared prosperity.