regions into states of permanent crisis, even as the rest of the world has enjoyed unprecedented progress against poverty. …

factors that determine marginality, which is a root cause of poverty and inequality. …

children by ecoregions, using malnutrition as a proxy for poverty. It indicates that the natural environment does play a role … in poverty and malnutrition, but other socioeconomic factors have a strong influence. For example, much of Latin America …

into less poverty or improved nutrition. The Tanzanian economy is one example of a country that failed to reap the benefits … agricultural growth, often regarded as instrumental in lowering poverty rates in agrarian-based developing countries, averaged a … respectable 4.4 percent during the period. Yet, between 2001 and 2007, Tanzania’s poverty rate only fell from 35.7 to 33 …