An April 2015 World Bank report on the Millennium Development Goal poverty target has revealed that extreme poverty has … been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa. This study extends the implications of Thomas … development increases and Africa may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal solution, Piketty has proposed progressive …

, extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa where about 50 percent of … countries in Sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve the MDG extreme poverty target despite the sub-region enjoying more than two … illustrate how such diversion of funds overseas are related to the spread of poverty in the African economies. We enunciate a …

We assess the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (poverty and inequality) in 93 developing … Middle East and North Africa) and income levels (upper middle income, lower middle income and low income). Our results show … findings are established. First, the increased use of mobile phones to pay bills is negatively correlated with: (i) poverty in …