Colonialism, social compacts, and the taxonomy of poverty -- The city of Quito -- Living on the edge : survival strategies of the urban poor -- Defining the "solemn poor" : wordplay and petitions of poverty in colonial Quito, 1678-1782 -- Prostrate before the feet of the king : widows, wdowhood,...

Although growth has improved substantially in most African countries in recent years, poverty across the continent has fallen very little in the aggregate. There have been strong poverty reduction performances in some countries, but others exhibit higher poverty rates now than in 1990 despite...

Africa's total land area is approximately 11,724,000 square miles, which is about 30,365,000 square km. From north to south, the continent is up to 5,000 miles or 8,000 km and about 4,600 miles or an equivalent of 7,400 km from east to west. After Asia, Africa is the second largest continent,...