This paper substantiates two claims - that Africa is poor compared to the rest of the world and that poverty in Africa is not declining consistently or significantly, in contrast to other regions of the world. We consider poverty in the dimensions of health and education, in addition to income,...

Eswatini has notably high levels of poverty and inequality. Recurrent, negative shocks are an important contributing factor. This study assesses the performance of the largest social assistance programs in Eswatini, based on 2016/17 national household survey data. It examines the coverage rates...

Ghana administers multiple social protection programs. One of these,pensions provided by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust,has a long history, but others-the Ghana School Feeding Programme,Labor-Intensive Public Works program, Livelihood Empowerment AgainstPoverty program, and...