Rural Poverty in Africa
Posted on 01 April 2008 by John Coster
Poverty in Africa is predominantly rural. More than 70 per cent of the continent’s poor people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for food and livelihood, yet development assistance to agriculture is decreasing.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 218 million people live in extreme poverty. Among them are rural poor people in Eastern and Southern Africa, an area that has one of the world’s highest concentrations of poor people.
The incidence of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing faster than the population. Overall, the pace of poverty reduction in most of Africa has slowed since the 1970s.
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November 14th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Dear BBC, hoc can the Leaders in Africa Fight The poverty despidas the Resources Africa Has. they are too corrupts. not only that is enough word, but rather can be term Rigging of the Resources for their Families, than to use for ownership of the Resources who are the direct beneficiaries (the common persons)e.g, in Southern Sudan.