Nine out of 10 of the world’s poorest people will live in Africa within 12 years,say experts from Brookings InstitutionNigeria, one of Africa’s two wealthiest economies, and has overtaken India as domestic to the world’s greatest concentration of extreme poverty,amid warnings that the continent will host nine out of 10 of the world’s poorest people within 12 years. The claim comes as concerns mount that the growth in poverty – and in Africa in particular – is outpacing efforts to eradicate it. It was made in a recent paper for the Brookings Institution thinktank, by three experts associated with the World Poverty Clock – launched in 2017 to track trends in poverty reduction. Related: The 10 places in crisis the world chooses to disregard – in pictures Related: Life-saving optimism: what the west can learn from Africa | Chigozie Obioma Continue reading...
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