A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain substantial: more ...

Burundi, a small, landlocked country in East Africa, holds the unfortunate title of being the poorest nation in the world. According to data from the World Population Review, Burundi ranks at the ...

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product, which measures a country's goods and services produced yearly. Its population must also be considered to get a clearer picture of how rich or poor a country is.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has identified Africa’s poorest countries in ... Larger economies face hurdles like political instability, poor infrastructure, and conflict.

Poor countries have about $97 billion ... through this partnership with the World Bank, can now expand its focus to Africa—a region in critical need of investment to harness its demographic ...

The 2024 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2023. In 2023, the average CPIA score for IDA-eligible countries in Sub-Saharan Africa ...

African and Middle Eastern countries ravaged by war and famine remain the poorest in the world, according to data published by the International Monetary Fund. Twice a year the IMF releases a huge ...