Conflict is not a new phenomenon in Africa. From the 1970s to the 1990s Africa has seen many civil wars and coups d'etat, but the last ten years or so have seen a disturbing escalation in the violence...
This study is a synthesis of existing information on poverty in Zimbabwe. It analyzes recent data to assess how economic reforms have affected poverty in Zimbabwe during the 1990s. The paper aims to build...
Recent activity by the World Bank's Africa region is reviewed, with a focus on information collection and analysis, strategies for poverty reduction, and Bank supported policies and programs. New trends...
This study has identified a number of examples in which concerns about the alleviation of poverty have been given some practical expression in adjustment programs. Because most of these examples are of...