Number of desperately poor in Africa has ‘levelled off’ - UN

IRIN: Number of desperately poor in Africa has ‘levelled off’ - UN

NAIROBI, 2 July 2007 (IRIN) - The 2007 report on progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is pessimistic on Africa’s chances of achieving the targets overall, but notes that the number of extreme poor has increased only marginally - from 296 million in 1999 to 298 million in 2004, despite a population growth rate of 2.3 percent. ...