Uganda is heavily reliant on foreign financial aid.
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It’s individuals, communities, and institutions who build the necessary confidence to pursue complex and challenging solutions to their problems.
Nigeria’s poverty profile is embarrassing
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Nigeria needs more industrial production, foreign and domestic investment, not just handouts.
Cash on hand helps poor families climb out of poverty.
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A new study shows that conditional cash transfers have helped Ecuador’s poorest households climb out of poverty. When that money was paired with capital to invest, people fared even better.
Child stunting in Brazil was decreased by insisting that mothers visit healthcare centres.
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There are several lessons that the world can learn from Brazil about how to rapidly reduce child stunting in 10 years.