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Poverty and climate vulnerability remain major development challenges in Kenya, particularly in rural areas. Of the country’s 55 million people, 35% live in poverty, with higher rates concentrated in geographically isola...
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Mozambique, home to 33.9 million people, remains one of the world’s least developed countries and continues to face persistent development challenges. Although the economy grew at an average annual rate of over 7% betwee...
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Togo’s northern border regions, Savanes, Kara, and Centrale, struggle with deeply entrenched poverty, with between 50% and 65% of their populations living below the poverty line. Together these regions are home to roughl...
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The Kyrgyz Republic, a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia, made strong progress in poverty reduction during the 2010s, with the poverty rate declining from 38% in 2012 to 20% in 2019. Yet, the COVID-19 pandem...
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Southern Madagascar—specifically the regions of Androy, Anosy, and Atsimo-Andrefana—is home to approximately 3.7 million people and has the highest concentration of poverty in the country, with 91% of the population livi...
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As a landlocked country in southern Africa, Zambia faces significant development challenges stemming from its vulnerability to climate change. Rising temperatures, declining rainfall, and increasingly frequent extreme we...
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The Solomon Islands, a Pacific island nation with a population of 800,000, is among the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. Situated in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” and within the cyclone belt, it faces mounting thr...