Assisting the Escape from Persistent Ultra-Poverty in Rural Africa
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Poverty is an Asian phenomenon. Ultra-poverty is an African phenomenon, and it is exceptionally persistent. Christopher Barrett reviews the evidence on persistent poverty with a focus on rural Africa. (April 27, 2011)
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