Social grants for Africa may tackle extreme poverty — but not alone

Tax reforms throughout the continent could raise the funds to lift millions of its people — but the focus must be on growth and lowering inequality, too

23 August 2020 - 00:00
By PETER FABRICIUS

Globally, market liberalisation, mainly in the East, has been reducing the number of extremely poor people rapidly for about the past four decades.

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