Reversing a decade-long trend of improving living standards, lived poverty is on the rise again in Africa, a new analysis of Afrobarometer data reveals.
Findings from national surveys in 34 African countries are detailed in Afrobarometer’s new Pan-Africa Profile on lived poverty, released today. The analysis shows that after declining steadily since 2005, deprivation of basic necessities increased between 2015 and 2018.
As a way to prevent squandering hard-won gains in Africans’ living standards, the data point to the need for a renewed commitment amongst citizens, governments, and international donors to defending democracy and expanding service-delivery infrastructure.
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