African Economic Growth Slow to Lower Poverty Rate
10/09/2013
A slum in Nairobi, Kenya
From VOA Learning English this is As It Is.
Welcome back. I’m Caty Weaver.
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But first, we bring you details from a new survey that shows growing African economies don’t always help people living in those countries.
Survey: Economies Grow, But Poverty Remains
Africa has some of the fastest-growing economies in the world. But a new public opinion study suggests this growth is doing little to reduce poverty.
The Afrobarometer survey shows the majority of Africans still lack basic needs like clean water, food, cooking fuel and medicine.
Afrobarometer says it is “an independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political, and economic atmosphere in Africa.”
Jim Bertel tells us more about the findings.
Afrobarometer says poverty levels have improved very little over the past 10 years. Yet economies grew by an average of five percent during the same period.
The latest survey took place in 34 African countries between October 2011 and June 2013. More than 50,000 people answered the survey questions. Three out of four of them reported that they had gone without cash income at least once in the past year. Almost half of the poor people who answered the questions said they had gone without food or clean water once or several times in the past year. One out of every two said they struggled to get medical care.
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