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  2. Poverty in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    The 2019 World Bank report showed that in the last 10 years, poverty has reduced by 8 percent, from 34.4% in 2007 to 26.4% in 2018. [3] Recently there has been statistical reductions in the levels of extreme poverty, basic needs poverty, and food poverty. However, these reductions are occurring faster in urban areas as compared to rural areas.

  3. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

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    Other factors affecting African children include migration, early marriage, differences between urban and rural areas, child-headed households, street children and poverty. Furthermore, child workers in Sub-Saharan Africa account for about 80 million children or 4 out of every 10 children under 14 years old which is the highest child labour ...

  4. Child labour in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The problem is severe in Sub-Saharan Africa where more than 40% of all children aged 5–14 labour for survival, or about 48 million children. [6] [7] Although poverty is generally considered as the primary cause of child labour in Africa, [8] recent studies show that the relationship between child labour and poverty is not as simple as a ...

  5. Child poverty - Wikipedia

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    Notable state attempts to tackle child poverty in the developing world, include Brazil's Bolsa Familia initiative (reaches 12 million households) and South Africa's Child Grant (7 million households. [33] Elsewhere, child specific social protection policies and programmes are few and the institutions to implement them are often lacking. [33]

  6. Poverty in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya.. Poverty in Africa is the lack of provision to satisfy the basic human needs of certain people in Africa.African nations typically fall toward the bottom of any list measuring small size economic activity, such as income per capita or GDP per capita, despite a wealth of natural resources.

  7. Child health and nutrition in Africa - Wikipedia

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    In Africa, some progress has also been registered over the decades. Compared to other regions, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced a faster rate of reduction in under-5 deaths, with the annual rate of decline doubling between 1990–2000 and 2000–2011. [5] However, child mortality figures in sub-Saharan Africa are still sobering.

  8. Poverty in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Similarly to the main concentrations of extreme poverty in Nigeria, the majority of child poverty takes place in rural areas rather than urban areas. Action was taken on this problem when rule switched to democratic to fight child poverty and deprivation from the Child Rights Act in 2003, which was intended to guarantee welfare and basic living ...

  9. Child marriage in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Some of the main reasons why Ethiopia continues to allow child marriage practices is due to religious beliefs, traditional norms, lack of education, and economic reliance while technically still being illegal. [citation needed] Ethiopia is just another example of a developing country in which extreme poverty leads to child marriages.