JONATHAN COOK: Solutions to our challenges can come from unexpected places
Programme in Niger shows psychosocial interventions can have positive effect on economic and psychological welfare of the poor
28 February 2023 - 05:00
Niger is an interesting country. It is a democracy in a challenging neighbourhood, sharing borders with Libya, Chad, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Algeria.
It is on the list of heavily indebted poor countries. More than 10-million people in a population of 25-million live in extreme poverty. Despite 80% of its land being in the Sahara desert, its economy is based on subsistence agriculture and the export of raw commodities...
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