A world “free from the stain of poverty” is within our grasp, declared World Bank President Jim Yong Kim in a speech at Georgetown University last week. Kim then announced a plan to virtually eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. It is a breathtakingly ambitious goal, and its success will hinge, in part, on whether today’s … Continue reading Once-in-a-Species Opportunity: For a World Free of Poverty, Seize the Demographic Dividend in Africa