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This article show the extremely high rate of poverty in Nigeria. This poverty rate has increased by 6.3% in the past in the past 4 years. Efforts to decrease this poverty have all but failed and the gap between the rich and the poor continues to increase.

In 2010, one in every five kids lived in poverty in Illinois. The numbers are worsening, and something must be done. This article explains how a budget gridlock is preventing measures from being taken against poverty, especially when children are involved.

This article discusses how poverty in Nigeria is leading to a lack of education and thus many young people are turning towards extremism. There has been an increase in violence between different religious groups, which is keeping Nigeria from economic development.

The article discusses whether or not micro credit is helping people escape the poverty cycle, or whether it just forces them into further debt. The conclusion made is that maybe the micro banks should focus on savings instead of loans because "it is much harder to get in trouble by saving too much than by borrowing too much"

This article is about how Pakistan is back into its state of crisis. Pakistan is using their resources but there are obstacles on the way to development. One such obstacle in this article is the government which leads to corruption. The Pakistani government cannot be relied upon as it is because of them that the economy is in such a bad state. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The TOT has improved for the agricultural sector in the rural areas but in the urban areas the poverty rate is increasing by a lot. This is another obstacle. The government is spending much more than what it is able to collect by way of taxes. In 2011 the tax rate dropped significantly and is the lowest among all developing countries, but this did not stop the government to reduce their expenditure. 

The article, an op-ed, speaks of how a reason for the excessive poverty in the majority of Africa (except for SA) can be blamed on a lack of education and patriotism. The advise given is that countries like Malawi should learn from the Western World and then adapt it to their own culture and identity.