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Addressing poverty in rural Africa

Experts have long debated how to help poor, predominantly rural nations meet global development goals. One of the most anticipated, and debated, ventures, the Millennium Villages Project, has just published a retrospective self-evaluation mostly supporting the effectiveness of their multi-sectoral approach.

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Fanzo, J. Addressing poverty in rural Africa. Nat Sustain 1, 269–270 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0082-4

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