Background report on the sub-theme of no poverty

Abstract

The document discussed about important challenge in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1 in Africa is that the overall slow pace of poverty reduction since 1990 has been exacerbated in recent years by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which slowed, disrupted, or temporarily reversed progress across various targets. The recovery from the pandemic has been uneven and incomplete, and its effects continue to linger, against a backdrop of various ongoing global crises that are hindering economic growth on the continent High indebtedness in many countries has prevented a swift recovery, putting Africa even further off course from achieving Goal 1.