The profile of world poverty is changing dramatically. This briefing paper focuses on one of the most troubling but least explored aspects of that change - a marked increase in the share of global extreme poverty accounted for by children in Africa.

The report provides a stark account of the threat posed by global warming. It argues that the world is drifting towards a "tipping point" that could lock the world’s poorest countries and their poorest citizens in a downward spiral, leaving hundreds of millions facing malnutrition...