After many years, the continent is showing growth that could deliver much more poverty reduction than in the recent past.

With the number of migrants worldwide now reaching almost £200m, their productivity and earnings are a powerful force for poverty reduction.

Developing countries need to prepare themselves for adjustments, some of which could be sudden.

Flipping through the book there are millions of stories on what is going on in countries and regions.

Remittances are hard-earned income that, in most cases, has already been taxed.

In the past decade, Brazil has not grown very fast. It's urgent to create conditions for growth to accelerate.