NAMIBIA: New report reveals hidden poverty

JOHANNESBURG Friday, November 28, 2008 (IRIN) - A Namibian government report has revealed that three times as many people as previously thought are living in severe poverty. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) found that nearly a third of Namibia's 1.8 million people lived on US$1 a day or less, but noted a sharp rise in households classified as "severely poor", or living on less than N$185 (US$19) per month. The shift has been attributed to a change in research methodology now considered...