a closer look at niger
Niger is a landlocked West African country with a population of 21.5 million people. It gained independence from France in 1960, and after decades of single-party military rule it was established as a multiparty democracy in 1991.
Extremely poor people, Concern believes, have few assets or achieve little return on the assets they own. They cannot escape extreme poverty because of structural inequalities and because of risks and vulnerabilities.