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Julie Zollmann
BFA

Julie Zollmann is a senior associate at BFA and led the firm’s work on FSD Africa’s Credit on the Cusp project.

Articles by Julie Zollmann

  • Julie Zollmann

    Beyond ‘Africa Rising’ – The Emergence of the Not-Quite-Middle Class

    The past five years or so have seen exuberant studies and predictions that Africa’s rapid growth was creating a new middle class that would transform governance and politics – the optimistic story of “Africa Rising.” But what we really see is not a rising middle class but rather a new group that lives on the cusp of poverty, getting by on $2 to $5 a day, and lacking the kinds of assets, job security, purchasing power and stability we associate with middle-class livelihoods.

    Categories
    Social Enterprise
    Tags
    poverty alleviation, research
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