Girls fetch water from a well in Namibia. The EU's latest national indicative program for Namibia, which will be carried out through 2020, will focus on financing education programs and strengthening livestock production chains. Photo by: Sue Kellerman / CC BY-NC-ND
Namibia is regarded as a country with stable political and macroeconomic conditions. Yet in spite of reaching upper-middle-income status in 2009, challenges to achieving inclusive development still persist.
The European Union notes income inequality as a major concern, clearly elucidated by the concentration of poverty in rural areas where 41 percent of dwellers are considered poor. This is a stark contrast to the level of poverty in urban communities which only reaches 14 percent.