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  • PART I: Understanding Poverty in Sri Lanka
    To understand poverty in Sri Lanka requires that we take into account both the successes and the challenges that remain. It also asks that we innovate, using tools—from high resolution satellite images...
    Date: March 2, 2017 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Part II: Understanding Poverty in Sri Lanka
    This week we continue our Q&A on Understanding Poverty in Sri Lanka with senior economist, David Newhouse. You can refer to Part I of this Q&A for a more comprehensive understanding. Q: What are non-monetary...
    Date: March 2, 2017 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • World Bank Group President Arrives In Bangladesh Tomorrow
    DHAKA, October 15, 2016—World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim arrives in Dhaka tomorrow to see firsthand the progress Bangladesh has made in transitioning successfully to a lower-middle income country,...
    Date: October 15, 2016 Type: Press Release Language: English
  • Bangladesh Can Overcome Extreme Poverty through More Inclusive Growth
    Extreme poverty can be reduced to under 3 percent by 2030 through greater inclusion DHAKA, October 3, 2016 –Bangladesh has done an impressive job in reducing poverty over the last decades and has the potential...
    Date: October 3, 2016 Type: Press Release Language: English
  • Pathways to Prosperity: An e-Symposium
    India is home to the largest number of poor people in the world, as well as the largest number of people who have recently escaped poverty. Over the next few weeks, this blog series will highlight recent...
    Date: August 17, 2016 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Ending Extreme Poverty
    This interview was originally published in The Christian CenturyInscribed in stone at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington, D.C., are these words: “Our Dream Is a World Free of Poverty.” In...
    Date: June 8, 2016 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Poverty map helps earthquake victims in Ecuador
    Following an earthquake like the one that struck Ecuador last April 16 (which left more than 500 people dead and some 30,000 people affected), the first priority is aid. With more than 1,000 buildings...
    Date: April 26, 2016 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • World Bank Discusses the Impact of Economic Slowdown on Households in Tajikistan
    DUSHANBE, December 2, 2015 – The World Bank today presented the initial results of a high frequency survey, aimed at measuring the impact of the economic slowdown on households in Tajikistan. From May...
    Date: December 2, 2015 Type: Press Release Language: English
  • Tajikistan Begins Using New Poverty Measurement Methodology to Strengthen the Country’s Poverty Reduction Efforts
    DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, June 24, 2015. The Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan (TajStat) has launched a new official poverty series and methodological note using a new approach in measuring...
    Date: June 24, 2015 Type: Press Release Language: English
  • Big cities fare better than rural areas, says first poverty analysis post-earthquake
    Haiti First Poverty Assessment Post-earthquakeNew report calls for inclusive growth and measures to increase access to basic services, employment opportunities and social protection for the poorEmployment...
    Date: December 11, 2014 Type: Press Release Language: English