Gabon’s abundant endowment of natural
resources, strategic location, political stability,
highurbanization, and youthful population create broad,
though challenging,...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 138955Date: May 1, 2019Author:
Belghith,Nadia Belhaj Hassine ;
De Boisseson,Pierre Marie Antoine ;
Nakamura,Shohei
Somalia is on the path to political and
security stabilization after more than two decades of civil
war and conflict. Opportunities to ensure a development
trajectory...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: AUS0000407Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Karamba,R. Wendy
Somalia is on the path to political and
security stabilization after more than two decades of civil
war and conflict. Opportunities to ensure a development
trajectory...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 145084Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Karamba,R. Wendy
The objective of this report is to
present a snapshot of the welfare landscape in Djibouti that
will help stakeholders understand poverty’s
determinants. Exploiting...
This note uses data from the Bhutan
living standards survey (BLSS) for 2007, 2012, and 2017 to
examine trends in poverty reduction and shared prosperity
and to assess...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 145913Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Kim,Yeon Soo
Around the world, countries use a wide
variety of poverty measurement methodologies. A common
method used to measure poverty is based on levels of
consumption - a person...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: AUS0000309Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Wieser,Christina
Following ten years of relatively robust
economic growth, Kenya achieved lower-middle-income country
status in 2014. The remarkable expansion of
telecommunications and...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: AUS000466Date: October 1, 2018Author:
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Mejia-Mantilla,Carolina
Mozambique has experienced strong and
sustained economic growth in the last two decades. Growth of
its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded at an annual
average rate...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 131218Date: October 1, 2018Author:
Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo ;
Caruso,German Daniel ;
Niu,Chiyu ;
Myers,Cara Ann
This note provides an update of recent
poverty and shared prosperity dynamics, and some of the
underlying drivers, as well as introducing the new
international poverty...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 129758Date: September 5, 2018Author:
Cojocaru,Alexandru ;
Matytsin,Mikhail
We identify the conditions in terms of
economic growth and public transfers required to
"…reduce poverty in the Russian Federation
by one half by 2024" as stated...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 133065Date: September 1, 2018
This poverty diagnostic documents
changes in welfare and living standards in the West Bank and
Gaza over the period 2011 to 2017. Since the last poverty
assessment for...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 129742Date: August 14, 2018Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Palaniswamy,Nethra
Due to recurring shocks and resulting
weak economic growth, Malawi has not experienced meaningful
poverty reduction since 2004. In fact, poverty has been on
the raise...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 139247Date: August 1, 2018
The impact of unintended program
cancellations on the economic, psychological and behavioral
wellbeing of beneficiaries are not well understood. In
highly fragile and...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: AUS0000326Date: June 22, 2018Author:
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Ralston,Laura R. ;
Mueller,Angelika Johanna Marie ;
Foust,Mollie Alice ;
Parisotto,Luca ;
Selim,Nadia ;
Shapiro,Jeremy ;
Walsh,Brian James ;
Pontara,Nicola
The report emphasizes the importance of
breaking the cycle of inequitable investment in human
capital and lack of well-paying job opportunities that trap
the poor in...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 126976Date: June 6, 2018Author:
Warwick,Mara K. ;
Sanchez,Carolina ;
Zaidi,Salman ;
Demombynes,Gabriel
Mozambique has experienced strong and
sustained economic growth in the last two decades. Growth of
its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded at an annual
average rate...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 131218Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo ;
Caruso,German Daniel ;
Niu,Chiyu ;
Myers,Cara Ann
This report documents the progress South
Africa has made in reducing poverty and inequality since the
end of apartheid in 1994, with a focus on the period between
2006...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 124521Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Sulla,Victor ;
Zikhali,Precious
Vietnam has achieved remarkable success
in reducing poverty while controlling inequality. The
country’s broad-based growth reflects the
government’s focus...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 124916Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Pimhidzai,Obert
A joint analysis of poverty and living
standards was conducted by a technical team from the
Ministry of Planning and Finance, Government of Myanmar, and
the Poverty...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 122006Date: December 1, 2017
This report presents findings from a
joint analysis of poverty and living conditions in 2015,
conducted by the Ministry of Planning and Finance and the
World Bank Group....
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 121822Date: December 1, 2017
Zanzibar recorded an important decline
in urban poverty, while rural poverty did not change, and
poverty increased on the island of Pemba Basic needs poverty
and extreme...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 120689Date: October 26, 2017Author:
Belghith,Nadia Belhaj Hassine ;
De Boisseson,Pierre Marie Antoine
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