This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Botswana on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173021Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Arab Republic of Egypt on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity...
Type: BriefReport#: 173306Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters...
Type: BriefReport#: 173549Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Bahamas on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 184654Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Between 2016 and 2019, Albania experienced strong economic growth, which significantly reduced poverty levels. By 2024, the employment rate averaged 68.6 percent, with male employment increasing by 2.0...
Type: BriefReport#: 200620Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Living conditions in Bolivia slightly improved in 2023, following the post-pandemic rebound in 2021. The poverty rate declined to 14.1 percent in 2023 ($6.85/day per capita 2017 PPP), down from 15.2 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 200630Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
World Bank projections indicate that between 2023 and 2024, the poverty rate in Brazil declined from 21.7 to 20.9 percent (USD 6.85, 2017 PPP), marking the fourth year of poverty reduction, although its...
Type: BriefReport#: 200631Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Aligned with its economic and environmental success, Costa Rica’s poverty rate is among the lowest in the region. Poverty, measured against the World Bank’s US$6.85 (2017 PPP) line for upper-middle-income...
Type: BriefReport#: 200646Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Over the past decade, the Dominican Republic's economy has grown steadily, averaging an annual growth rate of 4.5 percent from 2016 to 2023, surpassing the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) average of...
Type: BriefReport#: 200648Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty in Guinea-Bissau remains widespread, with 50.5 percent of the population, or 886 thousand individuals, living below the national poverty threshold in 2021. Despite a moderate decline in inequality...
Type: BriefReport#: 200659Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Guatemala has significant potential to achieve prosperity across its population, but it faces several challenges. The country has non-monetary well-being indicators similar to poorer countries, with human...
Type: BriefReport#: 200662Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The official multidimensional poverty rate in Mexico, which considers both monetary poverty and six indicators of social deprivation, decreased from 43.2 percent in 2016 to 36.3 percent in 2022. The labor...
Type: BriefReport#: 200685Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The poverty rate in Mozambique experienced a marked increase, with the proportion of individuals living below the global poverty threshold of US$2.15 daily (2017 PPP) reaching 74.5 percent in 2019/20,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200692Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
In Tunisia, the most recent official poverty and inequality figures have been calculated by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) using consumption data from the 2021 National Survey on the Budget,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200748Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The poverty headcount rate in Vanuatu was estimated to be 34.9 percent in 2019, based on the latest household income expenditure survey (HIES) and the lower middle-income poverty line of $3.65 (2017 PPP...
Type: BriefReport#: 200757Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Thailand Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) identifies ways in which Thailand can achieve economic development that is greener and more climate resilient.
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 204871Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Beyond its own decarbonization efforts, Thailand could emerge as a supplier of low-carbon solutions to the world. At the same time as its carbon-intensive exports face risks from declining demand, Thailand...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 204871Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Austria on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 184653Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Bulgaria has made significant progress in reducing absolute poverty since its EU accession, particularly between 2015 and 2022, when real median incomes rose substantially. In the fourth quarter of 2024,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200627Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty in Ghana fell considerably up until the COVID-19 pandemic. However, moderate growth due to larger fiscal adjustments, global economic and trade uncertainties, and persistent inflation will affect...
Type: BriefReport#: 200656Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
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