Following decades of remarkable declines in poverty and inequality, progress in Thailand has slowed since 2015. Headline labor market indicators have stabilized, with total employment declining by just...
Type: BriefReport#: 200744Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Uzbekistan has made notable progress in reducing poverty since 2021. Another round of tariff increases in electricity and gas is scheduled for May 2025. While energy prices surged after the May 2024 tariff...
Type: BriefReport#: 200755Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Uganda Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) uses a scenario approach to assess options for responding to climate challenges while achieving long-term growth aspirations. It models the impact...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 202698Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Algeria on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173304Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Benin on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173002Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Bolivia on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173013Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Chad on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes...
Type: BriefReport#: 173494Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This brief showcases the gender landscape in Iceland on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes...
Type: BriefReport#: 184692Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Ecuador on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173305Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Nigeria has made substantial progress on macroeconomic stabilization. However, stabilization gains have yet to substantially improve Nigerians’ livelihoods. This Nigeria Development Update (NDU) builds...
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Jamaica on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173403Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This brief showcases the gender landscape in Israel on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes...
Type: BriefReport#: 184695Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The national poverty rate in Burkina Faso increased by 1.8 percentage points from 41.4 percent in 2018/19 to 43.2 percent in 2021/22, with a dramatic rise in the Sahel region. The conflict in Burkina Faso...
Type: BriefReport#: 200625Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Namibia experienced significant welfare improvements between 2003/04 and 2015/16, with national official poverty declining by more than half from 37.5 to 17.4 percent. However, falling commodity prices,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200715Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Romania experienced the largest poverty reduction and income growth among the bottom 40 percent in the EU, with the poverty rate (<$6.85/day) dropping from 21.8 to 7.3 percent between 2016 and 2022. Romania’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 200727Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Since the start of the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the war has caused civilian casualties and hardship, damage to infrastructure and productive assets, and disruption to...
Type: BriefReport#: 200753Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of Europe and Central...
Type: ReportReport#: 204934Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Trinidad and Tobago on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity...
Type: BriefReport#: 173540Date: 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
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