Mauritius has eradicated extreme poverty, although in 2017, 13.5 percent of Mauritians were below the upper middle-income class poverty line of $6.85 a day (2017 PPP). The World Bank’s new measure of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 200694Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Malaysia has made significant progress in economic growth and poverty reduction, but inequality remains a challenge. The country is on a path to achieve high-income status by 2028-2030. However, due to...
Type: BriefReport#: 200696Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
More than a decade of conflict compounded by external economic shocks has led to a dramatic deterioration in the welfare of Syrian households. Return movements have increased since the fall of the Assad...
Type: BriefReport#: 200741Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
South Africa has made significant strides in reducing poverty since 1994, but progress stalled after 2011. The lack of progress in reducing poverty and inequality since 2011 can be attributed to slow economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 200761Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Armenia on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 172995Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Aruba on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 184651Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Despite being rich in mineral and other natural resources, the Central African Republic (CAR) is among the ten poorest countries in the world. Reforms are required to address poverty in CAR, focusing on...
Type: BriefReport#: 200636Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Honduras remains one of the poorest and most unequal countries in the region. By 2023, about half of Hondurans (49.5 percent) lived on less than $6.85 per day (2017 PPP), the upper-middle income poverty...
Type: BriefReport#: 200663Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Indonesia’s poverty rate fell in 2024, continuing its slow downward trend driven by steady GDP growth since 2021. However, trade policy disruptions, weaker commodity prices, and domestic policy uncertainties...
Type: BriefReport#: 200666Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
After four successive years of poverty reduction, Jamaica's official national poverty rate increased from 11.0 percent in 2019 to 16.7 percent in 2021 following the COVID-19 crisis. Climate-related weather...
Type: BriefReport#: 200669Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Kenya's economic growth has not been sufficiently inclusive, and its link to poverty reduction has weakened. The impact of drought on food security has been significant, with FEWS NET estimating that 2.5...
Type: BriefReport#: 200672Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Lebanon's national poverty rate is still based on data from the 2012 Household Budget Survey, as no official update has been conducted in over a decade. The conflict that erupted in October 2023 and its...
Type: BriefReport#: 200676Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The proportion of the population living below the national poverty line in Eswatini fell moderately from 63.0 percent in 2009/10 to 58.9 percent in 2016/17, driven by improvements in educational attainment,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200739Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Seychelles has made notable strides in reducing poverty, as recent data shows. In the second quarter of 2024, the overall unemployment rate was 3.2 percent, remaining the same as in the second quarter...
Type: BriefReport#: 200740Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Timor-Leste made significant strides in reducing poverty from 2007 to 2014, but the lack of recent data makes it difficult to assess current progress. Findings from the 2021 Labor Force Survey, however,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200746Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Panama's economic growth has led to strong job creation and a sharp reduction in poverty, from 48.1 percent in 1991 to 13.6 percent in 2024 at $6.85/day per capita, 2017 PPP. To achieve more inclusive...
Type: BriefReport#: 200767Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Thailand is, in many respects, a development success story, having rapidly transitioned from an agriculture-based economy to one that is modern, industrialized, and export-driven. But Thailand’s recent...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 204871Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
GovTech—the special topic of this edition—has the potential to act as a critical lever for boosting public sector productivity and sustaining Malaysia’s transition to a digitally driven, high-income economy,...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 204866Date: October 1, 2025Author:
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Chong, Yew Keat ;
Larizza, Marco ;
Sanghi, Apurva ;
Jing Wen, Fionne Lim ;
Teh Sharifuddin, Shakira Binti ;
Khurshid, Ayesha ;
Loo, Carmen ;
Purnamasari, Ririn Salwa ;
Dornan, Matthew ;
Binti Jasmin, Alyssa Farha ;
Cheng, Natalie Fang Ling ;
Yong, Philbert Tiki ;
Johan Arief Jothi, Shahira Zaireen Bt ;
Krishnasammy, Aruhvi ;
Choong, Rebecca Shu Wen ;
Cao, Yu ;
Ong, Kian Howe ;
Samano Penaloza, Agustin ;
Tay, Yi Ting ;
Choy, Timothy Xia Wei ;
La Cascia, Joseph Huntington ;
Garber, James ;
Boie, Bertram ;
Wong, Chian Vern ;
Hernandez Uriz, Zenaida ;
Wan, Ya Shin
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