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: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Despite two decades of economic growth, Cameroon’s progress in reducing poverty has been slow. Real per capita growth is projected to be insufficient to alleviate poverty over the next three years, resulting...
Type: BriefReport#: 200640Date: April 30, 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: April 30, 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: April 30, 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: April 30, 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: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Nicaragua's poverty rate was estimated at 14.4 percent in 2014, measured at US$3.65/day (2017 PPP). The economy is expected to grow by 3.6 percent in 2024 and stabilize in the medium term, with poverty...
Type: BriefReport#: 200717Date: April 30, 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: April 30, 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: April 30, 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: April 30, 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: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) in Fiji was conducted in 2019-2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty was estimated to rise sharply, reaching 67.2 percent in 2021 (US$6.85...
Type: BriefReport#: 200652Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty incidence in Mali has remained high and stable, averaging around 45 percent since 2011. The ongoing conflict has been devastating, resulting in significant loss of life and mass displacement. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 200688Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Over the last decade, Serbia has successfully reduced poverty in the country. Economic growth with broad-based job creation has benefited the less well-off. A positive shared prosperity premium for the...
Type: BriefReport#: 200735Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
She Drives Change: A Toolkit for Redefining Opportunities for Women in Transport is a comprehensive resource designed to empower transport sector professionals and policy makers to address disparities...
Type: ReportReport#: 201044Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Nato Kurshitashvili ;
Ursula Casabonne ;
Mitali Nikore ;
Brinda Juneja
The economic stabilization program launched in Argentina in December 2023 has yielded positive results in addressing persistent macroeconomic instability, recurring fiscal crises, and high inflation. Despite...
Type: BriefReport#: 200621Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2017, around 21.1 percent of the population in Djibouti lived below the national poverty line. Djibouti is also among the most unequal countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, with a Gini...
Type: BriefReport#: 200647Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Estimates based on the national poverty measurement methodology show that 33.5 percent of the Egyptian population was poor in 2021. In February 2025, the government announced the sixth social mitigation...
Type: BriefReport#: 200650Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2016, 11.1 percent of Barbadians lived below the international upper middle-income country poverty line of $6.85 (2017 PPP) per day. Looking forward, Barbados remains vulnerable to extreme weather events...
Type: BriefReport#: 200632Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
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