The latest household income and expenditure survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Vanuatu was conducted in 2019-20, with a HIES before that occurring in 2010. The poverty rate based on the lower-middle-income...
Type: BriefReport#: 196315Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Between 2011 and 2017, extreme poverty - calculated using the national food poverty line - rose from 23 to 30 percent of the population. It increased further to 38 percent in April-May 2019. Recent developments...
Type: BriefReport#: 196319Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The national Gini Index (spatial deflated) is relatively low (27.2 in 2018-19) compared to peer countries in the WAEMU region, where it ranges from 31.6 for Guinea Bissau to 38.6 for Burkina Faso. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 196112Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report is the first output under Activity One of the support to Greece on the Implementation of a National Skills Framework for Learning Pathways. The technical assistance is funded by the European...
Type: ReportReport#: 200584Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The national poverty rate was last reported for Yemen in 2014 and was estimated to be 48.6 percent of the population, which represents an increase of 13.4 percentage points over the poverty rate reported...
Type: BriefReport#: 196318Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Despite exceptional natural capital, Madagascar is amongst the poorest and most exposed to hazards and impacts of climate change including extreme weather events. One-quarter of Madagascar’s population,...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 194888Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The RSR-ADSP Gender Window grants have supported pioneering and innovative
evidence-generation activities in this area, as found through this review of knowledge products—including an e-learning course,...
The objective of this report is to present a comprehensive review of the activities funded under
the RSR-ADSP Gender Window. Specifically, it aims to synthesize the key thematic learnings from the analytical...
The development objective of Tax Administration Reform Project for Uzbekistan is increasing the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the tax department and the level of voluntary compliance with...
Type: ReportReport#: 195560Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The poverty rate in Uruguay - at 6.4 percent in 2022 under the $6.85 (2017 PPP) per day international line - is low compared to the region. However, poverty reduction has stalled in recent years. Despite...
Type: BriefReport#: 196314Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The latest household income and expenditure survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Samoa was conducted in 2018. A new 2023 HIES dataset has been collected, but poverty estimates are not yet available....
Type: BriefReport#: 196316Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Poverty is on a declining trend in Georgia, buoyed by recent robust economic growth and labor market improvements. Between 2016 and 2022, the poverty rate, measured by the international poverty line (below...
Type: BriefReport#: 196114Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
About 1.2 billion people - one in five people in the world – are at high risk from climate-related hazards, but much can be done to make people, business, communities, and countries more resilient. The...
Type: ReportReport#: 194400Date: October 31, 2024Author:
Jia Li ;
Esther G. Naikal ;
Thomas Michael Kerr ;
Stephane Hallegatte
Although notable progress has been made in reducing poverty since 1994, poverty reduction came to a halt in 2011. The latest survey conducted in 2014-2015 shows that 55.5 percent of the population was...
Type: BriefReport#: 196321Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Sierra Leone’s public debt is sustainable, but risks of external and overall debt distress are high, unchanged from the previous DSA published in November 2023, but key indicators display modestly more...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 200336Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
According to the fourth Nepal Living Standards Survey (NLSS-IV) (2022-23), Nepal has continued to experience a substantial reduction in poverty over the last decade. Living standards have improved across...
Type: BriefReport#: 196116Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on research by the team, as well as non-World Bank research,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 195036Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The stagnation of poverty incidence (and the rise in inequality) occurred despite moderate economic growth, which averaged 3.5 percent over the past decade. This is partly due to barriers in the labor...
Type: BriefReport#: 196090Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The creation of more and better jobs has been a key driver of poverty and inequality reduction.
However, while estimates on the number of jobs are available for most countries,
comprehensive measures of...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 194163Date: October 31, 2024Author:
Erica Bosio ;
Virginia Upegui Caro
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