Sri Lanka's economy stabilized after the 2022 crisis, but poverty remains high at 23.4 percent (US$3.65 per person/day) in 2024. Key reforms, such as utility pricing adjustments, new revenue measures,...
Type: BriefReport#: 196135Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Peru made significant progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic and recent challenges have reversed many of these gains. The pandemic caused the national poverty...
Type: BriefReport#: 196140Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Solomon Islands was conducted in 2012/13. Using the national measures, 12.7 percent of the population lived below the...
Type: BriefReport#: 196150Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Between 2011 and 2018, Sierra Leone made notable progress in poverty reduction, with the poverty rate decreasing from 62.4 to 56.8 percent, representing an average annual reduction of about 0.7 percentage...
Type: BriefReport#: 196151Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The proportion of the population living below the national poverty line fell moderately from 63 percent in 2009-2010 to 58.9 percent in 2016-2017, driven by improvements in educational attainment, social...
Type: BriefReport#: 196157Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Transportation Asset Management is a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, upgrading, and expanding physical assets effectively throughout their lifecycle. It focuses on business...
Type: ReportReport#: 195706Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Transportation Asset Management is a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, upgrading, and expanding physical assets effectively throughout their lifecycle. It focuses on business...
Type: ReportReport#: 195706Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Türkiye has started implementing decisive macroeconomic stabilization policies after the May 2023 elections. These policies—based on tighter monetary policy, a relatively prudent fiscal stance, and a structural...
Type: ReportReport#: 195768Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
In Conakry, Republic of Guinea, women business owners in male-dominated sectors earn significantly more than their counterparts in sectors with a higher concentration of female entrepreneurs. This trend...
Type: BriefReport#: 194561Date: October 1, 2024Author:
Cucagna, Maria Emilia ;
Mbaye, Mame Soukeye ;
Pierotti, Rachael Susan ;
Pike, Isabel
This document summarizes the progress made under the Second Inclusive and Resilient Development Financing for Tanzania, which was approved by the Board of Executive Directors on December 20, 2023. The...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 194585Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Family dialogue program was piloted in Mauritania. The objective of the program is to implement and test the effects of a couples’ training program in the context of a national cash transfer program,...
Type: ReportReport#: 194391Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Kosovo’s climate change policies are, in part, shaped by various external drivers and international commitments; internally, it needs to make more progress by not only intensifying its own climate ambition...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 194436Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Given the increasing climate challenges, this report updates Thailand’s BCG model for current
circumstances. We call it BCG+. The report uses advanced modeling and other cutting-edge analytics to take...
This regional Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) focuses on four countries of the 11‑member Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) - Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 193744Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Bangladesh Development Update provides an assessment of the state of the economy in Bangladesh, poverty trends, the economic outlook, risks, and key reform challenges. It covers real sector developments;...
Type: ReportReport#: 194098Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
In fiscal year 2024, the World Bank Group adopted a bold new vision of a world free of poverty on a livable planet. To achieve this, the Bank Group is enacting reforms to become a better partner to governments,...
Type: World Bank Annual ReportReport#: 194209Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
GDP growth is expected to reach 3.1 percent in 2024, after a mild recession in 2023, which together with lower inflation is expected to drive down poverty rates to 33.1 percent in 2024. Risks include heightened...
Type: BriefReport#: 194028Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is projected to grow at 5 percent in 2024, supported by a robust performance in tourism, recovery in agriculture, and implementation of large-scale infrastructure projects....
Type: BriefReport#: 194030Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Progress toward comprehensive debt restructuring and wide-reaching reforms under the macroeconomic stabilization program has put Ghana on a path to fiscal sustainability. Currency stabilization and tight...
Type: BriefReport#: 194110Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
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