Robust economic growth post-COVID-19, driven by a sustained boom in mineral exports, has elevated Mongolia to upper-middle-income status in 2024. This shift raises the international benchmark for poverty...
Type: BriefReport#: 196103Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Poverty in Montenegro is projected to have declined to 8.9 percent in 2023. The poverty rate, measured as the share of the population living on an income below $6.85 per person per day in 2017 PPP, after...
Type: BriefReport#: 196102Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Malawi has one of the four highest poverty rates globally, with 70 percent of its population living on less than $2.15 a day, based on a 2019 household survey. The number of people living in poverty has...
Type: BriefReport#: 196107Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The national poverty rate decreased from 38.5 percent in 2018-19 to 36.2 percent in 2021-22, equivalent to 4.615 million people living under the national poverty line in Benin, estimated at CFAF287,715...
Type: BriefReport#: 196055Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
On August 5, 2024, Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister resigned following unprecedented protests. An interim government led by civil society members and student leaders took office on August 8, 2024. This...
Type: BriefReport#: 196057Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Poverty was measured by the upper middle-income poverty line of 6.85 dollars in 2017, and PPP remained low in Belarus, at around 1 to 2 percent of the population between 2018 and 2020. Based on the national...
Type: BriefReport#: 196059Date: October 1, 2024Author:
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. In 2022, almost 25 percent of the Syrian population lived...
Type: BriefReport#: 196336Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Togo saw modest poverty reduction between 2018 and 2021, with notable urban-rural disparities. The national poverty rate dropped slightly from 45.5 percent to 43.8 percent, with urban areas experiencing...
Type: BriefReport#: 196159Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Seychelles has made notable strides in reducing poverty, as recent data shows. In 2018, the national poverty headcount stood at 25.3 percent, a significant decline from 38.3 percent in 2013, when the previous...
Type: BriefReport#: 196337Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Over the last two decades, Afghanistan’s economic growth has been volatile and non-inclusive, with rising urban poverty and rural welfare dependent on erratic agriculture production. Between 2016 and 2020,...
Type: BriefReport#: 196044Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Between 2016 to 2019, strong economic growth led to a substantial reduction in poverty levels. After an increase in 2020, poverty is estimated to have resumed its decline, driven by strong post-pandemic...
Type: BriefReport#: 196046Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The poverty rate in Armenia has been steadily declining, although the pace has slowed in 2023. After peaking at 27 percent in 2020, the national absolute poverty rate fell to 24.8 percent in 2022, making...
Type: BriefReport#: 196053Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Study after study reveals that internet services are expensive and unaffordable in Latin America and the Caribbean. Most affordability analyses focus on the cost of internet services as a share of household...
Type: ReportReport#: 196484Date: October 1, 2024Author:
Andrés, Luis A. ;
Beylis, Guillermo Raul ;
Fenwick, Crystal ;
Rifon Perez, Axel
The most recent household survey data in 2021-2022 reveals that 23 percent of Cameroonians are living below the international poverty line of $2.15 per person per day (2017 PPP), highlighting poverty reduction...
Type: BriefReport#: 196070Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Despite progress, Malaysia still faces challenges in reducing poverty and inequality. According to the latest official estimates from 2022, absolute poverty stood at 6.2 percent, higher than the pre-pandemic...
Type: BriefReport#: 196108Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
According to the 2016 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), approximately 51 percent of the population about 2 million people, lived below the national poverty line, unable to meet their basic...
Type: BriefReport#: 196133Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Fewer than one in ten Saint Lucians were poor in 2015 (latest year with data available), meaning they lived on less than $6.85 a day (in 2017 PPP). In the decade prior to 2015, poverty in Saint Lucia declined,...
Type: BriefReport#: 196134Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has maintained economic stability over the past decade despite significant shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The country has experienced stable macroeconomic conditions...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 194672Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This toolkit describes the Startup Enabler Capability Assessment (SECA), a tool designed specifically to measure the capabilities of startup enablers. It is applicable to a variety of types of startup...
Type: ReportReport#: 195681Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This Evaluation Insight Note (EIN) aims to contribute to the World Bank’s goal of encouraging the use of data, digital technology, and innovation towards transforming agri-food systems in client countries....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 193668Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
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