Botswana’s economic growth and significant welfare improvements have slowed over the last decade and a half. Since 2015, Botswana has faced structural challenges and slow growth, making it vulnerable to...
Type: BriefReport#: 200634Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty estimates in Jordan are based on the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HEIS). Following the regime change in neighboring Syria in December 2024, refugees living in Jordan have started to...
Type: BriefReport#: 200670Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2024, Madagascar's poverty rate stands at 80.0 percent based on a daily income threshold of $2.15 (in 2017 PPP), with a slight projected decrease to 79.5 percent in 2025. The outlook for poverty reduction...
Type: BriefReport#: 200683Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Using the national measure of poverty for the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), 7.2 percent of the population lived below the basic needs poverty line in 2019-2020, based on the latest Household...
Type: BriefReport#: 200686Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Myanmar made significant strides in reducing poverty from 48 percent in 2005 to 25 percent in 2017. However, economic conditions have continued to deteriorate, with real GDP projected to contract by 1...
Type: BriefReport#: 200689Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty in Montenegro is projected to have declined to 7.6 percent in 2024. The recovery of Montenegro's economy in 2021/23 was rapid, driven by strong performance in the hospitality, communications, and...
Type: BriefReport#: 200690Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Peru has made significant progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades, but recent challenges have reversed many of these gains. While modest poverty reduction is projected through 2026, Peru...
Type: BriefReport#: 200721Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The national poverty rate in Yemen was last reported in 2014 and was estimated to be 48.6 percent of the population, marking an increase of 13.4 percentage points from the poverty rate reported in 2005....
Type: BriefReport#: 200760Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2024, despite persistent regional security challenges spreading across the northern part of Benin along with trade uncertainties, economic activity grew by 7.5 percent (4.9 percent per capita), up from...
Type: BriefReport#: 200624Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
After a decade among the fastest-growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, the combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine slowed economic growth in Côte d’Ivoire in 2020....
Type: BriefReport#: 200639Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2020, the national poverty headcount in Comoros was 44.8 percent, based on the latest budget survey conducted before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ongoing investments in the Galawa Hotel and El-Maarouf...
Type: BriefReport#: 200644Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Spurred by economic growth, poverty in Iran had continued to decline from its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, but over a third of Iranians still live in poverty. With a projected contraction in per-capita...
Type: BriefReport#: 200667Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Kazakhstan has achieved significant reductions in poverty over the past two decades, with both national poverty estimates and internationally comparable poverty rates declining sharply. Inequality, as...
Type: BriefReport#: 200671Date: April 30, 2025Author:
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#: 200758Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Paraguay has made significant progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades, with the national poverty rate falling from 51.4 percent in 2003 to 20.1 percent in 2024. However, four main structural...
Type: BriefReport#: 200726Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Over the past decade, Türkiye has made significant progress in reducing poverty, with the share of the total population below the international upper-middle-income country (UMC) poverty line of $6.85 at...
Type: BriefReport#: 200749Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report aims to enhance the understanding of the priorities, needs, and solutions for improving air quality (AQ) in Central Asia (CA) through local action and regional collaboration. It focuses on...
Type: ReportReport#: 201071Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The national poverty rate in Burkina Faso increased by 1.8 percentage points from 41.4 percent in 2018/19 to 43.2 percent in 2021/22, with a dramatic rise in the Sahel region. The conflict in Burkina Faso...
Type: BriefReport#: 200625Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) was conducted in 2013-2014. The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led...
Type: BriefReport#: 200653Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Haiti has endured recurrent shocks, with the effects of natural disasters, including the 2010 earthquake and multiple hurricanes, compounded by conflict and social unrest. The lack of productive jobs and...
Type: BriefReport#: 200665Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
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