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: October 1, 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: October 1, 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: October 1, 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: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Over the past two decades, Morocco has made significant progress in reducing poverty under national and international poverty lines. With per capita GDP growth accelerating in 2023-24, poverty is estimated...
Type: BriefReport#: 200681Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Despite making considerable progress in reducing poverty, Rwanda has relatively higher poverty rates than African peers with similar income per capita, and poverty reduction has become less responsive...
Type: BriefReport#: 200728Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Antigua and Barbuda on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity...
Type: BriefReport#: 172997Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Burkina Faso on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity...
Type: BriefReport#: 173003Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Belize on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173012Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Central African Republic on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity...
Type: BriefReport#: 173267Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Comoros on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173293Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Australia on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 184652Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
National poverty in Armenia has been declining since 2020, with the proportion of people below the national poverty line decreasing from 27 percent in 2020 to 23.7 percent in 2023. This reduction has been...
Type: BriefReport#: 200622Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
In early 2021, the government of China announced the elimination of poverty in rural areas, as measured using the official poverty standard equivalent to $2.30 per day (2017 PPP). Addressing inequality...
Type: BriefReport#: 200638Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The discovery of oil in the 1990s propelled Equatorial Guinea into the ranks of upper-middle-income countries. However, since the end of the commodity supercycle in 2014, the economy has been dramatically...
Type: BriefReport#: 200660Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Kyrgyz Republic has made progress in poverty reduction in recent years, and this trend is expected to continue in 2025, supported by enhanced social protection programs such as the Social Contract....
Type: BriefReport#: 200673Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Between 2002 and 2017, the proportion of the population living below the national poverty line fell from 56.6 percent to 49.7 percent, marking a 7 percentage point reduction over 15 years. Despite this...
Type: BriefReport#: 200680Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Malawi ranks among the four countries with the highest poverty rates globally, with 70 percent of its population living on less than $2.15 per day, according to a 2019 household survey. Economic growth...
Type: BriefReport#: 200695Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
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