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
Financial resources lost to corruption are estimated at about 5 percent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to United Nations estimates. Recovering even a fraction of those assets could provide...
Public investment has played, and will continue to play, a crucial role in Viet Nam’s economic and social development. The Government of Vietnam has made major progress in the past decades in improving...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 202397Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The guide is structured into three main sections: guidance notes. This section acts as a primer, offering clear, concise, and practical information on policy and process issues related to refugee inclusion....
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
Global goods trade continued to expand rapidly from October 2024 through February 2025, driven by a surge in demand fueled by expectations of higher import restrictions in the US. Trade in services, which...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 201108Date: 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
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
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
The report reviews the impact of the green transition on employment in Kosovo and the eƯects it will have on the workforce and the skills base required in the future. Globally, as in Kosovo, the structural...
Type: ReportReport#: 202330Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Mali’s risk of external and overall debt distress is assessed to be moderate, although downside risks have increased since the 2023 debt sustainability analysis (DSA). For external debt, no breaches occur...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 202503Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Oil price increases that began in late 2020 have led to a global proliferation of liquid fuel subsidies and price controls, as governments sought to reduce, redistribute, or delay the impact of rising...
Type: ReportReport#: 197552Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Akcura, Elcin ;
Cuadros Bloch, Francis
Disability results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and
environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective participation in society, on an equal
basis with...
Type: BriefReport#: 201066Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Nepal has achieved a remarkable reduction in poverty over the past decade. However, progress on poverty reduction remains threatened by economic downturns and climate disasters. This vulnerability stems...
Type: BriefReport#: 200716Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
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