Poverty reduction in Moldova is stagnating, with absolute poverty based on the national methodology rising from 25.2 percent in 2019 to 31.6 percent in 2023. Poverty remains particularly persistent in...
Type: BriefReport#: 200682Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The official multidimensional poverty rate in Mexico, which considers both monetary poverty and six indicators of social deprivation, decreased from 43.2 percent in 2016 to 36.3 percent in 2022. The labor...
Type: BriefReport#: 200685Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Tourism Watch is a quarterly report produced by the World Bank which monitors global and regional tourism sector performance, outlook, and highlights policies aimed at enhancing the sector’s economic,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 201194Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Twining-Ward, Louise ;
Pio, Alex ;
Suris Coll Vinent, Alba ;
Bellas Suarez, Paula
The outlook for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region has become
more uncertain as modest advances on the internal front are being compounded
by a more challenging external scenario. Progress...
Type: ReportReport#: 201632Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Maloney, William ;
Melendez Arjona, Marcela ;
Morales, Raul
The poverty rate in Mozambique experienced a marked increase, with the proportion of individuals living below the global poverty threshold of US$2.15 daily (2017 PPP) reaching 74.5 percent in 2019/20,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200692Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
According to the latest Household Budget Survey (2022), 80 percent of the population in South Sudan lives below the national poverty line, making the country one of the poorest in the world. Nowcasts suggest...
Type: BriefReport#: 200736Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The national poverty rate in Tajikistan declined from 55 percent in 2010 to just over 20 percent in 2023, an impressive achievement by regional and global standards. This reduction has been driven by private...
Type: BriefReport#: 200745Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
In Tunisia, the most recent official poverty and inequality figures have been calculated by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) using consumption data from the 2021 National Survey on the Budget,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200748Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The poverty headcount rate in Vanuatu was estimated to be 34.9 percent in 2019, based on the latest household income expenditure survey (HIES) and the lower middle-income poverty line of $3.65 (2017 PPP...
Type: BriefReport#: 200757Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Over the past decade, India has significantly reduced poverty, with extreme poverty (living on less than $2.15 per day) falling from 16.2 percent in 2011-12 to 2.3 percent in 2022-23, lifting 171 million...
Type: BriefReport#: 200766Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The findings on this report are a compilation of evidence and stakeholder consultations in Uganda. The report contains reviews of literature about funding for pooling mechanisms and lessons learned from...
Type: ReportReport#: 201605Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Hayes, Brendan Michael ;
Ayiko, Rogers ;
Chansa, Collins ;
Mensah, Julia ;
Nakyanzi, Angellah ;
Jordanwood, Tapley ;
Tom, Aliti ;
Byakika, Sarah ;
Walimbwa, Aliyi ;
Murindwa, Grace ;
Ekochu, Elizabeth Mabel Asege ;
Muheki, Charlotte
Industrial production was solid in April, thanks to export acceleration, however, the PMI fell sharply, suggesting slower growth ahead. The Industrial Production Index (IIP) increased by 8.9 percent y/y...
Type: BriefReport#: 201517Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
This presentation discusses the integration of the SWIFT methodology (Survey of Well-being via Instant and Frequent Tracking) to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of Proxy Means Testing (PMT) within...
Type: ReportReport#: 201022Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Yoshida, Nobuo ;
Encinas, Luis haki Alberro ;
Barriga-CabaniIlas, Oscar Eduardo ;
Schneider, Jeremy
Over the last two decades, Afghanistan's economic growth has been volatile, failing to benefit all segments of society. The Interim Taliban Administration's restrictive policies are exacerbating existing...
Type: BriefReport#: 200765Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2024, 28.4 percent of the population in Mauritania was living in poverty, measured at the international poverty line of $3.65 per day in PPP 2017, an increase from 26.3 percent in 2020. Over half of...
Type: BriefReport#: 200693Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Based on the most recent official household survey data from Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics, 30.9 percent of Nigerians lived below the international extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per...
Type: BriefReport#: 200719Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Papua New Guinea (PNG) does not have recent and reliable national poverty estimates, as the last Household and Income Survey (HIES) was completed in 2009-10, making the poverty estimates in this brief...
Type: BriefReport#: 200724Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
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