Togo saw modest poverty reduction between 2018 and 2021, with notable urban-rural disparities. Despite economic resilience after enduring a series of shocks since the COVID-19 pandemic, with an average...
Type: BriefReport#: 200743Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Tuvalu was conducted in 2015-16. However, the data presented in this brief refer to the previous HIES in 2010, as substantial...
Type: BriefReport#: 200750Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Between 2011 and 2017, extreme poverty in Zimbabwe - calculated using the national food poverty line rose from 23 to 30 percent of the population, and increased further to 38 percent in April-May 2019....
Type: BriefReport#: 200763Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Bulgaria has made significant progress in reducing absolute poverty since its EU accession, particularly between 2015 and 2022, when real median incomes rose substantially. In the fourth quarter of 2024,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200627Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty measured by the World Bank’s upper-middle-income poverty line of $6.85 in 2017PPP remained low in Belarus, at 1.3 percent in 2020, similar to its neighbors Lithuania (1.23 percent in 2021) and...
Type: BriefReport#: 200628Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty in Ghana fell considerably up until the COVID-19 pandemic. However, moderate growth due to larger fiscal adjustments, global economic and trade uncertainties, and persistent inflation will affect...
Type: BriefReport#: 200656Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Kiribati was conducted from April 2019 to March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic did not have a large impact on economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 200674Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2016, 50.9 percent of Liberia's population lived below the national poverty line. Since 2022, poverty has begun to decline but is expected to remain above pre-COVID-19 levels until 2026. The recovery...
Type: BriefReport#: 200677Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
North Macedonia has made considerable gains in poverty reduction since the 2008 global financial crisis. However, post-pandemic poverty reduction has been constrained by decelerating growth and the erosion...
Type: BriefReport#: 200687Date: 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
Welcome to the April 2025 edition of the Skills4Dev Knowledge Digest! This issue explores how Results-Based Financing (RBF) is reshaping Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) by linkingfunding...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 201152Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Angel-Urdinola, Diego ;
Guedira, Fatine
The coal mining and energy sectors have played a crucial role in the economic stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) over the past decade, however coal-fired power generation has become increasingly...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 201261Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Marguerie, Alicia C. ;
Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth N. ;
Von Lenthe, Cornelius Claus ;
Suzuki, Kaori ;
Monchuk, Victoria
In 2018, the year of the latest survey, approximately 16.5 million Angolans, or 52.9 percent of the population, lived on less than $3.65 per day (in 2017 PPP terms), which is the international poverty...
Type: BriefReport#: 200619Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Fueled by its hydropower sector, Bhutan has achieved robust economic growth over the past decade, contributing to its poverty reduction. However, progress remains uneven and vulnerable to economic and...
Type: BriefReport#: 200633Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Energy shortages from climatic shocks and ongoing crime led to Ecuador's 2.5 percent economic contraction in 2024. Despite these economic shocks, multidimensional poverty remained relatively stable. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200649Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2025, increasing labor incomes and decreasing inflationary pressure are expected to reduce the extreme poverty rate to 15.9 percent, based on the international poverty line of $2.15 per person per day...
Type: BriefReport#: 200658Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2024, poverty in the Maldives is estimated to be at 2.2 percent, thanks to strong tourism-led economic growth and a generous redistribution system that has contributed to poverty reduction, economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 200684Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Driven by strong mining output, robust services growth, and increased domestic demand fueled by rising wages and public spending, economic growth continues to be strong post-COVID-19. This robust growth...
Type: BriefReport#: 200691Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
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