Poverty

In countries challenged by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV), the private sector is key to accelerating economic growth, as it can play an instrumental role in providing jobs and income to…

Tahir Akbar, Kabeer Dawani|

Economic policies over past years and decades have had negative impacts on living standards, the private sector and the environment, driving a deep crisis that is hitting ordinary Pakistanis…

Tobias Haque|

The world’s 28 poorest countries are facing growing social, economic, and political distress, owing to rising debt burdens, diminishing development prospects, and chronic underinvestment. The…

Indermit Gill, M. Ayhan Kose|

Global poverty estimates were updated today on the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). As explained in more detail in the What’s New document, a total of 63 new surveys were added to the PIP…

Samuel Kofi Tetteh Baah, R. Andres Castaneda Aguilar, Carolina Diaz-Bonilla, Tony Fujs, Christoph Lakner, Minh Cong Nguyen, Martha Viveros|

A groundbreaking new report, completed with support of the World Bank, provides the Dominican Republic’s first-ever regional accounts aligned with international standards for the System of…

Jose Pablo Valdes Martinez, Shwetha Grace Eapen|
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