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October 16, 2020: Meetings, speeches, remarks, and appearances from the 2020 World Bank Group – IMF Annual Meetings

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David Malpass
A sustainable and nutritious food system in Ghana is creating jobs for youth, producing healthy livestock and nutritious food for farmers to sell and people to eat. Photo: © Dasan Bobo/World Bank

Five lessons for successfully investing in people

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Mamta Murthi
Hana Brixi
Daily life in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo: © Dominic Chavez/World Bank

Tale of three mayors: Coping with COVID-19

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Mari Elka Pangestu
The pandemic is a stark reminder that planetary health and human health are interconnected and that economies can only thrive on a healthy planet. Photo: © World Bank

Investing in nature makes good economic sense

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Mari Elka Pangestu
Juergen Voegele

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020

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To make progress on development challenges, the world needs to commit to cooperation and coordination, both within and between countries. Photo : Riya Kumari/Pexels

On End Poverty Day, a time to recommit

Shona Banu Begum, 55, lives in Patarkhola village of Ramzan Nagar union at Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira with her son, daughter-in-law and their two grandchildren. She usually works in a brick kiln, while her son cannot perform heavy labour due to a heart condition. The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent Cyclone Amphan took away whatever working opportunities that remained, leaving them in desperate need for more financial aid to make ends meet. Photo: © UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Four cornerstones of a resilient recovery for all

Berber kids in the village in High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. (Shutterstock.com/Sergiy Velychko)

MENA: The time to act is now

chart: Global Poverty Rate at the US$1.90 Poverty Line, 1990-2017

Progress toward ending poverty has slowed

chart: Number of Extreme Poor by Region, 1990-2017 (millions)

Where the extreme poor live

Shona Banu Begum, 55, lives in a village in Bangladesh with her son, daughter-in-law, and their two grandchildren. She usually works in a brick kiln, while her son cannot perform heavy labor due to a heart condition. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent Cyclone Amphan took away whatever working opportunities that remained, leaving them in desperate need of more financial aid to make ends meet. Photo: © Fahad Kaizer/UN Women

October 7, 2020: Foreword - Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020

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Projecting global extreme poverty up to 2030: How close are we to World Bank’s 3% goal?

Poverty Estimates table

September 2020 global poverty update from the World Bank: New annual poverty estimates using the revised 2011 PPPs

Chart: regional distribution of poor

Updated estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on global poverty: The effect of new data

Featured Bloggers

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Smart investments in health and education are key to resilient recovery in emerging Europe and Central Asia

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