Documents & Reports
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The Growth Elasticity of Poverty : Is Africa Any Different ? (English)
On current trends, the future of global poverty reduction will be determined by Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet even during Sub-Saharan Africa’s period of high economic growth — roughly corresponding to the first...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10690 Document Date: February 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wu,Haoyu,Atamanov,Aziz,Bundervoet,Tom,Paci,Pierella
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November 2023 Update to the Global Database of Shared Prosperity - What’s New (English)
This note introduces the 12th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP). Shared prosperity, defined as the growth in per capita household income or consumption of the poorest 40 percent...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 186517 Document Date: December 15, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Aron,Danielle Victoria,Haddad,Cameron Nadim,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Wu,Haoyu
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November 2023 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure - What’s New (English)
This note presents the 6th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, based on country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of November 2023. The MPM captures...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 186518 Document Date: December 15, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Aron,Danielle Victoria,Haddad,Cameron Nadim,Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Wu,Haoyu
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April 2023 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure : What’s New (English)
This note presents the 5th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, based on country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of April 2023. The MPM captures...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 182289 Document Date: May 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Wu,Haoyu,Nguyen,Minh Cong
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April 2023 Update to the Global Database of Shared Prosperity : What’s New (English)
This note introduces the 11th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP). Shared prosperity, defined as the growth in per capita household income or consumption of the poorest 40 percent...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 182288 Document Date: May 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Wu,Haoyu
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October 2022 Update to the Global Database of Shared Prosperity : What’s New (English)
The October 2022 update introduces the 10th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP). Shared prosperity, defined as the growth in per capita household income or consumption of the poorest...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 177271 Document Date: October 21, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Wu,Haoyu
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October 2022 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure : What’s New (English)
The October 2022 update presents the 4th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM), based on updates to the Global Monitoring Database (GMD). The MPM is an index that captures...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 177272 Document Date: September 30, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Wu,Haoyu,Nguyen,Minh Cong
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Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2021 : Competition and Firm Recovery Post-COVID-19 (Vol. 1 of 2) (Russian)
Although global economic activity is recovering and output in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is expected to grow in 2021, containing COVID-19 remains a challenge in the region. Enterprise survey data for...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 164868 Document Date: October 28, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wheeler,Collette Mari,Norfleet,Julia Renee Roseman,Arteta,Carlos,Gandhi,Dhruv Devesh,Lokshin,Michael M.,Macadangdang,Maria Hazel,Mungai,Rose,Ruch,Franz Ulrich,Wu,Haoyu,Burns,Andrew,Moorty,Lalita M.,Mahajan,Sandeep,Chakeri,Jasmin,Gain,Sandra Lynne,Karni,Barbara
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March 2021 PovcalNet Update : What’s New (English)
The March 2021 update to PovcalNet involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. Some welfare aggregates have been changed for improved harmonization, and the CPI, national...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 157363 Document Date: March 12, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arayavechkit,Tanida,Atamanov,Aziz,Barreto Herrera,Karen Yiseth,Belghith,Nadia Belhaj Hassine,Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Fujs,Tony Henri Mathias Jany,Dewina,Reno,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Edochie,Ifeanyi Nzegwu,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Lakner,Christoph,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Montes,Jose,Moreno Herrera,Laura Liliana,Mungai,Rose,Newhouse,David Locke,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Sanchez Castro,Diana Marcela,Schoch,Marta,Sharma,Dhiraj,Simler,Kenneth,Swinkels,Robertus A,Takamatsu,Shinya,Uochi,Ikuko,Viveros Mendoza,Martha Celmira,Yonzan,Nishant,Yoshida,Nobuo,Wu,Haoyu
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March 2021 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure : What’s New (English)
The March 2021 update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) involves changes to the data underlying the multidimensional poverty estimates based on the Global Monitoring Database (GMD). This update...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 157750 Document Date: March 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nguyen,Minh Cong,Wu,Haoyu,Lakner,Christoph,Schoch,Marta
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Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2021 : Competition and Firm Recovery Post-COVID-19 (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)
Although global economic activity is recovering and output in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is expected to grow in 2021, containing COVID-19 remains a challenge in the region. Enterprise survey data for...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 164868 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wheeler,Collette Mari,Norfleet,Julia Renee Roseman,Arteta,Carlos,Gandhi,Dhruv Devesh,Lokshin,Michael M.,Macadangdang,Maria Hazel,Mungai,Rose,Ruch,Franz Ulrich,Wu,Haoyu,Burns,Andrew,Moorty,Lalita M.,Mahajan,Sandeep,Chakeri,Jasmin,Gain,Sandra Lynne,Karni,Barbara
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March 2020 PovcalNet Update : What's New (English)
The March 2020 update to PovcalNet involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. Some welfare aggregates have been changed for improved harmonization, and some of the CPI...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 147009 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Atamanov,Aziz,Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Fujs,Tony Henri Mathias Jany,Dewina,Reno,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Lakner,Christoph,Matytsin,Mikhail,Montes,Jose,Moreno Herrera,Laura Liliana,Mungai,Rose,Newhouse,David Locke,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Parada Gomez Urquiza,Francisco Javier,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Sanchez Castro,Diana Marcela,Schoch,Marta,Vargas Mogollon,David Leonardo,Viveros Mendoza,Martha Celmira,Yang,Judy,Yoshida,Nobuo,Wu,Haoyu
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Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty (English)
Different studies use different approaches to forecast how many people will fall into poverty due to the outbreak of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), with largely different results. Even when using the same...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 151252 Document Date: July 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Yoshida,Nobuo,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Uematsu,Hiroki,Wu,Haoyu,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Gupta,Dixita