Documents & Reports
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Learning Poverty Updates and Revisions : What’s New? (English)
This note is part of the April 2024 release of the latest country-level Learning Poverty estimates. The document details country-level changes to the underlying data used to produce the April 2024 Learning...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 193947 Document Date: November 19, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Jordan - Learning Poverty Brief - 2024 (English)
Learning Poverty is unacceptably high. In low- and middle-income countries, more than half the children cannot read and understand a short age-appropriate text by the end of primary school. This learning...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 190810 Document Date: November 18, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Namibia Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
Strong economic growth, improvements in labor incomes and in educational attainment, and the expansion of social protection programs helped significantly reduce Namibia’s poverty rate between 2003-04 and...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196130 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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South Africa Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
Although notable progress has been made in reducing poverty since 1994, poverty reduction came to a halt in 2011. The latest survey conducted in 2014-2015 shows that 55.5 percent of the population was...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196321 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Kosovo Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
A tighter labor market is expected to increase wages. While outmigration raises concerns about potential human capital losses, it may also encourage better utilization of domestic human capital. Addressing...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196317 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Zambia Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
Poverty and inequality levels in Zambia are among the highest in the world. In 2022, 64.3 percent of the population - about 12.9 million individuals - was living on less than $2.15 a day, while the Gini...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196320 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Niger Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
Poverty has remained nearly stagnant in Niger, with a national poverty incidence of approximately 41 percent from 2018 to 2021. However, due to a high annual population growth rate of 3.7 percent, this...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196119 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Grenada Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
Grenada outperformed its eastern Caribbean peers in economic terms before the COVID-19 pandemic, achieving an annualized gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth rate of 4.4 percent between 2013...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196091 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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The Gambia Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
In 2024, increasing labor incomes and decreasing inflationary pressure are expected to support a decline of the extreme poverty rate to 15.5 percent. The labor market remains the main source of income...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196111 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Ghana Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
Ghana experienced considerable poverty reduction up until the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2005 and 2012, the share of people below the national poverty line fell from 32 to 24 percent. The poor are expected...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196113 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Gabon Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
Gabon distinguishes itself in Sub-Saharan Africa with its relatively high income per capita, abundant natural resources, and a significant urban population - 89 percent residing in urban areas. Economic...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196115 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Tuvalu Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
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...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196311 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Tonga Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
The latest household income and expenditure survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Tonga was conducted in 2021. According to the World Bank definition of data deprivation, Tonga is classified as meeting...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196313 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Uruguay Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
The poverty rate in Uruguay - at 6.4 percent in 2022 under the $6.85 (2017 PPP) per day international line - is low compared to the region. However, poverty reduction has stalled in recent years. Despite...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196314 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Samoa Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
The latest household income and expenditure survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Samoa was conducted in 2018. A new 2023 HIES dataset has been collected, but poverty estimates are not yet available...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196316 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Georgia Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
Poverty is on a declining trend in Georgia, buoyed by recent robust economic growth and labor market improvements. Between 2016 and 2022, the poverty rate, measured by the international poverty line (below...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196114 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Guinea-Bissau Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
Guinea-Bissau’s socio-economic landscape is marked by persistent challenges in poverty reduction, economic development, and social advancement. The agriculture sector, particularly the production of raw...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196093 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Nigeria Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
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...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196118 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Tunisia Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
In Tunisia, official poverty rates are derived from consumption patterns as reported in the 2021 National Survey on the Budget, Consumption, and Standard of Living of Households (EBCNV) including detailed...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196312 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Republic of Yemen Poverty and Equity Brief : October 2024 (English)
The national poverty rate was last reported for Yemen in 2014 and was estimated to be 48.6 percent of the population, which represents an increase of 13.4 percentage points over the poverty rate reported...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 196318 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank