2024年10月15日 · Poverty. The World Bank Group is committed to fighting poverty in all its dimensions. We use the latest data, evidence and analysis to help countries develop policies to improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable people.

2022年10月17日 · As a result of the overlapping shocks from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the poverty headcount at the $6.85 (per person per day, in 2017 PPP) threshold is anticipated to be almost 20 percent higher — or 2 million people more — in the Europe and Central Asia region by 2030 relative to pre-pandemic trends.

There was little progress in poverty reduction in Uganda during much of the decade leading up to 2019/20. Numerous shocks not only reduced economic growth, they also hampered the ability of households to increase their income, says a new World Bank poverty assessment report, Strengthening Resilience to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Uganda.

2019年12月27日 · “The research community has accumulated a lot of evidence about the benefits of CCTs in fighting poverty and malnutrition,” said Eeshani Kandpal, an economist at the World Bank. “But we are also learning that these programs can have unintended consequences for non-beneficiaries, and these need to be taken into account when designing CCTs.”

2022年10月19日 · The international poverty line used to measure extreme poverty is $2.15 per person per day, while the poverty line for upper middle-income countries is $6.85. These lines are equivalent to R$6.01 (in 2021 prices) per person per day and to R$19.16 (in 2021 prices) per person per day, respectively.

2016年10月17日 · This year’s End Poverty Day on October 17 th provided an excellent opportunity to take stock of where Sri Lanka stands in its efforts to improve the well-being of its people, and to eradicate the last remnants of poverty from the country. Sri Lanka’s has been able to drive down poverty because the poor have earned more.

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Low-cost financing. Brazil spends the equivalent of 5% of GDP on subsidies to companies. Although this is lower than the amount spent on social security and retirement pensions, it tends to favor the rich.

2022年10月5日 · The world is unlikely to meet the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 absent history-defying rates of economic growth over the remainder of this decade, according to a new World Bank study. The study finds that COVID-19 dealt the biggest setback to global poverty-reduction efforts since 1990 and the war in Ukraine threatens to make matters ...

This includes carefully studying the poverty impact of spending alternatives. Still, even with greater domestic revenue, Official Development Assistance (ODA) will still remain an important piece of the poverty-fighting puzzle in the foreseeable future. Learn more by downloading the Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa report, here.