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Poverty Overview: Development news, research, data - World Bank …
WEBApr 2, 2024 · Fighting poverty in all of its dimensions lies at the core of the World Bank’s work. We work closely with governments to develop sound policies so that poor people can improve their livelihoods, and access social and infrastructure services and good jobs.
Global Progress in Reducing Extreme Poverty Grinds to a Halt
WEBOct 5, 2022 · As a result, an estimated 719 million people subsisted on less than $2.15 a day by the end of 2020. “Progress in reducing extreme poverty has essentially halted in tandem with subdued global economic growth,” said World Bank Group President David Malpass. “Of concern to our mission is the rise in extreme poverty and decline of shared ...
Guatemala Overview: Development news, research, data - World …
WEBApr 3, 2024 · Despite the global financial crisis and recent natural disasters, Guatemala continues to have huge potential for economic growth. But with the second lowest social indicators in the region, rising food prices pose a risk for …
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Uganda Can Reduce Poverty by Building People’s Resilience to …
WEBMay 11, 2023 · 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 …
Ending Poverty is our First Global Goal, and We are Off Track
WEBOct 17, 2023 · Between 2014 and 2019, poverty was declining at a rate of only about 0.6 percentage points per year, and the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 was looking increasingly out of reach. As we all know, in 2020, this progress was abruptly halted. Several major overlapping crises – the COVID-19 …
African Economies Projected to Grow by 3.4 % in 2024, But Faster …
WEBApr 8, 2024 · Transformative policies are needed to address deep-rooted inequality to sustain long-term growth and effectively reduce poverty. The report projects that growth will rebound in 2024, rising from a low of 2.6 percent in 2023 to 3.4 percent in 2024, and 3.8 percent in 2025.
70% of 10-Year-Olds now in Learning Poverty, Unable to Read and ...
WEBJun 23, 2022 · The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update report shows that prolonged school closures, poor mitigation effectiveness, and household-income shocks had the biggest impact on learning poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with a predicted 80% of children at the end-of-primary-school-age now unable to understand a simple written ...
Lifting 800 Million People Out of Poverty - World Bank Group
WEBApr 1, 2022 · Over the past 40 years, China has lifted nearly 800 million people out of poverty, accounting for more than 75 percent of global poverty reduction in the same period, according to a new report released on Thursday.