Poverty dynamics and vulnerability during a growth episode: Evidence from Bangladesh: 2000 – 2016
Read more
Most of the world’s extreme poor live in middle income countries – but not for long
IIn the early 1990s, there was a near complete overlap between poor people and poor countries, with more than 9 out of 10 of the world’s extreme poor living in low-income countries at the time. This picture changed over the following two decades, in part driven by the movement in and out of the low-income group of populous countries like China and India where most of the extreme poor lived.
Read more
Pandemic, prices, and poverty
The world’s poorest population have faced two extraordinarily difficult years. The pandemic has caused unprecedented reversals in poverty reduction that are further exacerbated by rising inflation and the effects of the war in Ukraine.
Read more
The end of an era of global income convergence
This is the first blog in a series about how countries can correct course and make progress in global poverty reduction. This series was published originally on the World bank blogs.
Read more
Half of the global population lives on less than US$6.85 per person per day
This is the first blog in a series about how countries can correct course and make progress in global poverty reduction. This series was published originally on the World bank blogs.
Read more
To end extreme poverty, getting back to pre-COVID-19 reduction rates is not enough
This is the first blog in a series about how countries can correct course and make progress in global poverty reduction. This series was published originally on the World bank blogs.
Read more