The Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides a global audience of development practitioners, policy makers, researchers, advocates, and citizens with the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity, as well as in-depth research into policies and interventions that can make a difference for the world’s poorest. The 2016 edition takes a close look at the role that inequality reduction plays in ending extreme poverty and improving the livelihoods of the poorest in every country.
