The poverty rate in Armenia has been steadily declining, although the pace has slowed in 2023. After peaking at 27 percent in 2020, the national absolute poverty rate fell to 24.8 percent in 2022, making...
Type: BriefReport#: 196053Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The most recent household survey data in 2021-2022 reveals that 23 percent of Cameroonians are living below the international poverty line of $2.15 per person per day (2017 PPP), highlighting poverty reduction...
Type: BriefReport#: 196070Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Despite progress, Malaysia still faces challenges in reducing poverty and inequality. According to the latest official estimates from 2022, absolute poverty stood at 6.2 percent, higher than the pre-pandemic...
Type: BriefReport#: 196108Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
According to the 2016 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), approximately 51 percent of the population about 2 million people, lived below the national poverty line, unable to meet their basic...
Type: BriefReport#: 196133Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Fewer than one in ten Saint Lucians were poor in 2015 (latest year with data available), meaning they lived on less than $6.85 a day (in 2017 PPP). In the decade prior to 2015, poverty in Saint Lucia declined,...
Type: BriefReport#: 196134Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This manual is based on the experience of three participatory urban design processes that took place in three different Greek cities, namely Heraklion, Kalamata and Kavala, in 2023 and 2024. It aims to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193801Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This article, based on Off the Books: Understanding and Mitigating the Fiscal Risks of Infrastructure (2023), presents a systematic assessment of the magnitude and prevalence of fiscal risks from transport...
This article assesses the various challenges and disparities faced by women in urban transport usage, particularly in public transport in three cities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) - Amman...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 193815Date: October 1, 2024Author:
Muneeza Mehmood Alam ;
Mira Morad
Study after study reveals that internet services are expensive and unaffordable in Latin America and the Caribbean. Most affordability analyses focus on the cost of internet services as a share of household...
Type: ReportReport#: 196484Date: October 1, 2024Author:
Luis A. Andrés ;
Guillermo Raul Beylis ;
Axel Rifon Perez ;
Crystal Fenwick
This toolkit describes the Startup Enabler Capability Assessment (SECA), a tool designed specifically to measure the capabilities of startup enablers. It is applicable to a variety of types of startup...
Type: ReportReport#: 195681Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This Evaluation Insight Note (EIN) aims to contribute to the World Bank’s goal of encouraging the use of data, digital technology, and innovation towards transforming agri-food systems in client countries....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 193668Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Trinidad and Tobago is a high-income country, with a corresponding level of human development. Substantial financial reserves maintain stability amid energy sector fluctuations. The government aims to...
Type: BriefReport#: 194032Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Economic recovery in Barbados continues despite significant challenges facing the country due to its small size, heavy reliance on tourism, and vulnerability to climate-related and other external shocks....
Type: BriefReport#: 194007Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of Middle East and North...
Type: ReportReport#: 193964Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Botswana’s growth is projected to decline to 1 percent in 2024 from 2.7 in 2023, partly owing to a weak global diamond market. Higher public investment and measures to support households are set to increase...
Type: BriefReport#: 194089Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
GDP growth is projected at 4.5 percent in 2024, supported by agriculture, mining, and private investment. Higher agriculture output and tighter monetary policy eased inflation from the double-digit peak...
Type: BriefReport#: 194116Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Tanzania’s growth has remained resilient accompanied by low Inflation. Fiscal and current account deficits are narrowing on the back of improved tax collection and strong trade performance. Pressures in...
Type: BriefReport#: 194134Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Nigeria has undertaken difficult but necessary reforms to turn around its development trajectory after policy missteps and multiple shocks which have deepened and broadened poverty. Positive results are...
Type: BriefReport#: 194125Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Tunisia’s economic outlook remains challenging and uncertain. Economic growth and job creation stagnated in 2024 amid a persistent drought and low demand. With tighter external financing, the government...
Type: BriefReport#: 194054Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Poised for a rebound, the Dominican economy anticipates a 5.1 percent growth in 2024, fueled by monetary easing effects and public investment. However, challenges such as low revenue mobilization and socioeconomic...
Type: BriefReport#: 194015Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
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