Myanmar successfully reduced poverty from 48 percent in 2005 to 25 percent in 2017. Over this period, rapid growth in manufacturing and services was associated with poverty declining more rapidly in urban...
Type: BriefReport#: 196101Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This study aims to better understand the implications of climate change on Maldives’ fisheries and coastal communities. Maldives’ marine and coastal ecosystems are vital to the country’s economy and the...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 192024Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Northwest (NOA for its Spanish acronym), comprising the provinces of Salta, Jujuy, and Catamarca, is home to 22 percent of worldwide lithium resources. However, the current lithium exports from the region...
This review of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) for the Kingdom of Cambodia covers the period of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF), fiscal years FY19-FY23, and updated...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ValidationReport#: 193940Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This brief summarizes the main trends related to poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) using the latest round of harmonized household surveys from the Socio-Economic Database...
Type: BriefReport#: 194161 Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Mongolia's GDP growth is forecasted to remain robust at 5.3 percent in 2024, despite adverse weather affecting the agricultural sector. With rising real wages, the poverty rate, measured at the upper middle-income...
Type: BriefReport#: 193975Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
An economic stabilization program is underway, underpinned by a strong fiscal adjustment, a correction in relative prices, and the strengthening of the Central Bank’s balance sheet while maintaining exchange...
Type: BriefReport#: 194006Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report aims to guide the government of Romania in establishing ROInnovate based on a novel analysis of international best practices and domestic gaps and needs. This analysis includes an extensive...
Type: ReportReport#: 200432Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
After a decade among the fastest-growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, the combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine slowed economic growth in Côte d’Ivoire in 2020....
Type: BriefReport#: 196069Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a spike in poverty as measured by the upper middle-income $6.85 2017 PPP per day international poverty line, from 14.7 percent in 2019 to 15.5 percent in 2020....
Type: BriefReport#: 196094Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The latest EPCV 2019 poverty survey indicates that poor households depend largely on the agricultural sector and are highly vulnerable to food price changes, as 45 percent of their income comes from agricultural...
Type: BriefReport#: 196105Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Croatia significantly reduced poverty, with the share of people living on less than $6.85/day (2017 PPP) dropping from 6.7 percent to 2.4 percent between 2014 and 2019. This...
Type: BriefReport#: 196110Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
At the national level, the incidence of poverty in Chad has increased by 2.5 percentage points, rising from 42.3 percent in 2018 to 44.8 percent in 2022. This increase indicates that the poor population...
Type: BriefReport#: 196158Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The government of Mauritania and the World Bank collaborated to implement a Family Dialogue pilot that targets the recipients of Tekavoul, the national cash transfer program and combines a couple’s training...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 194389Date: October 1, 2024Author:
Christian Jean Noel Batiobo ;
Bedi, Tara ;
Bequet, Ludovic ;
Claire Elise Boxho ;
Julia Vaillant
Policy recommendations to increase wastewater reuse in Mongolia, based on the case study of Amgalan Thermal Plant expansion using treated wastewater from MCS Coca-Cola LLC and soil water to reduce damages...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 194664Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Malaysia’s economy is expected to expand at a faster pace in 2024. After experiencing weaker-than expected growth last year, Malaysia’s economy grew strongly in the first half of 2024, driven by robust...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 193954Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The economy has stabilized with positive growth, low inflation, a steady exchange rate, and improved fiscal and external balances amid the debt service suspension. However, poverty and inequality remain...
Type: BriefReport#: 194067Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
A recovery in tourism infrastructure spending and easing inflation have supported economic activity in Dominica in 2023, although high food prices continue to disrupt livelihoods of vulnerable populations....
Type: BriefReport#: 194014Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Despite the devastation of Hurricane Beryl, Grenada’s economy is anticipated to continue growing, supported by tourism and construction. Even with greater fiscal needs for post-Beryl reconstruction efforts,...
Type: BriefReport#: 194018Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Economic growth is projected to remain robust over the medium term, driven by strong performance in the tourism sector. However, long-standing fiscal and external imbalances, including a recent sharp decline...
Type: BriefReport#: 194064Date: October 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
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