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Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet: Pathways Out of the Polycrisis

Report examines progress toward eradicating poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet, and explores pathways out of today's polycrisis.
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Eleventh Conference of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

July 9-11, 2025, Washington, DC
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Network Structure of Multidimensional Poverty

Our latest research introduces the Poverty Space Network and Poverty Centrality Measure to better understand multidimensional poverty.

Poverty At-A-Glance

After a period of significant progress, a series of recent overlapping crises and shocks have caused a slowdown in global poverty reduction.

Today, one in ten people around the world still live in extreme poverty – deprived not only of an adequate income and livelihood, but also opportunity, dignity and hope.

Extreme poverty has become increasingly concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and places impacted by conflict and fragility.

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Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet 2024: Pathways Out of the Polycrisis

Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024: Pathways Out of the Polycrisis

This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet, and explores potential pathways out of today's polycrisis.

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Measuring Poverty

In order to monitor progress, it is important to measure poverty regularly.
Inequality and Shared Prosperity

Promoting shared prosperity is one of the goals of the World Bank Group.

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Extreme poverty, 2015-2022

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Extreme poverty, 2015-2022

After a period of significant progress, a series of overlapping crises and shocks have caused a slowdown today in global poverty reduction. Extreme poverty has become increasingly concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and places impacted by conflict and fragility.

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Luis Felipe López-Calva

Global Director, Poverty and Equity Global Department, World Bank Group

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World Bank Group Academy - Poverty

The World Bank Group Academy empowers government officials and private sector leaders to deliver transformative development solutions to reduce poverty.
IMMERSIVE STORY

Faces of Resilience: Standing Strong in the Central African Republic

Stories of people in the Central African Republic who are saving lives, protecting the Congo basin forests, improving food security, and looking to the future.
Umbrella Facility for Poverty and Equity

The Umbrella Facility for Poverty and Equity (UFPE) is the first global trust fund to support the cross-cutting poverty and equity agenda.
IDA: Our Fund for the Poorest

The International Development Association (IDA) aims to reduce poverty by providing funding for programs that boost economic growth.
High-Frequency Monitoring Systems to Track the Impacts of COVID-19

The World Bank and partners are monitoring the crisis and the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 through a series of high-frequency phone surveys.
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COVID-19 Dealt a Historic Blow to Poverty Reduction

The 2022 Poverty and Prosperity Report provided the first comprehensive analysis of the pandemic’s toll on poverty in developing countries and of the role of fiscal policy in protecting vulnerable groups.
Poverty Podcast

Join us and poverty specialists as we explore the latest data and research on poverty reduction, shared prosperity, and equity around the globe in this new World Bank Group podcast series.
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Stepping Up the Fight Against Extreme Poverty

To avert the risk of more backsliding, policymakers must put everything they can into the effort to end extreme poverty.