Poverty Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
2024年10月15日 · Today, incomes around the world, on average, would have to increase five-fold to reach the level of $25 per person per day, the minimum prosperity standard for high-income countries. Around one-fifth of the world’s population lives in economies with high inequality, concentrated mostly in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Multidimensional Poverty Measure - World Bank Group
Under this broader definition of poverty, many more people come into view as poor. While monetary poverty is strongly correlated with deprivations in other domains, this correlation is far from perfect. The Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report (World Bank, 2024) shows that about 1 in 10 people globally is multidimensionally poor. Deprivations ...
How We Work - World Bank Group
As shown in Figure 1, in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the historic progress in poverty reduction in all regions, except Latin America and the Caribbean where governments used fiscal stimulus to alleviate economic hardship for low-income households.
Poverty : Development news, research, data | World Bank
Poverty. The World Bank Group is committed to fighting poverty in all its dimensions. We use the latest data, evidence and analysis to help countries develop policies to improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable people.
billion extremely poor individuals in the world, the aggregate global extreme poverty gap amounts to approximately $169 billion dollars in 2005 PPP dollars, or approximately $197 billion in 2010. That is, if the incomes of every extremely poor person were to rise to the $1.25 line, the aggregate
Nearly Half the World Lives on Less than $5.50 a Day - World Bank …
2018年10月17日 · The region with the largest number of extreme poor, Africa saw its population nearly double between 1990 and 2015, with one of the largest increases in population being for those living on less than $3.20 and more than $1.90.
Rich and Poor: Opportunities and Challenges in an Age of Disruption
You know, when I say that 200 years ago just about everyone was poor, 50 years ago, when I was a young person--54 years ago when I was still living in Korea, there was a sense that countries like Korea, the poorest countries in the world, would always be poor, you know, the term "Poverty will always be with you."
Profiles of the new poor due to the COVID-19 pandemic - World …
2020年8月6日 · II. Definition of “new poor” The new poor is defined as those who were expected to be non-poor in 2020 prior to the COVID-19 outbreak but are now expected to be poor in 2020. There are two GDP growth scenarios on the COVID-19 pandemic – baseline and downside – in GEP, but this note focuses on the profiling of the new poor based on the ...
Uganda Poverty Assessment 2016: Fact Sheet - World Bank Group
The proportion of the total number of poor people who live in the Northern and Eastern regions increased between 2006 and 2013, from 68% to 84%, according to the report. Also, households in Uganda’s Northern, Eastern, and Western regions have much lower levels of human capital, fewer assets, and more limited access to services and ...
India's Poverty Profile - World Bank Group
2016年5月27日 · India has made remarkable strides at reducing poverty. Yet, 22 percent of the population or 270 million people are lives below the poverty line. Here, we profile the characteristics of the poor.