Oct 2, 2025 · Fighting poverty in all of its dimensions lies at the core of the World Bank’s work. We work closely with governments to develop sound policies so that poor people can improve their livelihoods, …

India How poor are the extremely poor? Have they become poorer in the last three decades? Figure 4 plots the average daily per capita income of the extremely poor in the developing world as a whole, …

Two in five poor people in Mongolia are children under the age of 15. Poverty is highly associated with the number of children and dependency ratio, reflecting the inadequate number of income earners to …

Jul 22, 2025 · Over the past 15 years, the Philippines has delivered rapid, investment-led, and pro-poor, and spatially balanced growth. GDP growth averaged 5.2% from 2010 to 2023, placing the country in …

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The World Bank has set a clear mission: ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first postpandemic assessment of global progress on this agenda.

About one in four people in Myanmar is poor. Estimations from the 2017 Myanmar Living Conditions Survey (MLCS) reveals that 24.8 percent of the population is poor. The poverty line in 2017 was …

Oct 14, 2025 · Poverty rates and total number of poor as measured by the national poverty line and for the international extreme poverty line ($3.00 in 2021 PPP terms), as well as the lower-middle-income …

Jun 19, 2025 · Enter Short DescriptionFragility, Conflict & Violence Addressing fragility, conflict, and violence is a strategic priority to achieve our twin goals— end extreme poverty and promote shared …

May 21, 2018 · Rural day laborers account for a large share of the global poor. This paper asks whether their state of persistent poverty is due to innate traits that make them unproductive at more …