Documents et rapports

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Building Capacity in Statistics and Audit Project - P180723 - Sequence No : 1 (anglais)

Where Is Poverty Concentrated ? New Evidence Based on Internationally Consistent Urban and Poverty Measurements (anglais)

The lack of comparable urban definitions across countries has presented a significant challenge in effectively addressing poverty in both urban and rural areas. This study aims to tackle this issue by...

An Anatomy of Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)

This paper provides a detailed descriptive analysis of patterns of urbanization across Sub-Saharan Africa for the year circa 2015. Despite the rapidity and importance of Sub-Saharan Africa’s urbanization...

An anatomy of Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)

This paper provides a detailed descriptive analysis of patterns of urbanization across Sub-Saharan Africa for the year circa 2015. Despite the rapidity and importance of Sub-Saharan Africa's urbanization...

Where is Poverty Concentrated? New Evidence based on Internationally Consistent Urban and Poverty Measurements (anglais)

The lack of comparable urban definitions across countries has presented a significantchallenge in effectively addressing poverty in both urban and rural areas. This study aims to tackle this issue by comparing...

Concept Project Information Document (PID) (anglais)

Papua New Guinea - COVID-19 Report (anglais)

Flow minder produced indicators of mobility using aggregated and anonymized data derived from call detail records (CDR data) of the mobile network operator Digicel Papua New Guinea; These indicators were...

Is Climate Change Slowing the Urban Escalator out of Poverty ? Evidence from Chile, Colombia, and Indonesia (anglais)

While urbanization has great potential to facilitate poverty reduction, climate shocks represent a looming threat to such upward mobility. This paper empirically analyzes the effects of climatic risks...

Carbon Pricing and Transit Accessibility to Jobs : Impacts on Inequality in Rio de Janeiro and Kinshasa (anglais)

Urban transport is a major driver of global carbon dioxide emissions. Without strong mitigation policies, rapid urbanization, especially in developing countries, is expected to exacerbate the problem...

COVID-19 Impact on Poverty in Pacific Island Countries : A Macro-Micro Simulation Approach (anglais)

This note presents the distributional impacts of the COVID-19 shock estimated for four Pacific Island countries (PICS) where recent pre-pandemic household income and expenditure surveys (HIES) are available:...

The Pacific Observatory : Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Vanuatu - Insights from High Frequency Phone Surveys, July-September 2022 (anglais)

The Pacific Observatory is a World Bank analytical program that aims to improve welfare for the poor and vulnerable in Vanuatu and the Pacific Island Countries through expanding socio-economic information...

Estimating Urban Poverty Consistently Across Countries (anglais)

Global poverty monitored by the World Bank for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is reported only at the national level, lacking a breakdown between urban and rural areas. A key challenge to producing...

Demographic and Spatial Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes within the Kinshasa Urban Landscape (anglais)

This paper examines the labor market and jobs in urban Kinshasa, by drawing on a recently collected household survey and other data sets. It particularly focuses on labor supply and employment patterns...

Profiling Living Conditions of the DRC Urban Population : Access to Housing and Services in Kinshasa Province (anglais)

This paper examines living conditions—mainly access to infrastructure and basic services—in Kinshasa, by focusing on how they vary within the city and how they are related to household characteristics...

Estimating Poverty in Kinshasa by Dealing with Sampling and Comparability Issues (anglais)

This paper proposes monetary poverty and inequality estimates for Kinshasa using a new Kinshasa household survey implemented in 2018. Given the obsolescence of the sampling frame, the survey was sampled...

Spatial Heterogeneity of COVID-19 Impacts on Urban Household Incomes : Between- and Within-City Evidence from Two African Countries (anglais)

This paper examines spatial heterogeneity in the impacts of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban household incomes in Ethiopia and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Combining new panel...

Linking Intra- and Inter-Country Spatial Price Adjustments in Global Poverty Measurement : Urban PPP Bias and Reference Price Mismatch (anglais)

Measuring global poverty requires two types of spatial price adjustments: inter-country price adjustment based on the international purchasing power parities (PPPs) and intra-country price adjustment to...

Bolstering Poverty Reduction in Rwanda : A Poverty Assessment (anglais)

Rwanda is renowned among African countries for the rapid advances achieved in its population’s standard of living. Public service delivery has grown dramatically, and educational attainment, vaccination...

Ethiopia Poverty Assessment - Harnessing Continued Growth for Accelerated Poverty Reduction (anglais)

This poverty assessment focuses on the evolution of poverty and other social indicators in Ethiopia between 2010-11 and 2015-2016 (henceforth referred to as 2011 and 2016). Using data from a variety of...

How Useful is CPI Price Data for Spatial Price Adjustment in Poverty Measurement? : A Case from Ghana (anglais)

Measuring and comparing the levels of household welfare and poverty in a country require cost-of-living differences across regions to be properly adjusted. In measuring the spatial cost of living, the...