Documents et rapports
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Global Poverty Revisited Using 2021 PPPs and New Data on Consumption (anglais)
Recent improvements in survey methodologies have increased measured consumption in many low- and lower-middle-income countries that now collect a more comprehensive measure of household consumption. Faced...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11137 Date du document: 3 juin 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Foster, Elizabeth Mary,Jolliffe, Dean Mitchell,Lara Ibarra, Gabriel,Lakner, Christoph,Tetteh Baah, Samuel Kofi
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A Quick-Fix for Perverse Incentives Inherent in Mainstream Multidimensional Poverty Measures (anglais)
Most multidimensional poverty measures used in practice, including the global Multidimensional Poverty Index, are based on the adjusted headcount ratio. This paper shows that this poverty index provides...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11113 Date du document: 5 mai 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Decerf, Benoit Marie A
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Mauritius Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Mauritius has eradicated extreme poverty, although in 2017, 13.5 percent of Mauritians were below the upper middle-income class poverty line of $6.85 a day (2017 PPP). The World Bank’s new measure of the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200694 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Malaysia Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Malaysia has made significant progress in economic growth and poverty reduction, but inequality remains a challenge. The country is on a path to achieve high-income status by 2028-2030. However, due to...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200696 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Democratic Republic of Congo Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Monitoring progress on poverty and inequality in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is complicated due to the lack of recent data. The poverty rate measured by the international poverty line of $2.15...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200641 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Cabo Verde Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
The national poverty headcount rate fell by 10.7 percentage points from 2015 to 2023, reaching 24.8 percent in 2023, down from 35.5 percent in 2015, according to INE’s official estimates relying on a SWIFT...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200645 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Ethiopia Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Over the past twenty years, Ethiopia has made significant strides in reducing poverty; however, it has recently encountered a series of external and internal challenges that have adversely affected living...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200651 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Croatia Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Over the past decade, Croatia has made significant progress in reducing poverty, with real per capita household income growing at an average annual rate of 4.7 percent, leading to a decline in the poverty...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200664 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Saint Lucia Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
In 2015, fewer than one in ten Saint Lucians were poor, meaning they lived on less than $6.85 a day (in 2017 PPP), according to the latest available data. Given the current economic outlook, with real...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200678 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Central African Republic Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Despite being rich in mineral and other natural resources, the Central African Republic (CAR) is among the ten poorest countries in the world. Reforms are required to address poverty in CAR, focusing on...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200636 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Cameroon Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Despite two decades of economic growth, Cameroon’s progress in reducing poverty has been slow. Real per capita growth is projected to be insufficient to alleviate poverty over the next three years, resulting...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200640 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Honduras Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Honduras remains one of the poorest and most unequal countries in the region. By 2023, about half of Hondurans (49.5 percent) lived on less than $6.85 per day (2017 PPP), the upper-middle income poverty...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200663 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Indonesia Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Indonesia’s poverty rate fell in 2024, continuing its slow downward trend driven by steady GDP growth since 2021. However, trade policy disruptions, weaker commodity prices, and domestic policy uncertainties...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200666 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Jamaica Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
After four successive years of poverty reduction, Jamaica's official national poverty rate increased from 11.0 percent in 2019 to 16.7 percent in 2021 following the COVID-19 crisis. Climate-related weather...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200669 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Kenya Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Kenya's economic growth has not been sufficiently inclusive, and its link to poverty reduction has weakened. The impact of drought on food security has been significant, with FEWS NET estimating that 2.5...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200672 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Lebanon Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Lebanon's national poverty rate is still based on data from the 2012 Household Budget Survey, as no official update has been conducted in over a decade. The conflict that erupted in October 2023 and its...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200676 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Fiji Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) in Fiji was conducted in 2019-2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty was estimated to rise sharply, reaching 67.2 percent in 2021 (US$6.85...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200652 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Mali Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Poverty incidence in Mali has remained high and stable, averaging around 45 percent since 2011. The ongoing conflict has been devastating, resulting in significant loss of life and mass displacement. The...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200688 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Djibouti Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
In 2017, around 21.1 percent of the population in Djibouti lived below the national poverty line. Djibouti is also among the most unequal countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, with a Gini...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200647 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Arab Republic of Egypt Poverty and Equity Brief : April 2025 (anglais)
Estimates based on the national poverty measurement methodology show that 33.5 percent of the Egyptian population was poor in 2021. In February 2025, the government announced the sixth social mitigation...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 200650 Date du document: 30 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank