extent rarely seen in developing countries. Poverty rates declined over the period but remain high by the standards of lower …-middle-income countries. Due to the agricultural sector’s heavy dependence on rainfall, poverty reduction accelerated during years of good … monetary poverty between 2005-2016 and 2015-2016. Chapter 3 presents a synthesis of gender and poverty dynamics in Kenya …

The Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic (PD) in Niger is part of a global initiative to … improve evidence on the linkages between WASH and poverty. The Diagnostic provides a detailed analysis of sector status …, strengths, and weaknesses to inform the attainment of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aim for universal access …

country-specific low-income threshold. This notion of relative poverty can be informative of disparities in welfare gains …This study builds on recent efforts by the World Bank and the European Commission in generating detailed poverty … estimates at detailed subnational levels (the EU Poverty Map). This information is combined with estimates of subnational trade …

Ethiopia’s economy has grown rapidly over the last two decades, leading to significant national poverty reduction, but … there were significant differences in the pace and nature of poverty reduction across Ethiopia’s eleven regions. Based on … the national poverty line, poverty decreased from 46 percent in 1996 to 24 percent in 2016 nationwide. Poverty decreased …

Jobs are vital for individuals to work their way out of poverty and for promoting shared prosperity. Somalia has few …. Decent jobs are central to poverty reduction, and have far reaching implications for stability and security, empowerment, and … household resilience. Central to any efforts to curb poverty is the creation of enough decent jobs to absorb workers, especially …

Poverty Diagnostic (WASH PD) assesses the underlying causes of the chronic and growing water insecurity in the Palestinian … willingness to pay; and (c) Geopolitical: The sector development is constrained by the geopolitical context within which it … initiative to improve evidence on the linkages between WASH, poverty, and service delivery …