Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016 is the first of an annual flagship report that will inform a global audience … accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. This edition will also document trends in inequality and … experiences, and synthesize the rigorous evidence on public policies that can shift inequality in a way that bolsters poverty …

of chronic extreme poverty bringing the number of extremely poor people, defined as those living on less than 1 … boosting of shared prosperity, defined as promoting the growth of per capita real income of the poorest 40 percent of the … Development Goals (SDGs), the first and foremost of which is the eradication of extreme poverty everywhere, in all its forms. Both …

The Role of Trade in Ending Poverty looks at the complex relationships between economic growth, poverty reduction and … World Bank Group and the WTO, the publication examines how trade could make a greater contribution to ending poverty by …

program, Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty program, and National Health Insurance Scheme-have been introduced and …, incidence, and effectiveness for reducing poverty and inequality, using recent national household sample survey data …