that year. Adverse weather in 1994 led to a drop in sugar output in 1995 and a deceleration in the growth rate of the … economy to 2.9 percent. As sugar production reverted to normal levels, real GDP growth reached 5.2 percent in 1996 …

The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank … Development. This year's report details, for the first time, progress toward the WBG's twin goals of ending extreme poverty by … three elements needed to make growth more inclusive and sustainable: investment in human capital that favors the poor, the …

: Favorable growth has helped reduce poverty, but more even and accelerated progress requires strengthening of infrastructure and …

and formidable challenges. The first MDG, reducing extreme poverty by half, is likely to be met at the global level …, thanks to a remarkable surge in global economic growth over the past decade. But, on current trends, the human development …

, examines the impact of the worst recession since the Great Depression on poverty and human development outcomes in developing … precrisis progress in poverty reduction will slow, particularly in low-income countries in Africa. No household in developing … countries is immune. Gaps will persist to 2020. In 2015, 20 million more people in Sub-Saharan Africa will be in extreme poverty …

On July 17, 2017, the Fund, as Trustee of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT or Trust), entered into a new …

On April 18, 2011, the Fund, as Trustee of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT), entered into a borrowing …

Five priority programs were identified to help stabilize the economy and lay the groundwork for equitable growth. The …