private consumption while others, like the ASEAN economies, need to raise investment. Given that China accounts for such a …

remittances, and a sound management of the pandemic-with the help of a disbursement under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI …

been mild given an early reopening of the economy, unprecedented policy support, and resilient remittances and exports …. However, despite large-scale government interventions to support households, poverty and malnutrition have deteriorated …

eight years: the national poverty rate decreased from 26.4 percent in 2008 to 9.6 percent in 2015. Remittances by emigrants … social and economic impact on various development priorities. Poverty reduction has progressed significantly during the past … and higher agricultural income, salaries, and social benefits were the major drivers of poverty reduction. The means …