the potential impact of higher food prices on poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, and examines the extent to which policy … responses will benefit the poor. The paper shows that rising food prices are likely to lead to higher poverty in sub … that anti-poverty interventions ought to retain their focus on rural areas where poverty remains highest even after taking …

Burkina Faso's Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) of the 2000s, which were implemented as annually rolled-over Priority … has been through several exogenous shocks and crises likely to have affected the pattern of poverty outcomes. In the past …

Government of Afghanistan and the World Bank in the domain of poverty and vulnerability assessment. It aims to further the … presented in 'poverty status in Afghanistan. Finally, given that poor nutrition and food insecurity affect a sizeable proportion …

In contrast with the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil's poverty rate is estimated to have decreased …. This apparent paradox can be mostly explained by the way in which poverty and FI are measured: Measurements of poverty are … the short term. In 2021, both poverty and FI may have increased. Simulations suggest that poverty increased in 2021 to 18 …

While LAC continues its progress towards becoming a middle-class region, in 2013 poverty reduction was slower than in … financial crisis. Driving the lower gains in shared prosperity and poverty reduction is the region’s slowing economic growth … crucial role of labor earnings in poverty and inequality reduction, this report analyzes more deeply LAC’s labor markets and …

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has made laudable progress in the past fifteen years in reducing poverty …, building the middle class, and promoting prosperity for all levels of society. Extreme poverty, defined in this region as life … larger number of people in the middle class than in poverty. Across this region of close to 600 million people, the poor have …

Strong poverty reduction in Latin America resumed with the growth rebound in 2010, as both moderate and extreme poor … households benefitted from the recovery, accelerating poverty reduction to rates similar to those witnessed between 2003 …-2006 despite a 2.8 percent decline in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms, poverty …

In 2012, the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region continued its successful drive to reduce poverty and build … the middle class. Poverty reduction was accompanied by strong income growth of the bottom 40 percent of the population …'s poverty reduction strategy needs to focus on restoring growth and preserving macroeconomic stability, while reinforcing the …

Strong poverty reduction in Latin America resumed with the growth rebound in 2010, as both moderate and extreme poor … households benefitted from the recovery, accelerating poverty reduction to rates similar to those witnessed between 2003 …-2006 despite a 2.8 percent decline in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms, poverty …