This report on measuring poverty using household consumption summarizes the work undertaken as part of the Brazil …

rely solely on household savings for purchasing a house. These findings underscore the urgent need to improve savings … household's ability to save on a regular basis. Due to limited outreach of institutional housing finance, most slum dwellers …

"This paper investigates how China's saving, investment, and saving-investment balance will evolve in the decades ahead …. Household saving in China is relatively high compared with OECD countries. However, much of China's high economywide saving, and …, cross-country empirical analysis shows that economywide saving and investment in China are higher than what would be …

"The author analyzes sectoral patterns of investment and saving in China-over time and compared with other countries …-to shed light on the factors driving high investment and on how saving is channeled into investment. The findings inform … several policy debates. Key findings include: (1) investment by enterprises distinguishes China from other countries and …

. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project "Contractual Savings Institutions …

inclusive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. Modest investment rates despite attractive returns and low savings rates despite … inclusive growth, with special emphasis on the issues of savings and investment … environment is estimated at 3.5 percent. In light of South Africa's low national savings, the reemergence of high current account …