further reduce poverty? The poverty assessment report aims to answer these questions. This report measures poverty in Yemen in … 2005-06, and evaluates the change in poverty compared to 1998, the two years for which comparable household budget surveys …-year economic plans and captures the effect of the economic reform programs launched since 1995. In addition to measuring poverty …

evaluation of the impact of a series of pro-growth policies on inequality and headcount poverty. He relies on a large … the policies under consideration on growth, inequality, and poverty. The author's findings indicate that regardless of … their impact on inequality, pro-growth policies lead to lower poverty levels in the long run. However, he also finds …

Bangladesh has made recent progress in reducing poverty, but still faces the reality that roughly half its citizens … and priority measures to accelerate poverty reduction. The report suggests that changes in practices an policies, to … social justice. Dramatically lowering the incidence of poverty requires significantly higher levels of economic performance …

In Bangladesh the official poverty rates are produced at the national and division levels only using household income … large variations in poverty incidence within the east and the west. Mapping the data at lower levels allows for easier … recognition of important patterns at local and community scale levels. Poverty mapping is a statistical exercise to estimate the …

This study has two objectives, the first of which is to revise the national poverty lines of Armenia. The Government of … Armenia expressed its desire for revised poverty lines that more accurately reflect the current consumption and expenditure … of this study is to assess the changes in poverty incidence in the aftermath of the global recession. This note updates …

household consumption per capita (in constant LCU) rose from 279,891 to 500,529 tenge. As poverty fell and living standards rose …, the country transitioned from lower-middle-income to upper-middle-income status. Disparities persist, although poverty … fell significantly in all regions of Kazakhstan. The demographic profile of poverty has also changed, as poor people are …

pattern of poverty in the country. The narrative around poverty was that years of high growth resulted in a significant … reduction in poverty, but by less than expected because growth was uneven between rural and urban areas which received most of … shocks. This Poverty and Equity Assessment (PEA) updates the understanding of poverty and inequality in the country, using …

This poverty assessment has confirmed that poverty is endemic and food insecurity dire in South Sudan despite the … country's abundant wealth in natural resources. The report finds widespread and extreme poverty that stems from a combination … poverty and build resilience. The report concludes that addressing conflict and state failure is critical for strengthening …

This report proposes an agenda for building on gains to re-accelerate poverty reduction among Salvadorans. The last … World Bank Poverty Assessment for El Salvador, from 2015, proposed two key policy recommendations: (a) effective pro … pillar structure to address poverty and inequality reduction: jobs, services, and social protection, with a cross-cutting set …