"The authors examine the empirical evidence in support of the poverty trap view of underdevelopment. They calibrate … simple aggregate growth models in which poverty traps can arise due to either low saving or low technology at low levels of … development. They then use these models to assess the empirical relevance of poverty traps and their consequences for policy. The …

The World Bank's current gender policy resulted directly from the 2001 gender strategy endorsed by the board. This … evaluation which covers the period fiscal 2002-08, finds that the Bank made progress in gender integration compared with an … earlier Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluation on gender covering the period fiscal 1990-99. Gender integration into …

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 …

analysis of poverty, as well as other indicators of living conditions and social inclusion. This report analyzes the poverty … trends and profile using the national absolute poverty line, which measures changes in the level of welfare and allows for a … more straightforward interpretation of comparisons over time. Chapter 1 presents an overview of poverty dynamics using both …

, poverty rates are still high - 34.6 percent in 1998 compared to 33.4 percent in 1986, and extreme poverty is up from 14 …

challenges are many. People living in extreme poverty frequently have multiple needs that require a range of services. They also … available programs. At the World Bank, committed to helping countries eradicate extreme poverty and alleviate hunger, the first …'s targeted extreme poverty reduction program, Chile Solidario. The program, which twins regular visits from social workers with a …

Attacking persistent poverty in low- and middle-income countries is the greatest single challenge facing the global … the Bank is responding to this challenge and translating the approach of the World Development Report 2000/2001 on poverty … into practice. This edition of the annual Progress Report on Poverty Reduction consolidates the findings of two documents …