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Nepal made significant progress on poverty and shared prosperity over the period 1996-2010, despite low domestic growth. With consistently high rates of vulnerability and exposure to a range of shocks, the risk of falling back into poverty has remained an enduring feature of the welfare...
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This report documents the progress South Africa has made in reducing poverty and inequality since the end of apartheid …, South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. Inequality is high, persistent, and has increased since 1994 … reversed between 2011 and 2015, threatening to erode some of the gains made since 1994. High levels of inequality and low …
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The outlook for the global economy has darkened amid elevated trade tensions. International trade and investment are moderating, trade tensions remain elevated, and financing conditions are tightening. Global growth is projected to moderate from a downwardly revised 3 percent in 2018 to 2.9...
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This report sheds light on the extent to which earnings mobility and inequality of opportunity in access to the labor … market have contributed to the increase in earnings inequality in Mauritius. Among the most important concerns about rising … inequality is a situation where people become trapped in low-paying jobs and do not have the opportunity to improve their welfare …
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Around the world, countries use a wide variety of poverty measurement methodologies. A common method used to measure poverty is based on levels of consumption - a person is considered poor if his or her consumption level falls below some minimum level necessary to meet basic needs. This note...
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The previous decade in Egypt was marked by major internal and external shocks that have surely had severe implications for the evolution of the population's welfare. In recent years, social, political, and economic changes have transformed the landscape of the Egyptian society. On January 2011,...
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levels of inequality, ranking 71 out of 95 countries with information on Gini available circa 2015. The report also focuses …
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rich ethnic diversity. In chapter three, this SCD presents an in depth evaluation of the generally positive evolution in … growth and in the reduction of poverty and inequality over the past decade. An assessment of the recent past and current …
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The purpose of this poverty assessment is to shine a new light on poverty, inequality, and its drivers in Costa Rica …
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million. This report is intended to inform public debate and policymaking on inequality in the Philippines. It synthesizes … core findings from background analyses of the patterns of inequality and poverty and provides policy pointers. The analysis … poverty and inequality impacts of COVID-19. Section three analyzes what has been driving poverty and inequality over the past …
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