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 …

To permanently end poverty and hunger by 2030, the world needs a food system that can feed every person, every day …, everywhere; that can raise real incomes of the poorest people; that can provide safe food and adequate nutrition; and that can … better steward the world's natural resources. Urgently, we need a food system that is more resilient and that shifts from …

impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on poverty in Sri Lanka as of 2021 …Amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Sri Lanka's economy contracted by 3.6 percent in 2020, the worst growth … second quarter helped contain the first wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) successfully, but these measures hit sectors like …

The purpose of this poverty assessment is to shine a new light on poverty, inequality, and its drivers in Costa Rica …. The report provides a descriptive overview of poverty trends in the country and examines why the poorest do not reap the …

to improve the quality and reproducibility of development research around the world …

poverty and stubborn persistence of inequality to the devastations caused by climate disasters, fragility, pandemics, and … knowledge to a new level, placing it front and center of the WBG's work to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a …

The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues-development, climate, and nature- and current levels of … World Bank launched the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) in 2022. This core diagnostic tool aims to help … global climate change challenge. The first set of CCDRs covered only 10 percent of the world's tropical forests, but the …

other regions in the world to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The region also faces challenges from other emerging … diseases, re-emerging diseases, and climate change. Since 2020, the Central Asian regional economies, as the rest of the world … security and achieving gains in development. The World Bank has been actively engaged in Central Asia for over two decades and …

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 … Nepal. These shocks were also correlated with declines in economic growth. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, which started …

Assessment and the World Bank High-Frequency Phone Surveys. Analysis of welfare trends and drivers of poverty changes draws from …This poverty synthesis notes documents Myanmar's poverty reduction progress leading to the COVID-19 crisis, and setback … to these gains brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and coup. The note aims to extract lessons from the Myanmar Poverty …