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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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In 2006-07, the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA) initiated a research toidentify barriers to service delivery for the urban poor. The research included a review ofvarious initiatives from across the globe that have resulted in improved service delivery for theurban poor and...
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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 …
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to improve the quality and reproducibility of development research around the world …
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Eliminating tuberculosis (TB) as a public health concern is not only about saving lives, but also equally an important economic investment. In line with this, the Government of India (GOI) has a target of elimination of TB by 2025, through innovative measures, including providing multiple direct...
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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 … Nepal. These shocks were also correlated with declines in economic growth. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, which started …
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With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …
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