too weak and volatile to contribute to poverty reduction on a sustained basis. This systematic country diagnostic (SCD …

identifies the key challenges and opportunities for Burundi to accelerate progress in poverty reduction and shared prosperity in … living conditions; and (ii) the many competing 'binding' reasons for poverty in Burundi. Burundi is a densely populated, poor …

country embark on a path of growth and sustainable poverty reduction and to end the cycle of conflict. The analysis was guided …

This report examines progress and challenges in reducing poverty in Lesotho. Lesotho's poverty rate is lower today than … it was 15 years ago. However, with a poverty rate of 49.7 percent in 2017, poverty remains widespread. Economic … vulnerability is high, with more than 75 percent of the population either poor or vulnerable to poverty. This suggests that most of …

poverty and improving shared prosperity by 2030 while acknowledging (i) the need for selectivity in pro-poor interventions …, and (ii) the many competing 'binding' reasons for poverty in Mali. The objectives of the twin goals are similar for Mali … as the incidence of dollar-a-day poverty exceeds 40 percent of the population. Selectivity means the identification of …

This report -- the Central African Republic's (CAR's) first ever poverty assessment -- draws on unparalleled microdata … to propose practical strategies for lifting Central Africans out of poverty. Against the backdrop of a wide range of … change --CAR urgently needs policies for reducing poverty. This report draws primarily on the 2021 Enquete Harmonisee sur le …

Bolivia made substantial progress in reducing poverty and inequality during the commodity boom, and despite the adverse … external context of the past five years, poverty reduction continued, albeit more slowly. Expansionary policies allowed the … country to continue growing and reducing poverty until the pandemic but did so at the expense of large macroeconomic …