It has long been recognized that poverty is multidimensional, comprising not only insufficient income but also …-being. Since 2010 there has been rapid growth in the development and use of quantitative measures of multidimensional poverty. This … paper analyzes the construction and use of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in Malaysia, which the Malaysian …

Sri Lanka has made strong progress in reducing poverty and sharing prosperity among the less well-off in recent years …. The poverty rate using the World Bank's 3.20 Dollars poverty line (in 2011 purchasing power parity) declined from 16 ….2 percent in 2012/13 to 11 percent in 2016, a reduction that compares favorably to regional peers. Extreme poverty is almost …

Zanzibar recorded an important decline in urban poverty, while rural poverty did not change, and poverty increased on … the island of Pemba Basic needs poverty and extreme poverty both declined by 4.5 and 1 percentage points, respectively, at … gains accruing to the poor and people in the bottom 40 percent remained limited. Poverty reduction was concentrated in urban …

incidence of poverty in Angola as of 2019 based on a monetary measure of welfare (monthly food and non-food consumption … expenditures per adult equivalent) is 32.3 percent at the national level. The incidence of poverty rates is almost three times … rural areas in Angola is reflected in a large inequality at the national level. The Gini coefficient in Angola is 0.51 which …

2000 and 2010, the percentage of people living in poverty fell from 59 to approximately 46 percent and then to 38 percent … by 2016 (NISR: national poverty line). Yet progress has not always been even, and challenges endure. With the COVID-19 … paramount to identify and implement cost-effective policies that foster broad-based growth and sustained poverty reduction …

This report relies on several data sources. The main source providing the poverty, inequality and labor figures herein …-monetary dimensions of wellbeing, and simulates future poverty trends. Chapter 2 examines the distribution of growth and inequality … reduction over the period, the pandemic's impact, discusses the growth-poverty-inequality relationship, assesses the spatial …

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 … poverty assessment is organized as follows: Section 1 describes the data challenges, and highlights the evolution of measures …

This poverty and equity report provides updated poverty and inequality statistics from the Grenada Survey of Living … Grenada, examine poverty and inequality trends, and develop a basket of goods and services that can be used to estimate the …

Moldova has experienced rapid economic growth in the past decade, which has been accompanied by reductions in poverty … reducing poverty and expanding shared prosperity and for addressing the problems associated with an aging population in a … fiscally responsible manner. Accordingly, ensuring the viability of the pension system and improving social assistance are …

This report documents the progress South Africa has made in reducing poverty and inequality since the end of apartheid … role of skills and labor market factors have grown in importance in explaining poverty and inequality while the role of … inequality outcomes. Social protection remains important in reducing extreme poverty, but the fiscal space for further expansion …