extreme poverty elimination and shared prosperity. This learning product uses evaluative evidence from the Independent …

examines the Bank’s support for environmentally sustainable development compatible with economic growth and poverty reduction …

sustainable poverty reduction. Effective poverty reduction results from three main factors: sustained and inclusive growth … central to poverty reduction: How effectively has economic growth translated into poverty reduction in Bank-assisted countries … helping countries reduce poverty. Economic growth has improved in many Bank client countries but a stronger focus on the …

The 2004 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness looks at the recent growth and poverty reduction experience of … client countries. It assesses the extent to which Bank interventions have contributed to growth and poverty reduction and the … effectiveness of different types of interventions. The review uses the key elements of the Bank's 2001 poverty reduction strategy to …

initiatives in the areas of carbon finance, financial inclusion, development data, poverty measurement, river blindness, and …