and another 30 percent remain highly vulnerable to falling into poverty in any given year. In addition, Indonesia has …Indonesia has experienced strong economic growth over the last forty years. At the same time, the proportion of … Indonesians living below the poverty line has fallen dramatically. Nonetheless, around 12 percent of Indonesians remain in poverty …

The goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and working toward a more equal distribution of income are prominent in … countries comprising 97 percent of the world's population, this paper simulates a set of scenarios for global poverty from 2018 … poverty and inequality goals. The paper uses different assumptions about growth incidence curves to model changes in …

Previous Poverty and Shared Prosperity reports have conveyed the difficult message that the world is not on track to … meet the global goal of reducing extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030. This edition brings the unwelcome news that COVID-19 …, along with conflict and climate change, has not merely slowed global poverty reduction but reversed it for first time in …

Guinea-Bissau is fighting a battle against poverty, low growth, and political fragility. Each of these areas presents … both a formidable challenge as well as an opportunity for serious, long-lasting and much-needed change. Poverty is …

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

The overall objective of the Maputo Urban Poverty and Inclusive Growth Study is to inform the municipal governments of … Maputo and Matola in the Greater Maputo Area (GMA) on how to better target and finance urban poverty reduction programs by … building critical knowledge on urban poverty and land-based municipal revenue enhancement. The study carried out an in …

-paying job opportunities that trap the poor in poverty, generation after generation. Children from poor households start life at … disasters buffet the poor, whose limited means to cope and disproportionate suffering push them deeper into poverty. Poverty is … displaced, and human capital eroded, people are trapped in a cycle of conflict and poverty. In addition to the challenges of …