redound to poverty reduction in the island-region. Launched in 2017, the World Bank's Mindanao Jobs Report presented a …

This poverty assessment focuses on the evolution of poverty and other social indicators in Ethiopia between 2010-11 and …), the poverty assessment documents trends in monetary and non-monetary dimensions of living standards and examines the … drivers of observed trends, with a special focus on government programs. The aim of the poverty assessment is to provide …

end extreme poverty and enhance shared prosperity. It also identifies priority routes to faster progress. Two critical …

This poverty assessment focuses on the evolution of poverty and other social indicators in Ethiopia between 2010-11 and …), the poverty assessment documents trends in monetary and non-monetary dimensions of living standards and examines the … drivers of observed trends, with a special focus on government programs. The aim of the poverty assessment is to provide …

agricultural incomes. Poverty reduction among households primarily engaged in agriculture accounted for 53 percent of the reduction … in poverty from 2006 to 2010 and 77 percent of the reduction in poverty from 2010 to 2013. Despite significant progress … on the twin goals, vulnerability to poverty in Uganda is high and the sparse social safety nets and limited access to …

translated into modest poverty reduction. Not only poverty fell at slower pace than expected but the gains in income and … poverty rates than rural provinces, particularly those in the central and northern parts of the country. Three factors … could have had a much larger impact on poverty reduction in Mozambique if its effects had not been offset by the observed …

The share of people living in extreme poverty fell from 36 percent in 1990 to 10 percent in 2015 but has continued to … are also where the least evidence exists on how to tackle poverty. This paper investigates whether the Targeting the Ultra … Poor program can lift households out of poverty in a fragile context: Afghanistan. In 80 villages in Balkh province, 1 …

's fiscal policies also lead to a reduction in poverty, mainly due to well-targeted direct transfers …