This report examines poverty in Jamaica, revealing its cyclical nature driven by low economic growth and vulnerability to external shocks. Despite periods of significant poverty reduction, the country...
La Evaluación de Pobreza y Equidad en Paraguay analiza las dinámicas de pobreza y desigualdad en el país durante el período 2003-2022. Este estudio examina las características de la población en situación...
The latest official statistics indicate that living conditions in Bolivia deteriorated in 2022, following a post-pandemic rebound in 2021. Employment declined in Q4 2022 (year-over-year), real labor income...
La Evaluación de Pobreza y Equidad en Paraguay analiza las dinámicas de pobreza y desigualdad en el país durante el período 2003-2022. Este estudio examina las características de la población en situación...
Paraguay has achieved remarkable progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades. Through dedicated efforts and effective policies, the country halved its poverty rate from 51.4 percent in 2003...
Este informe resume las principales tendencias relacionadas con la pobreza y la desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) utilizando la última ronda de encuestas de hogares armonizadas de la Base...
This brief summarizes the main trends related to poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) using the latest round of harmonized household surveys from the Socio-Economic Database...
IFC’s Infrastructure and Natural Resources Group provides equity and debt-financing solutions to commercially viable companies and projects in Asia and the Pacific. Our global network, local presence...
This poverty and equity assessment aims to inform efforts to reduce poverty and inequality at what can be an important turning point for Suriname. The assessment draws heavily on a new survey of living...
Türkiye has achieved substantial progress in poverty reduction since 2007: the percentage of the population below the international upper middle-income country poverty line of 6.85$ at 2017 PPP fell from...
IFC invests directly in companies’ and financial institutions’ equity and also through private equity funds. IFC encourages companies it invests in to broaden share ownership through public listings, thereby...
This manual provides guidance to evaluators preparing ICRRs on ICRs for development policy financing operations. It provides guidance for and gives examples of how to structure ICRRs with respect to content...
The Umbrella Facility for Poverty and Equity (UFPE) is the first global trust fund to focus on cross-cutting poverty and equity interventions at scale. We use the latest evidence and analysis to help governments...
This technical report presents an updated methodology to construct the welfare aggregate in Mongolia, as well as a rebased poverty line using the 2022 Mongolian Household Socio-Economic Survey (HSES) to...
The objective of this note is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Brazilian pension system through an equity lens. This focus is important, because fairness and equity of the pension system are...
This report aims to contribute to our understanding of the relationship between technology, economic growth, and equity by analyzing the impact of technological progress on firm-level productivity, market...
This report aims to contribute to our understanding of the relationship between technology, economic growth, and equity by analyzing the impact of technological progress on firm-level productivity, market...
The WDR explores the tremendous potential of data to improve lives. For the vision to be achieved, a new compact on data is necessary. The data revolution holds the promise of better decision-making, improved...
: Reducing the impact of climate change on poor and vulnerable households is essential to hastening poverty reduction. In thinking about policies that do this, it is useful to apply the same hazard, exposure...
Over the last three decades, Thailand has made little progress on revenue mobilization. In 2019, the revenue to GDP ratio was 21 percent, which was low relative to peers. Revenues declined further due...