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6 Mar 24
Targeting welfare payments to the most vulnerable and providing more funding for schools in deprived areas will reduce poverty and inequality across Hungary, the OECD has said.
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19 Jan 23
Land reform is key to ending poverty and fighting climate change, according to the world’s leading government lender.
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18 Nov 22
Most people in Nigeria lack adequate access to cooking fuel, water sanitation, healthcare, food security and housing, the nation’s official statistics body has found.
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25 Jul 22
The dual impact of Covid-19 and last year’s military coup in Myanmar has reversed a decade of poverty reduction and pushed more people into destitution, World Bank economists have said.
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13 May 22
The level of remittances to low-and-middle-income nations is expected to hit $630bn this year, fuelled by increased funding to Ukraine following February’s invasion, according to the World Bank Group...
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1 Apr 22
Sustaining China’s unprecedented success in ending extreme poverty will need “vigorous measures” revitalising the country’s rural areas, the World Bank has said.
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16 Nov 21
The Lebanese government has not responded with enough urgency to tackle the economic crisis which has engulfed the nation, according to a United Nations envoy.
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30 Sep 21
More than 75% of Venezuelans now live in extreme poverty, fuelled by the nation’s economic crisis, a study has claimed.
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17 Sep 21
World Bank economists have urged Bangladesh to redirect social protection schemes towards the urban poor, saying the move could cut the extreme poverty rate from 22% to just 4%.
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12 Feb 21
The Rwandan economy has fallen into its first recession in more than 25 years, with the World Bank warning it risks years of gains in poverty reduction.
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2 Feb 21
The European Union must rethink its strategy for getting people out of poverty after failing to meet its own targets during the past decade, a United Nations official has said following a visit to...
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5 Jan 21
Poverty in Iran could almost treble during the pandemic, the World Bank has said in its latest report into the Middle Eastern country’s economy.
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2 Nov 20
An additional three million people are to benefit from Brazil’s basic income scheme after the World Bank approved $1bn to expand the programme to better support people affected by the pandemic.
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8 Oct 20
Extreme poverty is set to rise around the world for the first time in more than 20 years as Covid-19 continues to weigh on the global economy, the World Bank has warned.
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29 Sep 20
Social assistance to poor and vulnerable families will help the economy weather the Covid-19 storm, the Philippines has been told.
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7 Jul 20
Global poverty is rising despite “triumphalism” about its perceived decline, according to a global report from a former United Nations official, who also released specific reports on Malaysia and...
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23 Oct 19
The IMF’s Frederic Lambert explains how social spending in Mexico has been effective in alleviating poverty and containing income inequality.
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17 Oct 19
Brexit presents an opportunity for the UK to revamp its international development strategy - and going back to good aid values is a start, says Bond’s Claire Godfrey.
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9 Oct 19
More than 700 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty but it is possible to leverage scarce development resources to help change that, says the World Bank’s Akihiko Nishio.
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3 Oct 19
Thulani Mpofu looks at whether Zimbabwe is any better off two years after triumphant scenes that ushered in a new president and ended a 37-year dictatorship.
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17 Sep 19
Millions more people are predicted to be living in extreme poverty by 2030 than was previously thought.
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9 Sep 19
Reform of property taxation would be the most effective way of boosting growth and tackling inequality in Cambodia, new research has found.
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9 Aug 19
Pakistan’s efforts to boost its exports in order to protect the economy against external shocks are being supported by a $500m loan from the Asian Development Bank.
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21 Jun 19
Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
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10 May 19
Mexico needs a new economic strategy to boost growth and reduce high levels of poverty and inequality, according to the OECD.
6 Mar 24Targeting welfare payments to the most vulnerable and providing more funding for schools in deprived areas will reduce poverty and inequality across Hungary, the OECD has said.
19 Jan 23Land reform is key to ending poverty and fighting climate change, according to the world’s leading government lender.
18 Nov 22Most people in Nigeria lack adequate access to cooking fuel, water sanitation, healthcare, food security and housing, the nation’s official statistics body has found.
25 Jul 22The dual impact of Covid-19 and last year’s military coup in Myanmar has reversed a decade of poverty reduction and pushed more people into destitution, World Bank economists have said.
13 May 22The level of remittances to low-and-middle-income nations is expected to hit $630bn this year, fuelled by increased funding to Ukraine following February’s invasion, according to the World Bank Group...
1 Apr 22Sustaining China’s unprecedented success in ending extreme poverty will need “vigorous measures” revitalising the country’s rural areas, the World Bank has said.
16 Nov 21The Lebanese government has not responded with enough urgency to tackle the economic crisis which has engulfed the nation, according to a United Nations envoy.
30 Sep 21More than 75% of Venezuelans now live in extreme poverty, fuelled by the nation’s economic crisis, a study has claimed.
17 Sep 21World Bank economists have urged Bangladesh to redirect social protection schemes towards the urban poor, saying the move could cut the extreme poverty rate from 22% to just 4%.
12 Feb 21The Rwandan economy has fallen into its first recession in more than 25 years, with the World Bank warning it risks years of gains in poverty reduction.
2 Feb 21The European Union must rethink its strategy for getting people out of poverty after failing to meet its own targets during the past decade, a United Nations official has said following a visit to...
5 Jan 21Poverty in Iran could almost treble during the pandemic, the World Bank has said in its latest report into the Middle Eastern country’s economy.
2 Nov 20An additional three million people are to benefit from Brazil’s basic income scheme after the World Bank approved $1bn to expand the programme to better support people affected by the pandemic.
8 Oct 20Extreme poverty is set to rise around the world for the first time in more than 20 years as Covid-19 continues to weigh on the global economy, the World Bank has warned.
29 Sep 20Social assistance to poor and vulnerable families will help the economy weather the Covid-19 storm, the Philippines has been told.
23 Oct 19The IMF’s Frederic Lambert explains how social spending in Mexico has been effective in alleviating poverty and containing income inequality.
17 Oct 19Brexit presents an opportunity for the UK to revamp its international development strategy - and going back to good aid values is a start, says Bond’s Claire Godfrey.
9 Oct 19More than 700 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty but it is possible to leverage scarce development resources to help change that, says the World Bank’s Akihiko Nishio.
3 Oct 19Thulani Mpofu looks at whether Zimbabwe is any better off two years after triumphant scenes that ushered in a new president and ended a 37-year dictatorship.
17 Sep 19Millions more people are predicted to be living in extreme poverty by 2030 than was previously thought.
9 Sep 19Reform of property taxation would be the most effective way of boosting growth and tackling inequality in Cambodia, new research has found.
9 Aug 19Pakistan’s efforts to boost its exports in order to protect the economy against external shocks are being supported by a $500m loan from the Asian Development Bank.
21 Jun 19Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
10 May 19Mexico needs a new economic strategy to boost growth and reduce high levels of poverty and inequality, according to the OECD.
