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Even if the precision of the World Bank’s inequality estimates is discounted, a significant improvement in India’s ...
Debates on India’s poverty and inequality trends are welcome. We should be careful with global comparisons, though, and keep ...
The World Bank’s new estimates on poverty reveal that the concentration of extreme poverty has been moving from South Asia to ...
Neighbouring countries like China, Bangladesh, and Nepal have managed to make meaningful progress in poverty alleviation ...
Despite a $4 billion pipeline from oil, the report said Chad is one of the world’s poorest countries due to a lack of ...
India has emerged as the fourth most equal country in the world, according to a new World Bank report that highlights a significant reduction in income inequality and extreme poverty between 2011-12 ...
A latest World Bank report places India among the world’s most equal societies ranking it the 4th most-equal country globally ahead of the G20 and G7 nations. According to the report, behind this ...
The initiative is part of the World Bank’s broader strategy to address the mounting jobs crisis in emerging markets, where ...
The World Bank's annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Report has been a guide for countries, ...
ISLAMABAD: Climate change could significantly slow progress in poverty reduction and climate-induced income losses could push ...
Despite promising to help alleviate poverty, World Bank investments in private hospitals in east Africa have resulted in catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for many. Ben Dooley and Micah Reddy for ...
The new funding will support the Inclusive and Resilient Cities Project (PROVIR), which is aimed at improving living ...