Poverty Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
网页2024年4月2日 · Overview. Around 700 million people live on less than $2.15 per day, the extreme poverty line. Extreme poverty remains concentrated in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, fragile and conflict-affected areas, and rural areas. After decades of progress, the pace of global poverty reduction began to slow by 2015, in tandem with subdued economic growth.
World Development Report 2021 Maps and Figures - World Bank …
网页With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in …
Fact Sheet: An Adjustment to Global Poverty Lines - World Bank …
网页2022年5月2日 · Fact Sheet: An Adjustment to Global Poverty Lines. The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in September 2022. The decision, announced in May, follows the release in 2020 of new purchasing power parities (PPPs)—the main data used to convert different currencies into a common, comparable unit and account for price …
Sharp, Long-lasting Slowdown to Hit Developing Countries Hard
网页2023年1月10日 · 2023 global growth to slow to 1.7% from 3% expected six months ago. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2023 — Global growth is slowing sharply in the face of elevated inflation, higher interest rates, reduced investment, and disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects …
Recognizing and tackling a global food crisis - World Bank Group
网页2023年1月5日 · This year, acute food insecurity is projected to reach a new peak, surpassing the food crisis experienced in 2007-2008. A combination of factors—including greater poverty and supply chain disruptions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, rising inflation, and high commodity prices—has increased food and …
Who We Are - World Bank Group
网页WHO WE ARE. With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
Sustainable Finance - World Bank Group
网页Sustainable Finance is the process of taking due account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations when making investment decisions in the financial sector, leading to increased longer-term investments into sustainable economic activities and projects (European Commission). It has become a powerful movement led by regulators ...
Global Progress in Reducing Extreme Poverty Grinds to a Halt
网页2022年10月5日 · By 2030, Nearly 600 Million People Will Struggle on Less Than $2.15 a Day. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2022—The world is unlikely to meet the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 absent history-defying rates of economic growth over the remainder of this decade, according to a new World Bank study.The study finds that COVID-19 dealt the …
Macroeconomics Overview - World Bank Group
网页2024年4月1日 · Macroeconomics is the branch of economics that deals with the overall functioning of the economy. Macroeconomic policies have a critical influence on the decisions of households and firms to spend, save, hire and invest. And the conditions they foster set the stage for economic growth and development. The World Bank Group’s …
World Bank Global Economic Prospects
网页2021年6月8日 · David Young. (202) 473-4691. dyoung7@worldbank.org. The World Bank Global Economic Prospects Report shows that the global economy is expected to expand 5.6% in 2021, the fastest post-recession pace in 80 years. However, many emerging market and developing economies continue to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic and its …