poverty (an additional 28.7percent); most of the poor and vulnerable lived in the governorates of Upper Egypt. Clearly the …In 2015, a large share of Egypt's population was either poor (27.8 percent) or not poor but vulnerable to falling into … country faces a challenge, but it also has the knowledge to craft solutions. Egypt's recent reforms have started to address …

The previous decade in Egypt was marked by major internal and external shocks that have surely had severe implications … twofold. The first is to provide a detailed description of the methodology that has been applied in Egypt in estimating … poverty, including the decisions taken to build the consumption-based welfare aggregate. The second objective of this note is …

again assess the set of priorities through which Egypt can most effectively and sustainably achieve the goals of poverty …Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCDs) analyze the most critical constraints and opportunities to ending extreme poverty … and promoting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. The first SCD for Egypt was published in 2015. A lot has happened …

This report, Trajectories: Prosperity and Poverty Reduction in the Colombian Territory, explores the factors behind the … status. The report's focus on assets highlights poor people's capacity to generate income and escape poverty. It, therefore … incomes and poverty and their evolution, allowing an assessment of patterns and drivers of progress. Second, its analytical …

This report documents the progress South Africa has made in reducing poverty and inequality since the end of apartheid …. Second, although South Africa has made progress in reducing poverty since 1994, the trajectory of poverty reduction was … intergenerational mobility act as a brake on poverty reduction and as a result poverty is high for an upper middle-income country …

Around the world, countries use a wide variety of poverty measurement methodologies. A common method used to measure … poverty is based on levels of consumption - a person is considered poor if his or her consumption level falls below some … measuring poverty in the Maldives using a relative poverty line and presents findings of applying the poverty concepts in the …

century, extreme poverty in Colombia almost halved, falling from 17.7 percent in 2002 to 7.4 percent in 2017. Similarly …, moderate poverty fell from 49.7 percent to 26.9 percent over the same period (Figures 1 and 2). In absolute terms, the number … downward trend in poverty was halted in 2016, however it went back to its downward trend on 2017. From 2016 to 2017 both …

understand poverty's determinants. Exploiting data from the 2017 household expenditure survey, as well as administrative and … geospatial data, it provides a detailed analysis of poverty in the country, its strong link to labor market outcomes, and the … shows that over a fifth of the Djiboutian population continues to live in extreme poverty and that the country has high …

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of poverty and inequality in Tanzania and identifies some priority … actions if poverty is to be reduced. The analysis is contained in two parts. The first part is based on the results of the … (1) provide a rigorous analysis of the evolution, profile, and determinants of poverty and inequality; (2) explore …