poverty halved from 44 percent to 22 percent (respectively, defined using the World Bank's Europe and Central Asia regional … the world recession. Turkey's performance in poverty reduction and increased shared prosperity has been complemented by …

inequality between the individuals in the world, by continent and by "region" (countries grouped by income level). They use a … world into three groups: the rich G7 countries (and those with similar income levels), the less developed countries (those …

In developing countries, younger and better-educated cohorts are entering the workforce. This developing world … of the world population. The findings under alternative assumptions suggest that global income inequality will likely …

uses a database assembled by the World Bank Group to investigate some basic characteristics of shared prosperity …

the Caribbean. Two are based on secondary sources: All the Ginis and the World Income Inequality Database; and one is … generated entirely through multiple-imputation methods: the Standardized World Income Inequality Database. Although there is …

Global income inequality captures income differences among all individuals around the world. Global inequality around … the world increased from 1820 to 1990 as incomes in richer countries grew faster than incomes in relatively poorer … world decreased as populous and relatively poorer countries, in particular China, reduced the income gap with richer parts …

The World Bank recently introduced a new key indicator to guide its work: the number of countries with high inequality …, defined as a Gini index above 40. The new indicator was introduced as part of the new World Bank vision of ending poverty on a …