Transformational engagements are a critical pillar of the World Bank Group's strategy for achieving its twin goals of … extreme poverty elimination and shared prosperity. This learning product uses evaluative evidence from the Independent … World Bank Group if it seeks to rely on such engagements to more effectively pursue its goals …

It has long been recognized that poverty is multidimensional, comprising not only insufficient income but also …-being. Since 2010 there has been rapid growth in the development and use of quantitative measures of multidimensional poverty. This … paper analyzes the construction and use of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in Malaysia, which the Malaysian …

This poverty assessment aims to inform poverty-focused policymaking in Chad. The report examines recent trends in … poverty, inequality, and other social indicators and identifies key constraints on poverty reduction. Although agriculture … drives macroeconomic growth, exports, and fiscal revenues. Eliminating poverty and boosting shared prosperity in Chad will …

Financial inclusion is the broad based delivery of banking and other financial services at affordable cost to the … poorest sections of the society. In India, financial inclusion emphasizes to include maximum number of people under formal … scheduled commercial banks and the changes in below poverty line population. The result suggests that the growth in bank …

This poverty assessment aims to strengthen the analytical foundation for poverty-reduction policies and interventions … in Mali. In recent years, important gains have been made across multiple dimensions of household welfare, but poverty in … Mali remains widespread and extreme. The COVID-19 induced crisis has reversed much of the progress in poverty reduction …

pushed up to an additional people into poverty. Niger is further beset by vast infrastructure gaps, intensifying terrorism … attacks domestically, persisting conflict in the Sahel region, and intensifying environmental pressures. Robust poverty … enhanced security. This poverty assessment aims to strengthen the analytical foundation for poverty-reduction policies and …

country that is quasi-enclaved within South Africa. Eswatini is one of the world's most trade-dependent economies, with South … near to medium term, which will exacerbate the triple problems of high unemployment, poverty, and inequality. Eswatini has … high levels of poverty and income inequality, which are not commensurate with its middle-income status. This Systematic …

electricity tariff increases. The report analyzes patterns of electricity consumption, affordability, poverty and distributional … efficiency improvements, to address energy poverty. Such measures shall not impede the effective opening of the electricity …