A five-day seminar on advanced poverty measurement and analysis took place at the Four Points by Sheraton Dar es Salaam New Africa Hotel from June 10-14, 2024. The event was targeted at researchers, ...
We are at a critical juncture today in the fight against poverty. Despite decades of hard-won development progress, a world free of poverty remains out of sight. Ten years ago, the outlook appeared ...
The current banking crisis is the latest domino to fall in a long line of economic impacts resulting from shutting down much of the global economy during the pandemic. Another domino is economic ...
This week, President Biden nominated Ajay Banga, the former head of Mastercard, to lead the World Bank. With his vast experience in the private sector, Banga has the potential to bring constructive ...
UN Chief Argues That Investing in Fighting Poverty Instead of Wars Would Make a More Secure World UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Soaring global military expenditures are reducing essential investments in ...
JOHANNESBURG, April 8 (Reuters) - Economic growth is set to rise for the next two years in Sub-Saharan Africa, but not enough to make a significant dent in poverty on the continent, the World Bank ...
Latest data released by the World Bank shows the tale of two countries - India and Pakistan - and their journey to battle poverty - a colonial inheritance. The comparison, especially over the last 15 ...