This note presents the 10th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, drawing on the latest country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of October 2025...
This paper presents the first estimates of extreme child poverty and child poverty using the World Bank’s recently revised international poverty lines. Using the international poverty line of $3.00 per...
This note describes the Devolve-ICMS program, an innovative VAT cashback initiative aimed at refunding taxes to low-income households in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Using administrative records...
What is the environmental impact of exports? Focusing on 2000–20, this paper combines customs, administrative, and census microdata to estimate employment elasticities with respect to exports. The findings...
Recent improvements in survey methodologies have increased measured consumption in many low- and lower-middle-income countries that now collect a more comprehensive measure of household consumption. Faced...
The June 2025 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) introduces several important changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. The most important change is the adoption of...
This note presents the 9th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, drawing on the latest country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of June 2025. The...
The September 2024 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) introduces several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. This document details these changes and the methodological...
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...
A consumption tax reform in Brazil has been recently approved by the House of Representatives, providing a full tax exemption for the yet undefined ‘National Basic Basket’ of goods (cesta basica nacional)...
A consumption tax reform in Brazil has been recently approved by the House of Representatives, providing a full tax exemption for the yet undefined ‘National Basic Basket’ of goods (cesta basica nacional)...
The September 2023 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. In particular, some welfare aggregates have been revised...
Consumer price indices are central to monitoring, guiding, and defining a country's economic development path. By capturing how prices change over time, consumer price indices provide a measure of the...
Os índices de preços ao consumidor são fundamentais para monitorar, orientar e definir o caminho de desenvolvimento econômico de um país. Ao capturar como os preços mudam ao longo do tempo, os índices...
Esta nota técnica discute os desafios e oportunidades enfrentados pelo Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social, Família e Combate à Fome (MDS) na reformulação e implementação do novo Programa...
Esta nota técnica discute os desafios e oportunidades enfrentados pelo Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social, Família e Combate à Fome (MDS) na reformulação e implementação do novo Programa...
This technical note discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by the Ministry of Development, Social Assistance, Family, and Hunger Alleviation (Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social...
This paper investigates the impacts of the Brazilian fiscal system on poverty and inequality, with a focus on the effects on vulnerable populations. Leveraging a broadly applied and accepted methodology...
There is evidence of significant under-coverage of the “Auxilio Emergencial” program in Brazil’s Continuous National Household Sample Survey (PNADC in Portuguese) 2021. The program, originally launched...
The March 2023 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. In particular, some welfare aggregates have been revised...
