The residential sector makes up about 70 percent of building energy demand. This demand is expected to grow rapidly over the next decade. Although the sector offers huge potential for energy efficiency...
Using data from the World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2024 project and the United Nations University’s World Risk Index (WRI), this Brief finds that streamlined, transparent building regulations can...
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...
The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) introduces a transformative shift in global trade governance by mandating due diligence for commodities linked to deforestation. While the regulation...
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) in Fiji was conducted in 2019-2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty was estimated to rise sharply, reaching 67.2 percent in 2021 (US$6.85...
Over the last decade, Serbia has successfully reduced poverty in the country. Economic growth with broad-based job creation has benefited the less well-off. A positive shared prosperity premium for the...
In 2020, the national poverty headcount in Comoros was 44.8 percent, based on the latest budget survey conducted before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ongoing investments in the Galawa Hotel and El-Maarouf...
Paraguay has made significant progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades, with the national poverty rate falling from 51.4 percent in 2003 to 20.1 percent in 2024. However, four main structural...
In 2024, despite persistent regional security challenges spreading across the northern part of Benin along with trade uncertainties, economic activity grew by 7.5 percent (4.9 percent per capita), up from...
After a decade among the fastest-growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, the combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine slowed economic growth in Côte d’Ivoire in 2020...
Kazakhstan has achieved significant reductions in poverty over the past two decades, with both national poverty estimates and internationally comparable poverty rates declining sharply. Inequality, as...
Over the past decade, Türkiye has made significant progress in reducing poverty, with the share of the total population below the international upper-middle-income country (UMC) poverty line of $6.85 at...
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Samoa was conducted in 2018. A new 2023 HIES dataset has been collected, but poverty estimates are not yet available...
In 2022, 64.2 percent of Zambia's population, approximately 13 million individuals, were living on less than US$2.15 a day (2017 PPP), while the Gini Index stood at 51.8. These figures place Zambia among...
Fueled by its hydropower sector, Bhutan has achieved robust economic growth over the past decade, contributing to its poverty reduction. However, progress remains uneven and vulnerable to economic and...
In 2025, increasing labor incomes and decreasing inflationary pressure are expected to reduce the extreme poverty rate to 15.9 percent, based on the international poverty line of $2.15 per person per day...
In 2024, poverty in the Maldives is estimated to be at 2.2 percent, thanks to strong tourism-led economic growth and a generous redistribution system that has contributed to poverty reduction, economic...
Driven by strong mining output, robust services growth, and increased domestic demand fueled by rising wages and public spending, economic growth continues to be strong post-COVID-19. This robust growth...
Energy shortages from climatic shocks and ongoing crime led to Ecuador's 2.5 percent economic contraction in 2024. Despite these economic shocks, multidimensional poverty remained relatively stable. However...
The latest poverty estimate, based on the 2017 Household Budget Survey (IOF), shows that 55.5 percent of the population in São Tomé and Príncipe lives below the national poverty line. While growth is projected...
