The Nepal Living Standards Survey (NLSS), first conducted in 1995-96, marked a significant step in objectively measuring Nepal's living standards and poverty levels. The survey covered a wide range of...
Esta nota analiza la dinámica de las transiciones de la pobreza en El Salvador. A partir de datos de panel de la Encuesta de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples (EHPM) para el período 2018-22, es posible calcular...
This report focuses on the roots of structural inequality that are at the heart of Africa’s slow progress in reducing extreme poverty. Rather than resulting from differences in talent or effort, structural...
This paper examines the dynamics of poverty in Bhutan between 2017 and 2022, utilizing cross-sectional data from the Bhutan Living Standards Surveys (BLSS). The paper uses a methodology proposed by Dang...
This note is part of the April 2024 release of the latest country-level Learning Poverty estimates. The document details country-level changes to the underlying data used to produce the April 2024 Learning...
The Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study (PIRLS), implemented by IEA, is one of the world’s foremost data source on reading proficiency. PIRLS provides comparable data on reading trends...
The Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study (PIRLS) is one of the world’s foremost data sources on reading proficiency. PIRLS provides comparable data on reading trends for grade 4 students...
The poverty rate in Uruguay - at 6.4 percent in 2022 under the $6.85 (2017 PPP) per day international line - is low compared to the region. However, poverty reduction has stalled in recent years. Despite...
Although notable progress has been made in reducing poverty since 1994, poverty reduction came to a halt in 2011. The latest survey conducted in 2014-2015 shows that 55.5 percent of the population was...
The latest household income and expenditure survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Tuvalu was conducted in 2015/16. However, the data presented in this brief refer to the previous HIES in 2010, as substantial...
The latest household income and expenditure survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Tonga was conducted in 2021. According to the World Bank definition of data deprivation, Tonga is classified as meeting...
The national poverty rate decreased from 38.5 percent in 2018-19 to 36.2 percent in 2021-22, equivalent to 4.615 million people living under the national poverty line in Benin, estimated at CFAF287,715...
On August 5, 2024, Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister resigned following unprecedented protests. An interim government led by civil society members and student leaders took office on August 8, 2024. This...
Poverty was measured by the upper middle-income poverty line of 6.85 dollars in 2017, and PPP remained low in Belarus, at around 1 to 2 percent of the population between 2018 and 2020. Based on the national...
Botswana’s living conditions have improved significantly since the early 2000s but at a slower pace since 2009. The share of the population living below 2.15 dollars per person per day (2017 PPP) International...
Argentina’s social conditions have deteriorated over the past decade. The poverty rate is low compared to countries in the region (10.9 percent in 2022 under the international poverty line of 6.85 dollars/day...