Oct 2, 2025 · Fighting poverty in all of its dimensions lies at the core of the World Bank’s work. We work closely with governments to develop sound policies so that poor people can improve their …

Jun 5, 2025 · Measuring Poverty The World Bank’s mission is to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. To effectively monitor progress toward this goal, it is …

Oct 24, 2025 · The Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) seeks to understand poverty beyond monetary deprivations (which remain the focal point of the World Bank’s monitoring of …

Latest news and information from the World Bank and its development work on poverty. Access facts, statistics, project information, development research from experts and latest news about …

The Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides a global audience with the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity.

Most countries define monetary poverty in a very different way from the general public perception The media is a critical stakeholder to both help improve the measurement of poverty, and to …

Jun 5, 2025 · The World Bank has updated its global poverty lines. This latest revision uses 2021 purchasing power parities, as well as updated national poverty lines that better capture …

Apr 14, 2017 · People living below a poverty line don't have enough to meet their basic needs. Countries typically define national poverty lines, and we use the lines of a group of the poorest …

Three complementary concepts: Learning poverty level, gap, and severity The learning poverty level (or headcount ratio) shown above, that is the share of 10-year-olds who are not in school …

May 2, 2022 · The international poverty line is periodically updated to reflect changes in prices across the world. The rise in the international poverty line reflects an increase in the costs of …