Publication
How do taxes and transfers reduce—or exacerbate—poverty and inequality? A new book explores.
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Feature
No longer a pure paper-and-pencil exercise, technology is beginning to revolutionize the way we monitor poverty around the world.
Initiative
Policymakers are turning to the behavioral sciences to help tackle longstanding and difficult policy challenges.
Poverty and Shared Prosperity Series
Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016: Taking on Inequality
The series provides the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity and takes a close look at the role of inequality reduction in ending extreme poverty.
Focus Areas
Measuring Poverty
Measuring Poverty
Our target is to have no more than 3 percent of the world’s population living on just $1.90 a day by 2030.
Inequality and Shared Prosperity
Inequality and Shared Prosperity
We're working to increase the incomes and welfare of the less well off.
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IDA: Our Fund for the Poorest
The International Development Association (IDA) aims to reduce poverty by providing funding for programs that boost economic growth.
Ending Extreme Poverty and Sharing Prosperity: Progress and Policies
The policy note examines policies needed to accelerate progress toward achieving a world free of poverty and boosting shared prosperity.
Systematic Country Diagnostics
The SCD looks at issues in countries and seeks to identify barriers and opportunities for sustainable poverty reduction.
The Pulse of South Sudan
Through surveys, the initiative gathers data on poverty and also collects video testimonials from people on their living conditions.