Poverty Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
2024年10月15日 · Overview. Global poverty reduction has slowed to a near standstill, with 2020-2030 set to be a lost decade. 8.5 percent of the global population – almost 700 million people – live today on less than $2.15 per day, the extreme poverty line relevant for low-income countries. Three-quarters of all people in extreme poverty live in Sub-Saharan ...
A Global Database of Inflation - World Bank Group
The World Bank’s Prospects Group has constructed a global database of inflation. The database covers up to 209 countries over the period 1970-2023, and includes six measures of inflation in three frequencies (annual, quarterly, and monthly): Headline consumer price index (CPI) inflation. Food CPI inflation.
Food Security | Rising Food Insecurity - World Bank Group
2024年10月21日 · In real terms, food price inflation exceeded overall inflation in 58.9% of the 168 countries where data is available. Download the latest brief on rising food insecurity and World Bank responses. Since the last update on September 26, 2024, the agricultural and cereal price indices closed 1 and 2 percent lower, respectively; the export price ...
Careers - World Bank Group
Careers. The World Bank’s digital platform for live-streaming. With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
Debt Statistics - World Bank Group
The International Debt Report 2023 is the 50th edition of the World Bank’s annual publication. Over the past decade, the rise in the external debt stock of low- and middle-income countries has outpaced economic growth, raising concerns about these countries’ ability to service their debt. Read more on this and findings from the latest data.
Urban Development Overview - World Bank Group
2023年4月3日 · The World Bank’s work in urban development aims to build sustainable cities and communities through an urbanization process that is green, inclusive, competitive, and resilient, contributing to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.11, to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, as well as to the World Bank’s goals to end extreme poverty and boost shared …
Sustainable Finance - World Bank Group
Sustainable Finance is the process of taking due account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations when making investment decisions in the financial sector, leading to increased longer-term investments into sustainable economic activities and projects (European Commission). It has become a powerful movement led by regulators ...
Global Economic Prospects - World Bank Group
Despite an improvement in near-term prospects, the global outlook remains subdued by historical standards. In 2024-25, growth is set to underperform its 2010s average in nearly 60 percent of economies, comprising over 80 percent of the global population. Downside risks predominate, including geopolitical tensions, trade fragmentation, higher ...
Gender-Based Violence (Violence Against Women and Girls)
2019年9月25日 · Gender-based violence (GBV) or violence against women and girls (VAWG), is a global pandemic that affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime. The numbers are staggering: 35% of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence. Globally, 7% of women have been sexually assaulted ...
Agriculture Overview: Development news, research, data | World …
2024年10月9日 · Agriculture can help reduce poverty for 75% of the world's poor, who live in rural areas and work mainly in farming. It can raise incomes, improve food security and benefit the environment. The World Bank Group is a leading financier of agriculture, with $8.1 billion in new commitments in 2013.