Global Poverty

Workers are seen at the the Utexrwa garment factory in Kigali, Rwanda April 17, 2018. Picture taken April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana - RC11BDF1B3C0

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Wage growth and employment in Africa

Payce Madden

Friday, December 7, 2018

Children of the Satere Mawe Indian tribe school at the Sahu Ape village pose for a picture in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil, July 10, 2015. Nearly three years after Taliban gunmen shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist last week urged world leaders gathered in New York to help millions more children go to school. World Teachers' Day falls on 5 October, a Unesco initiative highlighting the work of educators struggling to teach children amid intimidation in Pakistan, conflict in Syria or poverty in Vietnam. Even so, there have been some improvements: the number of children not attending primary school has plummeted to an estimated 57 million worldwide in 2015, the U.N. says, down from 100 million 15 years ago. Reuters photographers have documented learning around the world, from well-resourced schools to pupils crammed into corridors in the Philippines, on boats in Brazil or in crowded classrooms in Burundi. REUTERS/Bruno KellyPICTURE 13 OF 47 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD"SEARCH "EDUCATORS SCHOOLS" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000226436

Future Development

Prioritizing public schooling over social transfers in Brazil

Martin Raiser and Joao Pedro Wagner De Azevedo

Monday, November 26, 2018

Unused cooling towers are seen overlooking an informal settlement as locals walk before sunset in Soweto, South Africa August 5, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF20000014477

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Understanding poverty in Africa

Nirav Patel

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

A woman combs her hair in the back courtyard of a traditional colonial-era Board House dating back about a century in the Murray Town neighbourhood of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown April 28, 2012. Board Houses are a reconstruction of cabin-like structures built in the 18th century on the American eastern seaboard. There were some modifications though, notably a three-foot base layer of porous local stone (seen here) that helped anchor the house down during Sierra Leone's torrential wet season. Picture taken April 28, 2012. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: SOCIETY) ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 06 OF 29 OF PACKAGE 'FREETOWN - FADING ARCHITECTURE' - GM1E8531KOM01

Future Development

Why the World Bank is taking a wide-angle view of poverty

Dhiraj Sharma

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Reports

A baby is weighted on a scale in a health clinic in the capital Juba, South Sudan, January 23, 2017. Picture taken January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - RC157C1D0FF0

Report

Change of pace: Accelerations and advances during the Millennium Development Goal era

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Thursday, February 22, 2018

A woman holds her newborn baby in a nursery at the Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba April 3, 2013. Very few births in South Sudan, which has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world at 2,054 per 100,000 live births, are assisted by trained midwives, according to the UNDP's website. Picture taken April 3, 2013. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) - GM1E94416HS01

Report

How many lives are at stake? Assessing 2030 sustainable development goal trajectories for maternal and child health

John McArthur, Krista Rasmussen, and Gavin Yamey

Thursday, February 15, 2018

A boy carries on his head a pile of dried shrubs he gathered to use for cooking and heating in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail - GF10000201696

Report

Leave no country behind

Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Report

Broadening the benefits of growth

Landry Signé

Thursday, January 11, 2018

A maize plant is seen among other dried maize at a field in Hoopstad, a maize-producing district in the Free State province, South Africa, January 13, 2016. South Africa suffered its driest year on record in 2015, the national weather service said on Thursday, as a drought that has threatened the vital maize crop and hit economic growth showed no sign of abating. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF20000094471

Report

When will things change? Looking for signs of progress on ending rural hunger

Geoffrey Gertz, Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Lorenz Noe

Saturday, October 14, 2017

Blog Posts

Women stand in line for food aid distribution delivered by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and world food program in the village of Makunzi Wali, Central African Republic, April 27, 2017. Picture taken April 27, 2017 REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC132928B970

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Realizing the full potential of social safety nets in Africa

Nirav Patel

Friday, November 2, 2018

Pupils play during breaktime at the Senator Obama primary school in the village of Nyang'oma Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 16, 2015. U.S. President Barack Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia later this month. His ancestral home of Kogelo is home to Sarah Hussein Obama, his step-grandmother. The Kenyan village, burial place of Obama's father, features an open-pit goldmine, a pork butcher's, a school named after their most famous son and outdoor market stalls. Villagers get around by motorbike taxi or on foot while a donkey-cart transports water. Children, some of them named Obama in honour of the President, walk to and from school together. Picture taken July 16, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas MukoyaPICTURE 17 OF 35 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "KOGELO, KENYA - OBAMA'S ANCESTRAL HOME". SEARCH "ANCESTRAL MUKOYA" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000166803

Future Development

3 insights on child survival

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Thursday, October 18, 2018

A man carries harvested maize stems on the Thrive Agric's farm in Jere, Kaduna, Nigeria October 10, 2018. Picture taken October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19B80171A0

Future Development

Africa: The last frontier for eradicating extreme poverty

Jasmin Baier and Kristofer Hamel

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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Events

2018

Nov

Past Event

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Economic mobility across generations around the world

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Agricultural development: Smart investing for global food security

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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From Summits to Solutions

Edited by Raj M. Desai, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, and John W. McArthur

2018

The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty

Edited by Laurence Chandy, Hiroshi Kato, and Homi Kharas

2015

Lives in the Balance

By Charles C. Griffin, David de Ferranti, Courtney Tolmie, Justin Jacinto, Graeme Ramshaw, and Chinyere Bun

2010

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Multimedia

People stand beside a truck loaded with sacks of flour received from The United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Global Development

If the US doesn’t lead on foreign assistance, who will?

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl and Fred Dews

Friday, August 17, 2018

Brookings Now

WATCH: World Bank Group President Kim on globalization, ending extreme poverty, and addressing climate change

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

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Venezuela in Crisis

Dany Bahar, Harold Trinkunas, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

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Global Poverty

Figures of the week: Wage growth and employment in Africa

Prioritizing public schooling over social transfers in Brazil

Figure of the week: Understanding poverty in Africa

Why the World Bank is taking a wide-angle view of poverty

Reports

Change of pace: Accelerations and advances during the Millennium Development Goal era

How many lives are at stake? Assessing 2030 sustainable development goal trajectories for maternal and child health

Leave no country behind

Broadening the benefits of growth

When will things change? Looking for signs of progress on ending rural hunger

Blog Posts

Figures of the week: Realizing the full potential of social safety nets in Africa

3 insights on child survival

Africa: The last frontier for eradicating extreme poverty

Events

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte

Economic mobility across generations around the world

Agricultural development: Smart investing for global food security

Related Books

From Summits to Solutions

The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty

Lives in the Balance

Multimedia

If the US doesn’t lead on foreign assistance, who will?

WATCH: World Bank Group President Kim on globalization, ending extreme poverty, and addressing climate change

Venezuela in Crisis

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