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A female goalkeeper saves the ball at the Mathare Environmental Conservation Youth Centre during a soccer match to celebrate the International Women's day in Nairobi, Kenya, March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1A35B15000

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Africa’s growing youth population and human capital investments

Mariama Sow

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Displaced Afghans load aid near the site of a landslide at the Argo district in Badakhshan province May 5, 2014. Grief-stricken and desititute Afghan villagers vented anger with their government as they scrambled for emergency aid, three days after deadly landslides engulfed their homes. Some 300 homes in Aab Bareek, a village in the Argo district of Badakhshan, a remote and mountainous northeastern province, were buried under up to 50 metres of earth and debris. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DISASTER) - GM1EA56055K01

Future Development

The case against a US retreat from international development

John R. Allen

Friday, August 10, 2018

An Iraqi works at a car repair shop east of Mosul, Iraq April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem - RC1B5D9D6CE0

Future Development

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction? Lessons from Iraq

Talajeh Livani and Carol Graham

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

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Events

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From Summits to Solutions

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

Fred Dews

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Global Poverty

Venezuela in Crisis

Dany Bahar, Harold Trinkunas, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

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A woman carries a bag of rice during a food rationing at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC165CC1FF10

Development and Cooperation interview on the World Poverty Clock

Homi Kharas

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Homi Kharas delivered the keynote address at IFPRI’s annual staff retreat on September 12, 2018. He explored the evolving development agenda and its implications for policy research.

Homi Kharas

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

A general view of the slum of Petare in Caracas, Venezuela February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello - RC18705A90F0

Figure of the week: Growth, income polarization, and poverty reduction in Africa

Amy Copley

Friday, June 29, 2018

Children fetch water from a borehole point at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC188C1E6B60

The start of a new poverty narrative

Homi Kharas, Kristofer Hamel, and Martin Hofer

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

A street vendor sells vegetables in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC1CA48E33D0

Point de vue prospectif sur l’Afrique: Sécurité nutritionnelle: la dernière longueur du programme de sécurité alimentaire de l’Afrique

Eyerusalem Siba

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

A man rides a bicycle along an empty road in Aninoasa, 330 km (202 miles) west of Bucharest July 31, 2013. If joining the European Union was supposed to lift Romania out of poverty, in Aninoasa, a town of 4,800 people in the mountainous Jiu Valley region, it has yet to work. Six years after Romania's accession to the EU, not only is Aninoasa still poor - it has also become the first town in Romania to file for insolvency. Picture taken July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 21 OF 23 FOR PACKAGE 'ROMANIA'S BANKRUPT TOWN'. SEARCH 'ANINOASA' FOR ALL IMAGES - GM1E98V1AG501

Romania: Thriving cities, rural poverty, and a trust deficit

Donato De Rosa and Yeon Soo Kim

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

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A global tipping point: Half the world is now middle class or wealthier

Resource-rich Africa can boost growth to reduce 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: Africa’s growing youth population and human capital investments

The case against a US retreat from international development

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction? Lessons from Iraq

Events

Economic mobility across generations around the world

Agricultural development: Smart investing for global food security

Is a growing middle class good for the poor?

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

More on Global Poverty

Development and Cooperation interview on the World Poverty Clock

Figure of the week: Growth, income polarization, and poverty reduction in Africa

The start of a new poverty narrative

Point de vue prospectif sur l’Afrique: Sécurité nutritionnelle: la dernière longueur du programme de sécurité alimentaire de l’Afrique

Romania: Thriving cities, rural poverty, and a trust deficit