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WEBThe World Bank Group is a unique global partnership that works to fight poverty and promote sustainability worldwide. Learn more about its mission, vision, and values, and explore its rich collection of data and reports on various topics of development.
Food Security | Rising Food Insecurity - World Bank Group
WEBJul 1, 2024 · Download the latest brief on rising food insecurity and World Bank responses. Since the last update on May 30, 2024, the agricultural, cereal, and export price indices closed 8%, 10%, and 9% lower, respectively. A fall in cocoa (16%) and cotton (11%) prices drove the decrease in the export price index. Maize and wheat prices closed 8% and …
A Global Database of Inflation - World Bank Group
WEBA Global Database of Inflation. April 2024 version -- data updated to 2023. 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): The database also …
Agriculture Overview: Development news, research, data | World …
WEBMar 15, 2024 · 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.
Measuring Poverty Overview - World Bank Group
WEBDec 14, 2023 · Measuring Poverty. The World Bank’s mission is to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. To monitor progress and understand better ways to reduce poverty, it is important to measure poverty regularly. The international poverty line is set at $2.15 per person per day using 2017 prices.
The Global Findex Database 2021 - World Bank Group
WEBOverview. Financial inclusion is a cornerstone of development, and since 2011, the Global Findex Database has been the definitive source of data on global access to financial services from payments to savings and borrowing. The 2021 edition, based on nationally representative surveys of about 128,000 adults in 123 economies during the COVID-19 ...
Bangladesh Overview: Development news, research, data | World …
WEBApr 11, 2024 · Since the country’s independence, the World Bank has been a longstanding partner of Bangladesh. Since then, the World Bank through its concessional lending arm—the International Development Association (IDA)—has committed over $39.5 billion in grants, interest-free and concessional financing credits to Bangladesh. Currently with a …
Macroeconomics Overview - World Bank Group
WEBApr 1, 2024 · Macroeconomics is the branch of economics that deals with the overall functioning of the economy. Macroeconomic policies have a critical influence on the decisions of households and firms to spend, save, hire and invest. And the conditions they foster set the stage for economic growth and development. The World Bank Group’s …
China Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
WEBChina is now an upper-middle-income country. Although China has eradicated extreme poverty in 2020, an estimated 17.2 percent of the population lived on less than $6.85 a day (in 2017 PPP terms), the World Bank’s Upper-Middle-Income Country (UMIC) poverty line, in 2023. China’s strong growth has been based on investment and export-oriented ...
Taxes & Government Revenue - World Bank Group
WEBApr 10, 2024 · Taxes & Government Revenue. The collection of taxes and fees is a key development priority. It is essential to finance investments in human capital, infrastructure and the provision of services for citizens and businesses, as well as to set the right price incentives for sustainable private-sector investment. Context. Strategy.