The World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-30, developed through extensive consultations with stakeholders, focuses on concerted action, financing, and programs at scale to end gender-based violence and elevate human capital, expand economic opportunities, and …

May 2, 2022 · As differences in price levels across the world evolve, the global poverty line has to be periodically updated to reflect these changes. Since 2015, the last update, we have used $1.90 as the global line. As of fall 2022, the new global line will be updated to $2.15.

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these interlinked goals, and explores potential pathways out of today's polycrisis - an environment where multiple and interconnected challenges are impacting the …

With 189 member countries, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership fighting poverty worldwide through sustainable solutions.

May 21, 2024 · Emissions trading schemes generate majority of this revenue, over half of which funds climate and nature programs. WASHINGTON, May 21, 2024 — In 2023, carbon pricing revenues reached a record $104 billion, according to the World Bank’s annual “State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2024” report released today. There are now 75 carbon pricing instruments in operation worldwide.

Oct 17, 2022 · What is the state of global food security today, and what is the role of climate change? The number of people suffering acute food insecurity increased from 135 million in 2019 to 345 million in 82 countries by June 2022, as the war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions, and the continued economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed food prices to all-time highs.

Nov 21, 2024 · Download the latest economic outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean from the World Bank. Access data, facts, statistics, and learn more about the opportunities that competition offer to boost growth, inclusion, and better governance in the region. This is crucial for driving growth in the region and achieving a pace that allows for poverty reduction and the creation of quality jobs.

From 1990 to 2017, developing countries increased their share of global exports from 16 percent to 30 percent; in the same period, the global poverty rate fell from 36 percent to 9 percent. Not all countries have benefited equally, but overall, trade has generated unprecedented prosperity, helping to lift some 1 billion people out of poverty in recent decades.

Jan 21, 2025 · Latest Food Security Data – January 21, 2025. Domestic food price inflation remains high in many low- and middle-income countries. Information from the latest month between September and December 2024 for which food price inflation data are available shows that inflation higher than 5% is experienced in 72.2% of low-income countries (3.4 percentage points higher since the last update on ...

Oct 24, 2024 · China and the World Bank Group (WBG) have worked together for over 40 years. The WBG’s new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for FY2020 to 2025, issued in December 2019, reflects the evolution of the Bank Group’s relationship with China toward a decline in lending and a more selective engagement in line with the capital increase commitments agreed to by its shareholders in 2018.