The severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly seen in the numbers: more than 3.1 million deaths and rising, 120 million people pushed into extreme poverty ... across different groups?

Annie Lowrey: How is poverty different in America than in its peer ... Those two things are related. Or think about the housing crisis: Many times, it’s not just corporate landowners who are ...

Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024 ... In a recent study, we analyzed how different ways of funding agricultural investment would affect inclusive growth ...

A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available ... World Bank lead economist and ...

Blacks, far more than whites, say black people are treated unfairly across different realms of life ... between blacks and whites in their views of race relations and racial inequality in the United ...

Informality can be measured in two different ways. The direct approach ... as informality is critically related to how fast countries grow, and to poverty and inequality, including gender inequality.

For example, economic and political systems can influence poverty. People born in areas ... the terms health inequity and health inequality are different. Inequity refers to unfair and avoidable ...

though different pass-through rates can in principle be accommodated by making adjustments to the selected tariff changes. The HIT database does not contain the World Bank Group’s official poverty ...