The Poverty and Equity Briefs (PEBs) highlight poverty, shared prosperity and inequality trends for over 100 developing countries. The briefs are released twice a year for the Spring and Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund. The Briefs help users understand a country¡¯s poverty and inequality context at-a-glance and seek to keep poverty reduction on top of the world¡¯s agenda.
Each PEB consists of a two-page country summary that provides an overview of recent developments in poverty reduction, along with the latest data of key development indicators. These indicators include:
- Poverty rates and total number of poor as measured by the national poverty line and for the international extreme poverty line ($2.15 in 2017 PPP terms), as well as the lower-middle-income ($3.65) and upper-middle-income ($6.85) poverty lines.
- Comparable poverty and inequality trends for apples-to-apples comparisons over time and across countries.
- Multidimensional poverty measure, including measures of poverty that also reflect non-monetary deprivations that poor people face in areas like education and access to basic services.
- Inequality as measured by the Gini Index.
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You can access the PDF version of the Annual Meetings 2024 Poverty and Equity Briefs by clicking on a country from the table below. All PEBs can also be found on country profiles of the .
If you have questions about these PEBs, please contact us at povbrief@worldbank.org.
Last Updated: Oct 17, 2024