Poverty

This program explores the methods of collecting data on poverty and measuring poverty. It also delves into inequality measurement and how prosperity is distributed across different groups. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of these key concepts in economic analysis.

This program provides an overview of innovative approaches for real-time monitoring of welfare and their practical applications. In an increasingly uncertain world with frequent, high-intensity shocks, real-time data for monitoring welfare and policy design is critical. Participants will explore how these approaches can be used to enhance decision-making and policy responsiveness.

This course explores how fiscal policy can reduce poverty and inequality, focusing on redesigning taxes and transfers to ensure the poor, especially the extremely poor, are not overburdened. It provides tailored, self-paced training for policymakers and civil society. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the key concepts and methods used to achieve equitable fiscal policy.

This program explores the impact of location on access to services, economic opportunities, and vulnerability to climate change. It focuses on innovative uses of geospatial analysis to better target infrastructure and investments. Participants will learn how to use this technology to improve the welfare of poor and vulnerable households.

This seminar series consists of four sessions focused on enhancing gender data, which are vital for achieving the World Bank Group's goals of reducing extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. Accurate gender data helps address disparities and design more effective policies, but significant gaps remain, with only 42% of gender-specific SDG indicators being available globally and the majority of the data being outdated. Strengthening gender data is central to the World Bank Group's new data agenda and the Global Data Facility, which was launched after the World Development Report 2021. The Poverty and Equity Global Practice has been a leader in improving data for development, particularly through projects like Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaps). This seminar series, co-led by the Gender Group, the Poverty and Equity Global Practice, and the Living Standards Measurement Study team, presents strategies to help National Statistical Offices close the gender data gaps.