From the vibrant Cham brocade of the central coast to the golden corn harvests in the highlands of Mu Cang Chai, Vietnam’s ...

As China moves beyond the five-year transition period following its poverty alleviation success, preventing a return to ...

Rural women are active agents of economic and social change and environmental protection who are, in many ways and to various degrees, constrained in their roles as farmers, producers, investors, ...

Ambassador Mohan Pieris, President’s Counsel, has been serving as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York since January 2021. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...

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Poverty reduction or alleviation or even eradication has been a well-known mantra of successive Nigeria’s governments. Under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the rhetoric ...

WASHINGTON D.C., June 26, 2019 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $300 million loan for Indonesia to accelerate rural poverty reduction and improve service delivery in over ...

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2022—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$320 million loan to promote green agriculture and rural development in China’s Southwest Region. This ...

This pamphlet examines how rural poverty develops, what accounts for its persistence, and what specific measures can be taken to eliminate or reduce it.