If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the oft-noted obstacles to putting robust social protection systems in place – a lack of finances, administrative constraints, etc. – can be ...

*MANILA, Philippines — The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has pushed an estimated 75 million to 80 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year compared with ...

Before Central Asia could recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and return to pre-pandemic levels of poverty reduction, the world was plunged into more uncertainty given the war in Ukraine and rising ...

In this article, we take a look at the 25 most impoverished countries in Asia. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of the Asian economy, you can directly go to the 5 Most Impoverished ...

ALMATY, October 17, 2022 – Poverty rates are falling again across Central Asia following a short but intense increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, said World Bank experts today at a regional online ...

A decline in remittances from Russia and rising cost of living could push an additional one million people into poverty in the region Poverty reduction in the Caucasus and Central Asia is likely to ...