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Bookmark or Share- Haiti Overview: Development news, research, data | World BankHaiti's development continues to be hindered by political instability, increasing violence, and unprecedented levels of insecurity, which exacerbate fragility. Haiti remains the poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean and among the poorest countries in the world.
- The World Bank in DRCDRC is among the five poorest nations in the world. An estimated 73.5% of Congolese people lived on less than $2.15 a day in 2024. About one out of six people living in extreme poverty in SSA lives in DRC. Political Context
- Poverty Overview: Development news, research, data | World BankPoverty. The World Bank Group is committed to fighting poverty in all its dimensions. We use the latest data, evidence and analysis to help countries develop policies to improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable people.
- Honduras Overview: Development news, research, data | World BankHonduras has made progress in reducing poverty, although it still ranks as one of the poorest and most unequal countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Poverty, at a threshold of US$6.85 per capita per day (2017 PPP), is estimated to reach 51.9 percent of the population in 2023, down slightly from 52.4 percent in 2022.
- Poorest Economies Face Toughest Conditions in Two DecadesThe world’s 26 poorest economies, home to about 40 percent of all people who live on less than $2.15 a day, are deeper in debt than at any time since 2006 and increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and other shocks, new analysis from the World Bank shows. Yet international aid as a share of their GDP has dwindled to a two-decade low, forcing many to obtain financing on punishing terms.
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