Macro Poverty Outlook Country-by-country analysis and projections for the developing world

https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/macro-poverty-outlook The Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO) analyzes macroeconomic and poverty developments in 150 developing countries. The report is released twice annually for the Spring and Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The MPO consists of individual country notes that provide an overview of recent developments, forecasts of major macroeconomic variables and poverty during 2026-2028, and a discussion of critical challenges for economic growth, macroeconomic stability, and poverty reduction moving forward.

Philippines Economic Updates

https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/philippines/publication/philippine-economic-updates The Philippines Economic Update is biannual publication of the World Bank. It summarizes key economic and social developments, important policy changes, and the evolution of external/global conditions.

Beyond the dashboard: The high cost of fragmented poverty data Ben BrunckhorstSotaire KwizeraMinh Cong NguyenNishant Yonzan July 23, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/beyond-the-dashboard--the-high-cost-of-fragmented-poverty-data Poverty is multidimensional, but measuring it that way is not easy. Data on some dimensions may not be collected in the first place due to budget constraints, conflict, or other barriers with no immediate solution. Or the data may exist but are fragmented across several datasets that are difficult to combine. For instance, we can estimate the share of low-income households from one dataset, those lacking basic infrastructure from another, and those with low education from a third – yet no single source captures all three dimensions together, making it difficult to know how deprivations overlap. This fragmentation is not just a technical inconvenience, it shapes what governments see, and therefore what they act on. Fragmented data leads to fragmented policies. In what follows, we describe the fragmented state of poverty data and the cost of leaving those gaps unaddressed. Our companion blog outlines a method for combining datasets to measure multidimensional poverty in these scenarios.

Child Poverty: Global, Regional and Select National Trends

https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/publication/child-poverty-global-regional-and-select-national-trends Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households living on less than $3 a day, the extreme poverty line used for low-income countries.

Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report Pathways Out of the Polycrisis

https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/poverty-prosperity-and-planet The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these interlinked goals, and explores potential pathways out of today's polycrisis - an environment where multiple and interconnected challenges are impacting the world simultaneously. The report's messages are presented around progress in terms of the goals, pathways to move forward, and priorities depending on where countries stand on the interlinked goals. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstreams/8f505de6-d365-4f10-aa5a-353c39616895/download

Poverty & Inequality Platform

Poverty & Inequality Platform The Poverty and Inequality Platform is the home of the World Bank’s estimates of poverty, inequality, and shared prosperity. Here you can access and visualize the data, explore our latest publications, and much more. PIP can be used for following trends and monitoring progress towards development targets. https://pip.worldbank.org/home

Behind the numbers: How we measure global poverty Daniel Gerszon MahlerKimberly Bolch October 17, 2025 This page in: English Français Español العربية 中文

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/behind-the-numbers--how-we-measure-global-poverty Did you know? According to the latest estimates from the World Bank’s Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP), 831 million people worldwide live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $3.00 per day. But how is this number derived? Where does the data come from? In this blog, we take you behind the scenes. To understand how the World Bank measures global poverty, you have to follow the path of the data—from the moment it's collected to when it becomes part of PIP. It's a five-step process designed to produce transparent, high-quality, and internationally comparable poverty estimates—no matter where in the world the data comes from. https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/poverty?intcid=ecr_hp_trendingdata_en_ext