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https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2024/12/12/for-poorest-economies-next-25-years-could-prove-decisive# WASHINGTON, December 12, 2024—The next 25 years could prove decisive in determining whether the world’s 26 poorest countries progress to middle-income status, a new World Bank analysis shows. Home to more than 40 percent of people struggling on less than $2.15 a day, these countries are the central focus of global efforts to end extreme poverty. Yet their progress has stalled amid heightened conflict, frequent economic crises, and persistently feeble growth.