Virtually all World Bank activities have a bearing of poverty. This site focuses on Poverty Assessments, investment operations which are part of the Program of Targeted Interventions, Poverty-focused adjustment operations and Lending to selected sectors.
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Washington, December 7, 1999--Developing countries are expected to grow in 1999 by 2.7 percent, and accelerate to 4.2 percent in 2000. For developing countries, excluding those in transition, growth is significantly less than the rate of the pre-crisis 1990's. Despite a faster than expected global recovery, the lingering effects of the global financial crisis continue to depress output across developing countries, and hamper efforts to reduce poverty worldwide, according to a new report released by the World Bank.
Presentation made at the Poverty Analysis Clinic on "Analysis of Institutional Barriers to Poverty Reduction" held at the World Bank on June 19th 2003.
