The Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO) analyzes macroeconomic and poverty developments in 8 developing countries in South Asia. The report is released twice annually for the Spring and Annual Meetings of the ...

Growth in South Asia is expected to exceed earlier expectations, in a broad-based upturn, and to be faster than in other emerging market and developing economies. Sources: Macro Poverty Outlook (World ...

China claimed last year it had met its target of lifting all its people out of extreme poverty. President Xi Jinping heralded it as a “major victory” that the Chinese Communist Party had ...

The SAARC Development Fund symbolises a ray of hope for South Asia, providing a distinctive platform to tackle common challenges and unleash the region’s vast potential ...

South Sudan is projected to experience universal poverty in 2025, driven by a combination of factors such as a decline in oil production and external shocks, the World Bank said in a report released ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday came under fire following revelations that his office handed out gift vouchers worth 100,000 yen (about 676 U.S. dollars) each to 15 ruling ...