Global Monitoring Report (World Bank)

The Global Monitoring Report is a joint World Bank and International Monetary Fund report that monitors how the world is doing in implementing the policies and actions for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and related development outcomes. Published annually since 2006, the report serves as a framework for accountability in global development policy.


Poverty forecasts

The October 2015 report notes that just over 900 million people (12.8 percent of the world population) were living in extreme poverty (less than $1.90 a day) in 2012, compared with 987 million (14.2 percent of the world population) in 2011. It also projects that by 2015 less than 10% of the world's population will fall under the poverty line.

The October 2015 report revised the official poverty line to $1.90 a day, from $1.25 previously.

The following tables[1] show that Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest percentage of extreme poverty, with 42.6% of its population living below $1.90 a day. Poverty rates are projected to decline in this region through 2030, but remain at very high levels.

Share of population below US$1.90 a day (2011 ppp)

Region 1990 1999 2011 2012 2015p
East Asia and Pacific 60.6 37.5 8.5 7.2 4.1
Eastern Europe and Central Asia 1.9 7.8 2.4 2.1 1.7
Latin America and the Caribbean 17.8 13.9 5.9 5.6 5.6
Middle East and North Africa 6.0 4.2 - - -
South Asia 50.6 41.8 22.2 18.8 13.5
Sub-Saharan Africa 56.8 58.0 44.4 42.7 35.2
Developing world 44.4 34.3 16.5 14.9 11.9
World 37.1 29.1 14.1 12.7 9.6


Millions of people below US$1.90 a day (2011 ppp)

Region 1990 1999 2011 2012 2015p
East Asia and Pacific 995.5 689.4 173.1 147.2 82.6
Eastern Europe and Central Asia 8.8 36.8 11.4 10.1 4.4
Latin America and the Caribbean 78.2 71.1 35.3 33.7 29.7
Middle East and North Africa 13.5 11.3 - - -
South Asia 574.6 568.0 361.7 309.2 231.3
Sub-Saharan Africa 287.6 374.6 393.6 388.8 347.1
World 1,958.6 1,751.5 983.3 896.7 702.1

Table notes and sources.[2]

The World Bank forecasts receive extensive media coverage. [3][4][5][6][7][8]

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