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Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
http://www.worldbank.org/africa There are forty-seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that are eligible for World Bank borrowing. Despite a difficult economic environment, growth in Africa has averaged about 3 percent in the last fiscal year, and well-managed countries which have implemented solid reform agendas and built a record of stability and good governance had an average growth of 4 percent. See each country site for in-depth data and anlaysis. |
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HIPC
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
http://www.worldbank.org/hipc The principal objective of the Debt Initiative for the heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs) is to bring the country's debt burden to sustainable levels, subject to satisfactory policy performance, so as to ensure that adjustment and reform efforts are not put at risk by continued high debt and debt service burdens. |
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LSMS
Living Standard Measurement Study
http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdph/lsms Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household surveys have become an important tool in measuring and understanding poverty in developing countries. The Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) of the World Bank, formerly the Policy Research Department, maintains this website to make available to researchers around the world the data sets and methodological lessons from these surveys. |
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Poverty Net
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty PovertyNet is a World Bank Web site developed to provide resources for people and organizations working to understand and alleviate poverty.
This site hosts the Poverty Monitoring Database, which contains:
- Information on income/consumption surveys conducted recently (with key features of each survey and data availability)
- Information on Participatory Poverty Assessments conducted by the World bank since 1993
- Social Indicators tables (32 basic indicators on popultation, poverty, income, income/consumption distribution and social aspects)
- News on upcoming surveys, studies and poverty assessments
- Links to other relevant sites |
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