This paper uses a vulnerability-based approach to analyze the evolution of the middle class in Europe between 2005–08 and 2015–18. The analysis reveals that, on average, the income level needed to ensure...
Sustaining Uzbekistan’s rapid pace of poverty reduction will necessitate additional efforts from the government to enhance the productive capacity of poor households. The data show that poorer households...
At the national level, the incidence of poverty has seemingly plateaued between 2018-2019 and 2021-2022. Despite this, the absolute number of impoverished individuals rose by one million, a consequence...
This report describes a proposal for defining a national poverty line in Uzbekistan and policy considerations for how such a line ought to be used. The approach uses the cost of basic needs method and...