The new geography of extreme poverty: how the World Bank can deliver for communities impacted by conflict

Since the early 1990s, the number of people living in extreme poverty has spiked by more than 80% in 13 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) impacted by conflict. Meanwhile, the number of people living in extreme poverty globally dropped by more than half over the same period - exposing a new geography of extreme poverty.

In this latest report, the IRC digs in to identify various factors causing dramatic spikes in extreme poverty in certain contexts, articulates specific ways that status quo approaches to alleviate poverty are failing the most vulnerable, and outlines several ways that key stakeholders like the World Bank and others could become more effective in their efforts to turn these alarming trends around.