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data-original-index="62"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/guinea">Guinea</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/guinea">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="63"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/guineabissau">Guinea-Bissau</a> <ul><li lang="pt"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/guineabissau">Português</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="64"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">Guyana</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="65"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/haiti">Haiti</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/haiti">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="66"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/honduras">Honduras</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/honduras">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="67"> <a 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</li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="84"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/kyrgyzrepublic">Kyrgyz Republic</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/kyrgyzrepublic">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="85"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/lao">Lao PDR</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="86"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/centraleuropeandthebaltics">Latvia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="87"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/lebanon">Lebanon</a> <ul><li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/lebanon">عربي</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="88"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/lesotho">Lesotho</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="89"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/liberia">Liberia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="90"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/libya">Libya</a> <ul><li lang="ar"> <a class="lang-list 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/macedonia">FYR of Macedonia</a> <ul><li lang="mk"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/mk/country/macedonia">македонски</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="94"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/madagascar">Madagascar</a> <ul><li lang="fr"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/madagascar">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="95"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/malawi">Malawi</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="96"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/malaysia">Malaysia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="97"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/maldives">Maldives</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="98"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/mali">Mali</a> <ul><li lang="fr"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/mali">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="99"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" 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data-original-index="102"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/mexico">Mexico</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/mexico">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="103"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">FS Micronesia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="104"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/moldova">Moldova</a> <ul><li lang="ro"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/ro/country/moldova">română</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="105"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/mongolia">Mongolia</a> <ul><li lang="mn"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/mn/country/mongolia">Монгол</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="106"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/montenegro">Montenegro</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="107"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/morocco">Morocco</a> <ul> <li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/morocco">عربي</a></li> <li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/morocco">Français</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="108"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/mozambique">Mozambique</a> <ul><li lang="pt"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/mozambique">Português</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="109"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/myanmar">Myanmar</a> </li> <li 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class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="117"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena/brief/gcc">Oman</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="118"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pakistan">Pakistan</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="119"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Palau</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="120"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/panama">Panama</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/panama">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="121"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/png">Papua New Guinea</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="122"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/paraguay">Paraguay</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/paraguay">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="123"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/peru">Peru</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/peru">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="124"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/philippines">Philippines</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="125"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/poland">Poland</a> <ul><li lang="pl"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/pl/country/poland">Polski</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="126"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/portugal">Portugal</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="127"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena/brief/gcc">Qatar</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="128"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/romania">Romania</a> <ul><li lang="ro"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/ro/country/romania">Română</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="129"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/russia">Russia</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/russia">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="130"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/rwanda">Rwanda</a> <ul><li lang="fr"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/rwanda">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="131"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Samoa</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="132"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/saotome">Sao Tome and Principe</a> <ul><li lang="pt"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/saotome">Português</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="133"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/senegal">Senegal</a> <ul><li lang="fr"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/senegal">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="134"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/serbia">Serbia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="135"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/seychelles">Seychelles</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/seychelles">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="136"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/sierraleone">Sierra Leone</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="137"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/singapore">Singapore</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="138"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/centraleuropeandthebaltics">Slovak Republic</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="139"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/centraleuropeandthebaltics">Slovenia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="140"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Solomon Islands</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="141"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/somalia">Somalia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="142"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/southafrica">South Africa</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="143"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/southsudan">South Sudan</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="144"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/spain">Spain</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/spain">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="145"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/srilanka">Sri Lanka</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="146"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">St. Kitts and Nevis</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="147"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">St. Lucia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="148"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">St. Vincent and Grenadines</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="149"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/sudan">Sudan</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="150"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">Suriname</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="151"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/swaziland">Swaziland</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="152"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/sweden">Sweden</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="153"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/switzerland">Switzerland</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="154"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/syria">Syria</a> <ul><li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/syria">عربي</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="155"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/tajikistan">Tajikistan</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/tajikistan">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="156"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/tanzania">Tanzania</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="157"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/thailand">Thailand</a> <ul><li lang="th"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/th/country/thailand">ภาษาไทย</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="158"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/timor-leste">Timor Leste (East Timor)</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="159"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/togo">Togo</a> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/togo">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="160"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Tonga</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="161"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/caribbean">Trinidad and Tobago</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="162"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/tunisia">Tunisia</a> <ul><li lang="ar"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/tunisia">عربي</a></li></ul> <ul><li lang="fr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/tunisia">Français</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="163"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/turkey">Turkey</a> <ul><li lang="tr"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/tr/country/turkey">Türkçe</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="164"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/turkmenistan">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="165"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Tuvalu</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="166"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/uganda">Uganda</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="167"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/ukraine">Ukraine</a> <ul><li lang="uk"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/uk/country/ukraine">Yкраїнський</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="168"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena/brief/gcc">United Arab Emirates</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="169"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/unitedkingdom">United Kingdom</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="170"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/unitedstates">United States of America</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="171"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/uruguay">Uruguay</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/uruguay">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="172"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a> <ul><li lang="ru"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/country/uzbekistan">Русский</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="173"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/pacificislands">Vanuatu</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="174"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/venezuela">Venezuela</a> <ul><li lang="es"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/venezuela">Español</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="175"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/vietnam">Vietnam</a> <ul><li lang="vi"><a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/vi/country/vietnam">Tiẽng Việt</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="176"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/westbankandgaza">West Bank and Gaza</a> <ul><li lang="ar"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/westbankandgaza">عربي</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="177"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/yemen">Yemen</a> <ul><li lang="ar"> <a class="lang-list dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/yemen">عربي</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="178"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/zambia">Zambia</a> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" data-original-index="179"> <a class="country-name dropdown-item tt-menu-list" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work/zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/http://povertydata.worldbank.org/poverty/home/">Poverty & Equity Data Portal</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/home.aspx">PovCalNet</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/lac-equity-lab1/overview">LAC Equity Lab</a></li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> <hr> </div>  <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartTitleCard0 chartTitleCardShow" style=""> <div class="wrapper"> <h4>Extreme poverty, 2015-2022</h4> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-7 col-md-7 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 lazy chartIndex0 chartShow" style=""> <div class="flourish-embed flourish-chart" 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We estimate that these combined crises will lead to an additional 75 million to 95 million people living in extreme poverty in 2022, compared to pre-pandemic projections. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/pandemic-prices-and-poverty">Read more</a>.</p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-7 col-md-7 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartIndex1 chartShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <iframe class="lazy" id="datawrapper-chart-4jtyw" data-src="//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/4jtyw/1/" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="width: 0; min-width: 100% !important;" height="415"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">if("undefined"==typeof window.datawrapper)window.datawrapper={};window.datawrapper["4jtyw"]={},window.datawrapper["4jtyw"].embedDeltas={"100":601,"200":486,"300":459,"400":442,"500":415,"700":415,"800":415,"900":415,"1000":415},window.datawrapper["4jtyw"].iframe=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-4jtyw"),window.datawrapper["4jtyw"].iframe.style.height=window.datawrapper["4jtyw"].embedDeltas[Math.min(1e3,Math.max(100*Math.floor(window.datawrapper["4jtyw"].iframe.offsetWidth/100),100))]+"px",window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if("undefined"!=typeof a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var b in a.data["datawrapper-height"])if("4jtyw"==b)window.datawrapper["4jtyw"].iframe.style.height=a.data["datawrapper-height"][b]+"px"});</script> </div> <div class="col-lg-5 col-md-5 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartCard1 chartCardShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <div class="lp__showcase_embed_content">   <div class="lp__blurb_text"><p>Of the world’s 736 million extreme poor in 2015, 368 million—half of the total—lived in just 5 countries. The 5 countries with the highest number of extreme poor are (in descending order): India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh. </p> <p> </p> <p>To make significant continued progress towards the global target of reducing extreme poverty (those living on less than $1.90 a day) to less than 3 percent by 2030, large reductions in poverty in these five countries will be crucial. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/half-world-s-poor-live-just-5-countries" target="_blank">Read More</a>.</p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartTitleCard2 chartTitleCardShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <div class="wrapper"> <h4 class="chart-primary-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/here-are-top-10-sub-saharan-african-countries-have-reduced-poverty-most">Here are the top 10 Sub-Saharan African countries that have reduced poverty the most</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-7 col-md-7 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartIndex2 chartShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <iframe class="lazy" id="datawrapper-chart-HP6mk" data-src="//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/HP6mk/2/" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width: 0; min-width: 100% !important;" height="365"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">if("undefined"==typeof window.datawrapper)window.datawrapper={};window.datawrapper["HP6mk"]={},window.datawrapper["HP6mk"].embedDeltas={"100":840,"200":601,"300":559,"400":518,"500":490,"700":476,"800":476,"900":476,"1000":476},window.datawrapper["HP6mk"].iframe=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-HP6mk"),window.datawrapper["HP6mk"].iframe.style.height=window.datawrapper["HP6mk"].embedDeltas[Math.min(1e3,Math.max(100*Math.floor(window.datawrapper["HP6mk"].iframe.offsetWidth/100),100))]+"px",window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if("undefined"!=typeof a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var b in a.data["datawrapper-height"])if("HP6mk"==b)window.datawrapper["HP6mk"].iframe.style.height=a.data["datawrapper-height"][b]+"px"});</script> </div> <div class="col-lg-5 col-md-5 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartCard2 chartCardShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <div class="lp__showcase_embed_content">   <div class="lp__blurb_text"><p>More than half of the world’s extreme poor live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, several African countries have recently made impressive gains in reducing poverty. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/here-are-top-10-sub-saharan-african-countries-have-reduced-poverty-most" target="_blank">Read More.</a></p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-7 col-md-7 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartIndex3 chartShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <iframe class="lazy" id="datawrapper-chart-0z2Y9" data-src="//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/0z2Y9/4/" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width: 0; min-width: 100% !important;" height="500"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">if("undefined"==typeof window.datawrapper)window.datawrapper={};window.datawrapper["0z2Y9"]={},window.datawrapper["0z2Y9"].embedDeltas={"100":982,"200":720,"300":589,"400":564,"500":525,"700":500,"800":475,"900":475,"1000":475},window.datawrapper["0z2Y9"].iframe=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-0z2Y9"),window.datawrapper["0z2Y9"].iframe.style.height=window.datawrapper["0z2Y9"].embedDeltas[Math.min(1e3,Math.max(100*Math.floor(window.datawrapper["0z2Y9"].iframe.offsetWidth/100),100))]+"px",window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if("undefined"!=typeof a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var b in a.data["datawrapper-height"])if("0z2Y9"==b)window.datawrapper["0z2Y9"].iframe.style.height=a.data["datawrapper-height"][b]+"px"});</script> </div> <div class="col-lg-5 col-md-5 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartCard3 chartCardShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <div class="lp__showcase_embed_content">   <div class="lp__blurb_text"><p>Today, less than 10 percent of the world population lives in extreme poverty. Based on information about basic needs collected from 15 low-income countries, the World Bank defines the extreme poor as those living on less than $1.90 a day. However, because more people in poverty live in middle-income, rather than low-income, countries today, higher poverty lines have been introduced. These lines are $3.20 and $5.50 a day, which are more typical of poverty thresholds for middle-income countries. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/nearly-1-2-world-lives-under-550-day" target="_blank">Read More</a>.</p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-7 col-md-7 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartIndex4 chartShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <iframe class="lazy" id="datawrapper-chart-pm9u3" data-src="//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/pm9u3/1/" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width: 0; min-width: 100% !important;" height="450"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">if("undefined"==typeof window.datawrapper)window.datawrapper={};window.datawrapper["pm9u3"]={},window.datawrapper["pm9u3"].embedDeltas={"100":879,"200":602,"300":531,"400":477,"500":477,"700":450,"800":450,"900":450,"1000":450},window.datawrapper["pm9u3"].iframe=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-pm9u3"),window.datawrapper["pm9u3"].iframe.style.height=window.datawrapper["pm9u3"].embedDeltas[Math.min(1e3,Math.max(100*Math.floor(window.datawrapper["pm9u3"].iframe.offsetWidth/100),100))]+"px",window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if("undefined"!=typeof a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var b in a.data["datawrapper-height"])if("pm9u3"==b)window.datawrapper["pm9u3"].iframe.style.height=a.data["datawrapper-height"][b]+"px"});</script> </div> <div class="col-lg-5 col-md-5 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartCard4 chartCardShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <div class="lp__showcase_embed_content">   <div class="lp__blurb_text"><p>Globally, extreme poverty has rapidly declined. New poverty estimates by the World Bank suggest that the number of extremely poor people — those who live on $1.90 a day or less — has fallen from 1.9 billion in 1990 to about 736 million in 2015. <b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220624052535/https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/number-extremely-poor-people-continues-rise-sub-saharan-africa" target="_blank">Read More</a>.</b></p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-7 col-md-7 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartIndex5 chartShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <iframe class="lazy" id="datawrapper-chart-elTJy" data-src="//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/elTJy/1/" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width: 0; min-width: 100% !important;" height="490"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">if("undefined"==typeof window.datawrapper)window.datawrapper={};window.datawrapper["elTJy"]={},window.datawrapper["elTJy"].embedDeltas={"100":840,"200":601,"300":559,"400":518,"500":490,"700":476,"800":476,"900":476,"1000":476},window.datawrapper["elTJy"].iframe=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-elTJy"),window.datawrapper["elTJy"].iframe.style.height=window.datawrapper["elTJy"].embedDeltas[Math.min(1e3,Math.max(100*Math.floor(window.datawrapper["elTJy"].iframe.offsetWidth/100),100))]+"px",window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if("undefined"!=typeof a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var b in a.data["datawrapper-height"])if("elTJy"==b)window.datawrapper["elTJy"].iframe.style.height=a.data["datawrapper-height"][b]+"px"});</script> </div> <div class="col-lg-5 col-md-5 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 chartCard5 chartCardShow" style="visibility: hidden; height: 0;"> <div class="lp__showcase_embed_content">   <div class="lp__blurb_text"><p>Recognizing the incompleteness of the so called monetary measure of well-being, this year’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report proposes a multidimensional poverty measure. 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