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Report aims to provide a framework that can manage the trade-offs and deliver the best possible outcomes on the three corners of the iron triangle of economic developmentPoverty, Prosperity, and Planet.

Key findings of the Report

  • Stalled Global poverty reduction: It has slowed to a near standstill during past 5-years impacted by ‘polycrisis’.
    • Polycrisis refers to a situation where the multiple crises of slow economic growth, increased fragility, climate risks, and heightened uncertainty have come together at the same time - making national development strategies and international cooperation difficult.
  • Non-attainment of targets: Global population living in extreme poverty is projected to be 7.3% in 2030 (8.5% in 2024). This is double the World Bank target of 3% and farther from the elimination target of UN SDGs.
  • Global Prosperity Gap: Stalled progress since pandemic, highlighting slowdown in inclusive income growth.
    • Prosperity Gap is the average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone in the world to the prosperity standard of $25 per person per day.
  • India: Significant fall in Indians living in extreme poverty from 431 million (1990) to 129 million (2024).
    • Currently, World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $2.15 per person per day.

Proposed Pathways and Priorities

  • Faster and inclusive growth: Increasing labour productivity, income, and employment.
  • Climate resilience: Protecting from climate shocks by enhancing risk management and mitigation, synergising policies to ameliorate trade-offs between growing incomes and lowering emissions.
  • Priorities from global perspective
    • Low-income countries: Prioritize poverty reduction by fostering investment in human, physical, and financial capital.
    • Middle-income countries: Prioritize income growth that reduces vulnerability and pursue synergies  such as cutting air pollution.
    • High-income and upper-middle-income countries: Accelerate mitigation while managing transition costs.
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