Today, the World Bank launched a comprehensive analysis of the welfare conditions of the Somali population. TheHigh Frequency Survey reportsays every second Somali is living in poverty, with poor households more likely to be deprived beyond monetary poverty as well, and less likely to participate in the labor market.

The rate of poverty, defined as expenditure for consumption lower than the international poverty line of $1.90 a day, varies considerably across different pockets of the population, ranging in different areas from 26% to 70%.

"Improving active labor market participation, in particular among women, will be important to sustain economic development,”saidBella Bird, World Bank Country Director for Tanzania, Malawi, Burundi and Somalia. "Access to, and availability of, education must improve to reduce inequality and poverty.”.

The Somali population is slowly recovering from its worst drought in decades. About 6.7 million people have needed humanitarian assistance and support for recovery in the first half of 2017.

Today, the World Bank launched a comprehensive analysis of the welfare conditions of the Somali population. TheHigh Frequency Survey reportsays every second Somali is living in poverty, with poor households more likely to be deprived beyond monetary poverty as well, and less likely to participate in the labor market.

The rate of poverty, defined as expenditure for consumption lower than the international poverty line of $1.90 a day, varies considerably across different pockets of the population, ranging in different areas from 26% to 70%.

"Improving active labor market participation, in particular among women, will be important to sustain economic development,”saidBella Bird, World Bank Country Director for Tanzania, Malawi, Burundi and Somalia. "Access to, and availability of, education must improve to reduce inequality and poverty.”.

The Somali population is slowly recovering from its worst drought in decades. About 6.7 million people have needed humanitarian assistance and support for recovery in the first half of 2017.