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We face big challenges to help the world's poorest people and ensure that everyone sees benefits from economic growth. Data and research help us understand these challenges and set priorities, share knowledge of what works, and measure progress.
We face big challenges to help the world's poorest people and ensure that everyone sees benefits from economic growth. Data and research help us understand these challenges and set priorities, share knowledge of what works, and measure progress.
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Featured Stories
Jan 18, 2023
Universal Health Coverage as a Sustainable Development Goal
Oct 13, 2022
Government budget credibility and the impact of COVID-19
Jul 13, 2022
Purchasing Power Parities - putting a global public good to work in socioeconomic analyses
Aug 17, 2021
Accounting for parallel exchange rates in country classification by income
May 14, 2021
The Statistical Performance Indicators
Apr 28, 2021
Lessons from the fight to contain measles
Sep 16, 2019
Female Genital Mutilation is still practiced around the world
Sep 12, 2019
The global distribution of air pollution
Sep 11, 2019
Societal Poverty: A global measure of relative poverty
Sep 10, 2019
Many African economies are larger than previously estimated
Sep 09, 2019
Classifying countries by income
Jul 08, 2019
World’s population will reach nearly 10 billion by 2050
Oct 08, 2018
A changing world population
Oct 07, 2018
Tracking poverty in its many forms
National vs international poverty lines.
Oct 06, 2018
Adjusting for price differences across the world
Poverty and Inequality
Aug 09, 2018
Are the poor catching up?
Aug 09, 2018
As countries urbanize, poverty falls
Aug 09, 2018
Where do the world’s poorest people live today?
People
Oct 09, 2018
Do children who work attend school?
Oct 01, 2018
In Sub-Saharan Africa, HIV is more common among young women than young men
Aug 09, 2018
Globally, more than 1 in 10 people defecate in the open
Environment
Sep 12, 2019
Oil’s contribution to Middle Eastern economies has fluctuated in recent years
Aug 09, 2018
In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than half the population still lack access to electricity
Aug 09, 2018
The world’s largest economies have been using energy more efficiently
Economy
Feb 22, 2019
Economic recovery by countries has been a mixed bag since crisis
Feb 22, 2019
Middle-income countries taking greater share of global economy
Feb 22, 2019
In 2017, services were the main driver of economic growth in BRICS
States and Markets
Mar 05, 2019
Electricity hook-ups now take less time in many countries
Feb 22, 2019
Non performing loans are increasing in many European and Sub-Saharan African economies
Aug 13, 2018
Military expenditure has decreased as a share of the global economy, but increased in absolute terms
Global Links
Aug 13, 2018
Debt flows into low- and middle-income countries rebounded in 2016
Aug 13, 2018
Globally, foreign direct investment decreased in 2016
Aug 13, 2018
Only 1 in 10 refugees is hosted by high income countries
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