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Has the goalpost for ending extreme poverty been shifted?
June 10, 2025
Has the goalpost for ending extreme poverty been shifted?

Why is the fight against tuberculosis far from over? The answer in four charts
March 24, 2025
Why is the fight against tuberculosis far from over? The answer in four charts

Tracing global trends in education: a tale of old and new gender gaps
June 3, 2024
Tracing global trends in education: a tale of old and new gender gaps

Are SDGs 1 and 2 diverging? New data innovations to better monitor poverty and food security
Nov 16, 2023
Are SDGs 1 and 2 diverging? New data innovations to better monitor poverty and food security

Where do the poor live? It depends on how poverty is defined
Aug 2, 2023
Where in the world do the poor live? It depends on how poverty is defined

Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2023
Jun 21, 2023
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2023

Universal Health Coverage as a Sustainable Development Goal
Jan 18, 2023
Universal Health Coverage as a Sustainable Development Goal

Government budget credibility and the impact of COVID-19
Oct 13, 2022
Government budget credibility and the impact of COVID-19

Purchasing Power Parities - putting a global public good to work in socioeconomic analyses
Jul 13, 2022
Purchasing Power Parities - putting a global public good to work in socioeconomic analyses

Accounting for Parallel Exchange Rates in World Bank Classifications of Countries by Income Level
Aug 17, 2021
Accounting for parallel exchange rates in country classification by income

The Statistical Performance Indicators: Data about data
May 14, 2021
The Statistical Performance Indicators

Lessons from the fight to contain measles
Apr 28, 2021
Lessons from the fight to contain measles

Female Genital Mutilation is still practiced around the world
Sep 16, 2019
Female Genital Mutilation is still practiced around the world

The global distribution of air pollution
Sep 12, 2019
The global distribution of air pollution

Societal Poverty: A global measure of relative poverty
Sep 11, 2019
Societal Poverty: A global measure of relative poverty

Poverty and Inequality

Where in the world do the poor live? It depends on how poverty is defined
Aug 02, 2023
Where in the world do the poor live? It depends on how poverty is defined

Progress, challenges in ending extreme poverty
Jun 21, 2023
Progress, challenges in ending extreme poverty

Progress and setbacks in reducing income inequalities
Jun 21, 2023
Progress and setbacks in reducing income inequalities

People

Tracing global trends in education
June 3, 2024
Tracing global trends in education: a tale of old and new gender gaps

The impact of COVID-19 on global health
Jun 21, 2023
The impact of COVID-19 on global health

Universal Health Coverage as a Sustainable Development Goal
Jan 18, 2023
Universal Health Coverage as a Sustainable Development Goal

Environment

Access to universal and sustainable electricity: Meeting the challenge
Jun 21, 2023
Access to universal and sustainable electricity: Meeting the challenge

Ending overfishing: An urgent need to protect our oceans
Jun 21, 2023
Ending overfishing: An urgent need to protect our oceans

Deforestation: Accelerating climate change and threatening biodiversity
Jun 21, 2023
Deforestation: Accelerating climate change and threatening biodiversity

Economy

World Bank Group country classifications by income level for FY24
Jun 30, 2023
World Bank Group country classifications by income level for FY24

Rebuilding economies after COVID-19: Will countries recover?
Jun 21, 2023
Rebuilding economies after COVID-19: Will countries recover?

Accounting for parallel exchange rates in World Bank classifications of countries by income level
Aug 17, 2021
Accounting for parallel exchange rates in World Bank classifications of countries by income level

States and Markets

Sustainable transport for a livable future
Jun 21, 2023
Sustainable transport for a livable future

Government budget credibility and the impact of COVID-19
Oct 13, 2023
Government budget credibility and the impact of COVID-19

The Statistical Performance Indicators: A Fresh Way to Gauge a Nation’s Statistical Performance
Aug 13, 2018
The Statistical Performance Indicators: A Fresh Way to Gauge a Nation’s Statistical Performance

Global Links

Development assistance as a catalyst for progres
Jun 21, 2023
Development assistance as a catalyst for progres

Remittances: a lifeline for many economies
Nov 16, 2020
Remittances: a lifeline for many economies

Partnership for global development
May 24, 2018
Partnership for global development


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