This blog presents revised diet affordability data from Food Prices for Nutrition. These data incorporate updated income distributions and international poverty lines based on 2017 purchasing…

Yan Bai, Edie Purdie, Maurice Nsabimana, Marko Rissanen |

March 8th has passed, yet many gender challenges remain.

Hugo Ñopo |

The state of education in a country has cascading impacts across multiple facets of development. In line with SDG 4, providing equitable quality education remains a key mission for countries,…

Akuffo Amankwah, Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Maryam Gul |

Universal access to education – the focus of Sustainable Development Goal 4 – is one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability.…

Edie Purdie |

In 2021, five million children died before reaching their fifth birthday. Over half of these deaths, 2.7 million, occurred among children aged 1-59 months, while the remainder, 2.3 million,…

Emi Suzuki, Haruna Kashiwase |

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) continues data collection for the Uganda High-Frequency Phone Survey (UHFPS). The survey was initially used to track the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on…

Aziz Atamanov, Frédéric Cochinard, John Ilukor, Talip Kilic, Giulia Ponzini |

The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens the uneven recovery of East Asia and Pacific. The invasion comes on top of the economic distress caused by the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the financial…

Aaditya Mattoo, Ekaterine T. Vashakmadze, Ergys Islamaj |

By improving their skills, health, knowledge, and resilience—their human capital—people can be more productive, flexible, and innovative. Human capital (HC) is a central driver of sustainable…

Martín E. De Simone, Janssen Teixeira, Alice Renaud, Binta Massaquoi |

February 6 marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). FGM is a harmful practice involving the cutting or removal of the external female genitalia.

Haruna Kashiwase |

2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to stark relief the importance of equitable education and training. While many countries have made significant progress in improving human capital over…

Shobhana Sosale, Sarah Bunker, Laura McDonald, Eliana Rubiano-Matulevich |