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World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives — Leveraging greater value from data to help the poor

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Illustration from Chapter 2 of the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives

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Nepal National Account Rebasing chart

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The size of the Asia and the Pacific economy based on purchasing power parities: results from the International Comparison Program

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International Comparison Program

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The size of the Asia and the Pacific economy based on purchasing power parities: results from the International Comparison Program

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Demystifying ICP Purchasing Power Parity calculations using Python

Chart: PPP-based GDP, GDP per capita and GDP price level index for Arab region economies, 2017

The ICP in Western Asia: turning the spotlight on Arab economies

global trading blocs

Global trading blocs through the lens of ICP 2017 results

chart: Employment in agriculture has declined as higher productivity sectors have grown in Asia and Africa

Updated PPP-based productivity measures show steep increase in regions transitioning out of agricultural-heavy economies

Chart: ICP classifications

How does the ICP measure price levels across the world?

Chart: middle income economies

The size of the world economy in 2019: A baseline from which to measure the impact of COVID-19 and track economic recovery

Data Charts

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脆弱性・紛争の影響下（FCS）と非FCSそれぞれに居住する貧困層の数（単位：100万人）

What could stop the world from ending poverty? Think fragility and conflict

chart: 1 in 3 businesses owned by women

Women entrepreneurs needed—stat!

Countries with low access to basic handwashing facilities are concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa

Many homes in low- and lower middle-income countries lack basic handwashing facilities

Poverty rates by Fragility and Conflict Status (FCS)

Living in a two-speed world: Extreme poverty is declining in most countries but stagnating in economies in fragility or conflict

chart: Two decades of progress in the world’s poorest countries

Chart: Two decades of progress in the world’s poorest countries

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