Through 21 spatial layers, the World Bank's GEEST tool evaluates women's access to employment opportunities by contextualizing and enhancing our understanding of gender dynamics in the…

Clara Ivanescu, Carolina Mayen Huerta, Anna Tabitha Bonfert |

The full value of data rests in its conversion to public policies or when is used to increase accountability. Academic research is a major source of these insights. But how can we tell if…

Brian Stacy, Lucas Kitzmueller, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Umar Serajuddin, Xiaoyu Wang |

The World Bank's “Women, Business and the Law” (WBL) index serves as a potent tool to promote legislative reforms for gender equality: Despite persistent challenges, data shows that the…

Aieshwarya Davis, Julia Braunmiller |

The World Bank released new data for the Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI)—a set of 50+ indicators which measure the performance of national statistical systems around the globe.

Umar Serajuddin, Brian Stacy |

Energy prices dropped 6.3% in December, led by European natural gas (-20.6%) and oil (-6.9%), the World Bank's Pink Sheet reported. Non-energy prices eased by 1.6%.

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |

Understanding and building Indigenous resilience to climate change in South Asia

Robin Mearns, Caroline Mary Sage |

Energy prices declined 8.2% in November, led by coal (-12.9%) and oil (-8.7%), the World Bank's Pink Sheet reported. Non-energy prices were up by 1.7%.

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |

“From Drought to Floods: The Impact on Labor in the Coastal Zones of Uruguay, from East to West,” our data project tackling and explaining these issues, was awarded the data visualization prize at…

Miguel Angel Dobrich, Gabriel Farias |

The Global Partnership held a data visualization contest, supported by the World Bank, in September for anyone interested in displaying data from the World Bank or other government data sets to…

Divyanshi Wadhwa |

Energy prices eased 1.8% in October, led by coal (-12.5%) and oil (-3.4%), the World Bank's Pink Sheet reported. Non-energy prices were down by 1.6%.

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |