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Energy prices retreated while non-energy prices advanced in January—Pink Sheet

Energy commodity prices declined more than 3% in January, led by natural gas in Europe (-21%) and the U.S. (-9.5%) the World Bank Pink Sheet reported. Crude oil fell as well (-2.7%)...

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang|

Let’s get counting: the Disability Measurement in Household Surveys Guidebook is out!

An estimated one billion people worldwide live with a disability. In many low-income countries, persons with disabilities are excluded from participating in socioeconomic opportunities due to…

Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Valentina Costa, Marco Tiberti|

How we mass-produced reproducible Human Capital Project country briefs

At the World Bank, and other international institutions, the demand for country-specific briefs on recently released global/regional data is often high. Country briefs play a key role in…

R. Andres Castaneda Aguilar, Zelalem Yilma Debebe, Martín E. De Simone|

10 transformative charts from the past decade of development (part 1)

How has development transformed over the past decade? What ideas have changed the way we think about issues like education, migration, microfinance, and inequality? ? Since 2013, the World Bank’s…

Ryan Hahn, Raka Banerjee|
Education, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Inequality and Shared Prosperity

Big data & the public sector: Resource blessing or curse?

Both governments and development partners need to start thinking proactively about the upsides and downsides of digital data assets.

Jim Brumby, Kai Kaiser|
Governance