Data News

Marking ten years of open access at the World Bank Group

Ten years ago, the World Bank Group (WBG) launched its Open Access (OA) Policy for Formal Publications, making it easier to share and re-use World Bank books and other content. But how did…

Elisa Liberatori Prati|

Integrated national data ecosystems: the next stage of digital transformation

The traditional approach to data management is no longer adequate—data must be shared and used across disciplines, sectors, and platforms.

Declan Deasy, Yaroslav Eferin, Oleg Petrov|
Digital Development, Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships

Quick, friendly, but powerful: The World Bank’s new site for data on poverty and inequality

Today, the World Bank is launching the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP), a simple yet comprehensive tool to access our poverty and inequality estimates.

Deon Filmer, Haishan Fu, Carolina Sánchez-Páramo|
Poverty

Three ways to tackle gender data gaps – and 12 countries embracing the challenge

World Bank Strengthening Gender Statistics project is partnering with National Statistical Offices in twelve IDA-19 countries to support the production of gender data in the economic domain.

Anna Tabitha Bonfert, Talip Kilic, Heather Moylan, Miriam Muller|
Gender, Poverty

New global survey shows that some statistical systems are being left behind

In recent years and in multiple fora, governments around the world have recognized that all countries need to have accessible, timely, and reliable disaggregated data to measure progress and…

Haishan Fu, Johannes Jütting, Stefan Schweinfest|