Data News

Bhutan bets on digital payments to improve services

Savinay Grover|
Digital Development, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Urban Development

Making a better poverty map

Carlos Rodríguez Castelán, Ingmar Weber, Damien Jacques, Trevor Monroe|
Poverty

New country classifications by income level: 2019-2020

World Bank Data Team|

Moving towards gender equality: A new index looks at legal reforms to help women’s economic inclusion

Do you think the world is becoming more equal for women at work? The recently published Women, Business and the Law 2019: A Decade of Reform gives us some insight. While achieving gender equality…

Sarah Iqbal, Rita Ramalho|
Gender, Governance

7 data innovation projects win funding to tackle local challenges

How can data be used to improve disease outbreak warning, urban planning, air quality, or agricultural production? Seven winning projects, which will receive support from the third round of…

World Bank Data Team|
Education, Health, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Urban Development