Data News

Each year on July 1 the World Bank revises its classification of the world’s economies based on estimates of gross national income (GNI) per capita for the previous year. Income classifications on…

New web-based tool makes information about national statistical systems easier to find and share ‘I found your site by accident today while researching statistical needs for health indicators on…

Living Standard Measurement Study (LSMS) team plays vital role and travels many back roads Eighty-eight surveys of very poor households spanning 26 years, 90% of them open to the public Firsthand…

Global community meet to discuss implementation of SDMX, and showcase tools The third SDMX Global Conference took place in Washington during May 2-4, 2011.  Hosted by the World Bank and IMF, the…

It’s been a year since the World Bank made its public databases, including the World Development Indicators database available as open data: free of charge, in accessible non-proprietary machine-…