Data News

The World Bank, in collaboration with the government of Colombia, is developing a prototype dashboard that helps policy makers on a near real-time basis monitor the interplay of virus spread,…

Jeremy Veillard, Adalsteinn Brown, Santiago De la Cadena Becerra|

The International Comparison Program (ICP) released its 2017 purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates on May 19th 2020, enabling governments and others to compare the real level of economic…

Yan Bai, William A. Masters|

In the beginning of March, when countries outside the East Asia region were still in the early stages of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (…

Sun Hwa Song, Masako Hiraga|

Crude oil prices have plummeted since the start of the year, dropping 65% between January and April. Brent crude oil prices averaged $23/bbl in April, a multi-decade low...

Peter Nagle|

Lockdowns implemented to reduce transmission of the novel coronavirus have brought economic activity to a grinding halt in most parts of the world. There is an urgent need for policies that…

Javier E. Baez, Varun Kshirsagar, Emmanuel Skoufias|