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📅 #2023InData 🌍 MARCH: The World Bank’s global #poverty estimates were updated on the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) in March and September this year. ➡️ Explore the #data: wrld.bg/2pBy50Qojr2

Delving into the nuances of income inequality in society. What do you consider a society with high #inequality in income? Why? (Feel free to elaborate in comments) #survey

Update to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform: (1) Now reporting on societal poverty blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/socie… (2) Newsletter: stay up-to-date on our data forms.office.com/pages/response… (3) Stata users: update to pip.ado [type "pip update, gh"] World Bank Data World Bank Poverty

Join us! World Bank is co-hosting a full-day conference on February 15, 2024, with ATD Fourth World and the IMF: Addressing the Hidden Dimensions of Poverty in Knowledge and Policies. The conference includes an AM plenary featuring The Nobel Prize winner and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / Collège de France

I look forward to presenting on the @worldbank's new shared prosperity measures at the UN Statistical Commission. Please join us on Monday, 29 January at 9:00am. #UN55SC worldbank.org/en/events/2024…

This Monday, join Christoph Lakner and Nishant Yonzan at a 55th Session of @UnitedNations Statistical Commission's Side Event #UN55SC. The event will introduce two new indicators to measure shared prosperity and #inequality. Don't miss it! Join us virtually here:

Excited to announce the 2nd edition of our workshop on WEALTH INEQUALITY, INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY & EQUALITY of OPPORTUNITY at WU Vienna organized with LSE Inequalities and ZEW Nov 21 - 22, 2024 Submission DL: May 15 Keynotes: Prof Dynarski and Fabian Pfeffer (Archived)

Come and work with us! We’re looking for a Statistician and a Data Management Specialist. Deadline: 25 March 2024 Statistician: worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/careersite… Data Management Specialist: worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/careersite… World Bank Data

There is still time to apply! Be part of the World Bank's big push on strengthening its data. World Bank Data

22 countries remain entrenched in #poverty, and their GDP per capita stagnant for three decades. What are the factors keeping these countries from departing their low-income status? The answer in this blog post (and its four interactive visualizations): wrld.bg/6BXC50R3u5x

Update to World Bank poverty numbers last week: (a) Poverty numbers until 2022; (b) 101 new surveys (total>2300). blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/ma… Details: documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099… Data: pip.worldbank.org/home Stay up-to-date: eepurl.com/iKHEsI World Bank Data World Bank Poverty

22 countries remain entrenched in #poverty, and their GDP per capita stagnant for three decades. What are the factors keeping these countries from departing their low-income status? The answer in this blog post (and its four interactive visualizations): wrld.bg/4CmB50R8Bsi

Over the next 2 weeks, the World Bank Poverty will be hosting a “Summer University”, a series of dynamic training sessions organized by and for our global practice staff. World Bank is committed to investing in our team's professional growth and ensuring they enhance their technical

A world free of #poverty on a livable planet can only happen if we take action now to ensure that people living in poverty have a clear pathway out. This means investing in the productive capacity of the poor by creating more and better jobs, and ensuring more equitable access

The impact of revised 2017 PPPs on global #poverty is minimal. Discover how these updates reflect changes in expenditure weights across various countries and world regions. Full story and data visualizations: wrld.bg/8wRN50SbRRI

Are the poorest countries being left behind? Out of 51 countries categorized as low-income in 1987, 29 have grown their economies and graduated to middle or high income status. The remaining 22 seem to be trapped: their GDP per capita has barely grown at an annual rate of

📌11th ECINEQ Conference📌 Happy to announce that the 11th ECINEQ Conference will be hosted by World Bank from July 9 to July 11, 2025. Local organizers: Luis Felipe López-Calva, Deon Filmer, Haishan Fu. More info in the coming months. Nora Lustig Cecilia García Peñalosa Elena Bárcena Martín

Did COVID-19 nowcasts hit the mark in predicting poverty changes? Our new analysis examines the effectiveness of these predictions, highlighting the successes and shortcomings of the models used. Learn more about the impacts and implications. ➡️ wrld.bg/2Rsy50SuP2m

Reducing #inequality is key to sustainable development as it negatively affects opportunities, quality of governance, poverty reduction, economic growth, and social cohesion. The identification of countries with a Gini index above 40 is the first within-country inequality