Poverty
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The Poverty Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
World Bank Group. Open Knowledge The poverty cost of greenhouse gas emissions highlights a central tension in global development: economic growth reduces poverty today but contributes to climate change that…
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(March 2026) Update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform
World Bank. March 2026 Update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) The March 2026 Update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) presents the latest revisions to global poverty…
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The World Is Developing at Its Slowest Pace in 75 Years
World Bank. Policy Research Working Paper This paper introduces a new way to measure global development and delivers a concerning conclusion: the world is progressing at its slowest rate since…
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Multidimensional Poverty
World Bank. Why Not Make Up the Missing Joint Distribution Data? This paper by Benoit Decerf, Mery Ferrando, and Balint Menyhert examines a key limitation in multidimensional poverty measurement: the…
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Tinubu’s UK state visit: diplomacy alone won’t fix Nigeria’s problems
President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to the United Kingdom highlights Nigeria’s growing international visibility, but it also raises a deeper question: whether high-profile diplomacy is actually improving conditions at home.…