Global Inequality

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Future Development

Europe is aging—it’s high time to invest in youth

Christian Bodewig

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC1198648440

Future Development

How Europe can upgrade its ‘convergence machine’ for greater equality

Christian Bodewig and Cristobal Ridao-Cano

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Inpec officers register FARC rebels before they leave El Buen Pastor prison in Bogota, Colombia January 20, 2016. Colombia's government released on Wednesday 16 of the 30 imprisoned FARC rebels the government had decided to pardon in late November. The move represents a unilateral gesture on behalf of the government, after assessing compliance with the unilateral ceasefire by The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and as a consequence in the reduction of violence as the peace deal progresses. REUTERS/Omar Nieto/high commissioner for peace /Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. - GF20000102631

Future Development

Measuring the gender justice gap

Paul Prettitore and Sandie Okoro

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Gulaban, 25, mother of three, climbs into a 60-tonne truck, during a training session of the Female Dump Truck Driver Programme, held by the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), in Islamkot, Tharparkar, Pakistan September 21, 2017. Picture taken September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro - RC14E23BF690

Future Development

How to boost female employment in South Asia

Martin Rama and Ana Revenga

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Reports

An elephant walks in Amboseli National Park in front of Kilimanjaro Mountain, Kenya, March 19, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DB6795A50

Global Development

What’s happening to the world income distribution? The elephant chart revisited

Homi Kharas and Brina Seidel

Monday, April 2, 2018

A baby is weighted on a scale in a health clinic in the capital Juba, South Sudan, January 23, 2017. Picture taken January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - RC157C1D0FF0

Global Health

Change of pace: Accelerations and advances during the Millennium Development Goal era

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Developing Economies

Broadening the benefits of growth

Landry Signé

Thursday, January 11, 2018

A maize plant is seen among other dried maize at a field in Hoopstad, a maize-producing district in the Free State province, South Africa, January 13, 2016. South Africa suffered its driest year on record in 2015, the national weather service said on Thursday, as a drought that has threatened the vital maize crop and hit economic growth showed no sign of abating. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF20000094471

Global Development

When will things change? Looking for signs of progress on ending rural hunger

Geoffrey Gertz, Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Lorenz Noe

Saturday, October 14, 2017

New Rohingya refugees take shelter during rain as they arrive near the Kutupalang makeshift Refugee Camp, in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain - RTX3DT4E

Global Governance & Politics

Democracy and human security

Ted Piccone

September 2017

Blog Posts

An Algerian staff at a production plant works in Ain Kebira, 300 km (186 miles) east of Algiers, March 28, 2009. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the overwhelming favourite to win elections on April 9, has pledged $150 billion to modernise the economy, build 1 million homes and address mass unemployment which stands officially at 12 percent but rises to 70 percent among the young. Yet critics say many of the projects are behind schedule and failing to create the millions of jobs needed to restore hope to the population of Africa's second-biggest country. Photo taken March 28, 2009. To match feature ALGERIA-INDUSTRY/ REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA BUSINESS POLITICS) - GM1E5470LIW01

Future Development

A leap in gender equality begins with better data

George Ingram and Nora O’Connell

Friday, May 4, 2018

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Labor market and inequality in South Africa

Dhruv Gandhi

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Elephant walk during sunset in Amboseli National park, Kenya August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic - S1BETXRBWFAE

Future Development

New insights into the distribution of world income

Homi Kharas and Brina Seidel

Monday, April 9, 2018

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Events

2018

May

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Economic mobility across generations around the world

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The World Bank Group’s Mission to End Extreme Poverty: A conversation with President Jim Yong Kim

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Overcoming barriers: Sustainable development, productive cities, and structural transformation in Africa

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Washington, DC

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Declining Inequality in Latin America

Edited by Luis Felipe López-Calva and Nora Claudia Lustig

2010

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Multimedia

Zhang Yingyi, a 30-year-old administrative assistant and a mother of a three-year-old girl, smiles as she poses for a photograph at her home in Shanghai, China,

Emerging Markets

The global middle class

Homi Kharas and Fred Dews

Friday, May 19, 2017

Storm clouds hover as a cyclist rides past a field of maize after late rains near Malawi's capital Lilongwe, February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs.About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX24Z7D

Africa in focus

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Africa in focus

Thunder is not yet rain: Sustaining progress towards realizing Africa’s vision

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

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Global Inequality

Europe is aging—it’s high time to invest in youth

How Europe can upgrade its ‘convergence machine’ for greater equality

Measuring the gender justice gap

How to boost female employment in South Asia

Reports

What’s happening to the world income distribution? The elephant chart revisited

Change of pace: Accelerations and advances during the Millennium Development Goal era

Broadening the benefits of growth

When will things change? Looking for signs of progress on ending rural hunger

Democracy and human security

Blog Posts

A leap in gender equality begins with better data

Figures of the week: Labor market and inequality in South Africa

New insights into the distribution of world income

Events

Economic mobility across generations around the world

The World Bank Group’s Mission to End Extreme Poverty: A conversation with President Jim Yong Kim

Overcoming barriers: Sustainable development, productive cities, and structural transformation in Africa

Related Books

Declining Inequality in Latin America

Multimedia

The global middle class

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Thunder is not yet rain: Sustaining progress towards realizing Africa’s vision

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