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Jul 9
The world's income map has shifted since 1987. Low-income countries went from 30% to 11% High-income economies went from 25% to 41% Learn more with the recently launched 2026-2027 @WorldBankGroup Country Income Classifications: blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/wh…
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Should the world replace the extreme poverty line with a much higher threshold? Doing so would change not just how poverty is measured, but whose deprivation receives the most attention. Three reasons to retain an extreme #poverty benchmark: blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/wh…
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AI may be a general-purpose technology. But does it work equally well in every language? Languages spoken in poorer countries are often vastly underrepresented online—even when they have hundreds of millions of speakers. See what the data say: blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/ho… #WBGAtlas
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How can meaningful citizen engagement strengthen the way data are produced? Join the Collaborative on Citizen Data on August 27 for an online consultation to help shape new guidance: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 8:00 AM EDT | 2:00 PM CEST | 3:00 PM EAT
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Aug 24
The @WorldBankGroup released its 2026-2027 Country Income Classifications. Six economies moved to a higher income category, and no countries moved down. What is driving these movements? 🔗 blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/wh…