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- #Finland 🇫🇮 is roughly 150 years ahead of the 5 least developed countries on the path to advanced living standards. Our #WBGAtlas measures countries’ trajectories in years—and shows how the global slowdown is lengthening the journey for many economies: wrld.bg/9MUE50Zeeru
- Aluminum, copper, and tin prices are expected to hit record highs in 2026, driven by supply constraints and resilient demand from clean energy, AI data centers, and digital infrastructure. Read more: wrld.bg/Q1Io50Zeeqw
- Seven charts reveal how rural-urban infrastructure gaps reflect deeper inequalities. From water access to power and clean cooking, data show that investing in rural services is one of the fastest ways to reduce poverty and improve lives. ➡️ wrld.bg/il3150Zeetn
- Every city has invisible maps: • Where people move • Where services cluster • Where access breaks down Learning to think spatially helps economists see these patterns—and analyze them. Read more: wrld.bg/lEvk50Zeep4
- The world reduced extreme poverty from about 60% of humanity in 1950 to roughly 10% today—one of the greatest development successes in history. But here's the warning: More than half of the world's poor now live in countries where poverty is not falling: wrld.bg/qZhk50Zeeo5
- Datasets are cited in countless ways — acronyms, aliases, partial names. #AI can learn to recognize them all, thanks to synthetic training data that mirror real citation patterns. Here we explain how: wrld.bg/LJqV50Zeenq
- Global #poverty has declined — yet inequality between regions has deepened. Low-income countries’ share of the world’s poor nearly doubled in ten years, even though their populations barely grew. 5 key facts: wrld.bg/6KbR50Zeel1
- Where is global investment headed? Explore the data to see what it says about digital innovation and the energy transition—and what it means for developing economies: wrld.bg/YVGh50Zeeix
- With global growth forecast at a post-pandemic low of 2.5%, the decisions governments make now will shape the trajectory for years to come. ➡️ wrld.bg/Mrqo50Zeei0 #GEP2026
- Global development is not one story. It unfolds across five pillars: People, Planet, Prosperity, Infrastructure, and Digital. Which countries are moving fastest—and which are losing ground? Explore the Atlas: wrld.bg/CShi50ZeehI #WBGAtlas
GIF - 78 inspectors. 568 schools. Five regions. By replacing paper forms with digital tools, Guinea-Bissau is turning school inspections into data-driven decisions. Read more about how our GEMS initiative is supporting education monitoring: wrld.bg/A32e50ZeegN
- What if poverty stopped falling? If today's trends persist, projections suggest 600 million more people could be living in extreme poverty by 2050. New Atlas of Global Development data explore the risks ahead: wrld.bg/5Vvb50Zee7j
