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Aid for helping countries protect themselves against climate change is not targeted at the most vulnerable countries
Size of bubbles represents volume of adaptation-related ODA commitments in 2013, US$ millions. Vulnerability to climate change is defined as a country’s ex
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Better data for better lives Data should be the basis for decision making. Better data relates to better lives through better policies, programmes, and bet
What does the new extreme poverty data show?
New World Bank data leaves our understanding of the distribution of extreme poverty and projections largely unchanged, but confirms past global poverty tar
What to do with one and a half billion dollars...
In developed countries poverty and its effects are counted by national and local government departments using data collected in the course of the planning,
Humanitarian assistance to fragile states is often volatile and unpredictable
Aid provided to fragile and conflict-affected states is often volatile and unpredictable. Across all 70 countries classified as fragile states in 2013, 36
Five reasons why ending poverty will be tougher than halving it has been
In late September, the UN General Assembly ratified the Sustainable Development Goals. These are a new set of global goals established to replace the Mille
The World Bank is changing the $1.25-a-day measure of extreme poverty
What is changing and what does it mean? The long-standing global benchmark indicator of $1.25 a day used for measuring and monitoring progress on extreme p
Gap between the best- and worst-funded UN-coordinated appeals widens
In 2014 the gap between the best- and worst-funded appeals (Ukraine and Nigeria, respectively) grew to 78% in 2014, the widest since 2008. Funding to five
Functioning birth registration systems are lacking in most African countries
Civil registration of births is essential for both statistical and administrative purposes. The data collected is needed to determine population size and u