scale. This study, by a team of World Bank Group economists led by Michele Ruta, analyzes the economics of the initiative …

Over the last decade, a policy revolution has been underway in the developing and emerging world. Country after country … are called, have spread rapidly from their early prominence in the middle-income countries of Latin America and Europe … the World Bank's ASPIRE database and other sources. Why have so many countries made a firm commitment to incorporate …

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the data -- Introduction -- The world by income, FY2017 -- The world by region … the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The Atlas primarily draws on World Development Indicators (WDI) - the World Bank … and scope of the SDGs, the editors have been selective, emphasizing issues considered important by experts in the World …

world. This one-of-a-kind annual resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of which are described and assessed. Using … rankings -- 5. Which cities are the most competitive in the world? -- 6. What are the characteristics of global urban …