This paper documents inequality in health and education outcomes by constructing an index of human capital … the expected future human capital of children born today, following the methodology of the World Bank Human Capital Index …

applies not just to the vulnerable in the rich world; the vulnerable in the rest of the world are not more immune. Yet … inequality creates the impression that the world is subjected to two different pandemics in terms of their impact. This paper … yet to run its course through the age distributions of the world …

What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World … Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the …

The World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI) is based on the productivity gains of future workers from human capital …