, public expenditure, real exchange rate changes, gross domestic product growth relative to the rest of the world, trade …

followed by a corresponding increase in freight moved by rail. This report highlights the fact that, in a world of changing …

A star is born -- Freeing the world of poverty -- How much farther can we see? -- Where to now? …

extremes considered highly unusual or unprecedented today would become the new climate normal-a world of increased risks and …, and reducing global inequality will be very challenging in a 2 Degree C world, but in a 4 Degree C world there is serious … felt today and the unavoidable consequences of a rapidly warming world. The benefits of strong, early action on climate …

World Development Indicators (WDI) - the World Bank's compilation of internationally comparable statistics about global …, emphasizing issues considered important by experts in the World Bank's Global Practices and Cross Cutting Solution Areas …

In 2011 the World Bank-with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-launched the Global Findex database, the … world's most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. Drawing on survey data … collected in collaboration with Gallup, Incorporated, the Global Findex database covers more than 140 economies around the world …