This paper documents inequality in health and education outcomes by constructing an index of human capital … disaggregated by quintiles of socioeconomic status (SES) for a sample 51 mostly low- and middle-income countries. The index measures … the expected future human capital of children born today, following the methodology of the World Bank Human Capital Index …

This paper describes the methodology for a new World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI). The HCI combines indicators of …

major hazards change over the coming decades? This paper develops a global urban disaster risk index that evaluates the …, and landslides, single hazard risk indices are developed. In addition, a multi-hazard index gives a holistic picture of …

The Cultural Trade Index aims to shed light on cultural trade and stimulate interest in how this little-known area can … contribute to economic diversification, boost shared prosperity, and reduce extreme poverty. As the first index of its kind, the … Cultural Trade Index would gather cultural trade data scattered across different sources, place them in one place, and show how …