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 expected future human capital of children born today, following the methodology of the World Bank Human Capital Index …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 VIX, the U.S. real interest rate and real exchange rate, U.S. GDP growth, and world commodity prices) that explain …

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 …