7 Feb 2012
Last week, about 50 people attended a meeting at the World Bank on ways that climate data and open source tools might be harnessed to address the challenges of climate change and development. The occasion for the meeting was the Apps For Climate competition, currently underway with a submission deadline of March 16th. But with both climate specialists and developers in the room, participants were just as interested in discussing the current state of knowledge, and exploring ways to bridge...
3 Feb 2012
Globally, girls are less likely to attend school, have secure jobs, or hold public office. But by most measures, they have an advantage in one area: malnutrition.
1 Feb 2012
The Climate Data Meeting yesterday was a big success. About 30 people attended the World Bank event in person, with a fairly equal mix of backgrounds in climate and application development. Another 21+ people attended via the online video conference.
12 Jan 2012
Join us at the World Bank on January 31st for a discussion about using open data to address the challenges of climate change.
20 Dec 2011
Updates to external debt, Doing Business, and more
The World Development Indicators database was updated on December 15, 2011. The update features new external debt data, Doing Business and Enterprise Surveys indicators, immunization and tuberculosis series, and revised national accounts, balance of payments, monetary and government finance indicators, and education statistics. Emissions and energy-related data, including twenty new indicators, have been updated to coincide with the release of...
15 Dec 2011
As another year comes to a close, it seems a good time to look at what actually happened to international capital flows to developing countries in 2010 and what that may tell us about how they are likely to have shaped up in 2011.
7 Dec 2011
The new Poverty & Equity Data site at povertydata.worldbank.org/ offers visitors easily comparable statistics that is critical for anybody seeking to keep poverty reduction on the world’s agenda.
2 Dec 2011
On December 2nd, 2011 the World Bank Group announced the launch of a new “Apps for Climate” competition, to discover extraordinary ways to use open climate data.
1 Dec 2011
The World Bank, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Estonia, and Finland have announced their endorsement of the Open Aid Partnership in Busan, Korea, during the
