Adopted by United Nations member states in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development constitutes a comprehensive framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets to inspire ...

The Africa Development Indicators 2012/13 is the latest data from the World Bank on social and economic conditions across the continent There is increased demand for information to monitor development ...

In this paper we describe the Subnational Human Development Database. This database contains for the period 1990–2017 for 1625 regions within 161 countries the national and subnational values of the ...

Where should you go if you want reliable, detailed data on fragile states, land grabs or trade deals? It’s easy to be a bit nostalgic for work pre-internet, when research could involve exploring the ...

After obtaining freedom 75 years ago, India battled with poverty, hunger, poor healthcare, and lack of basic facilities for its citizens. Today, when we compare States and Union Territories on various ...

Development moving on an uneven path because State have a very high GDP that might be derived from the exploitation of rich oil reserves but their segments of the population live in poverty and lack ...

The production of indicators, such as the World Economic Forum’s ranking of economies on competitiveness, is a political process. Reuters/Victor Ruiz Garcia With the turn to evidence-based governance, ...