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  • Gapminder Data and Visualisation Tools

    Gapminder offers open development data compiled from the World Bank and other sources together with interactive visualisation tools. With the mission of correcting misconceptions with data, it suits teaching and preliminary exploration; data may be reused with attribution.

  • World Bank Open Data

    World Bank Open Data provides development indicators for more than 200 countries and regions, covering poverty, growth, trade, education, health and the environment. The data are open under CC BY 4.0 and can be downloaded freely or accessed via API.

  • The Global South Agenda Restarts: Development Finance, Debt and Governance Representation

    “Global South” is becoming an important category in international discussion, yet it is highly diverse internally. This article examines three core issues of the Global South agenda — development finance, debt governance and institutional representation — and asks whether the multilateral system’s response is sufficient.

  • Beyond the Growth Narrative: How Public Policy Measures “Development Quality”

    GDP growth cannot capture the full meaning of development. This article discusses the international shift in policy evaluation from quantity to quality: how multidimensional indicators, distribution and sustainability enter the governance agenda, and what this means for research institutions.

  • The Global Picture of Supply Chain Reconfiguration: Rebalancing Resilience and Efficiency (research note)

    Global supply chains are moving from a single efficiency logic towards resilience and efficiency together. This note reviews the drivers of reconfiguration, the divergent policy orientations of states, and the channels through which reconfiguration affects developing economies.