The European version, by contrast, has been more focused on making energy more expensive by forcing consumers to use wind and solar. And, on that basis, this chart shows that it has been very effective. But in a bad way. Electricity prices are two to three times more expensive than they...
This chart shows the per capita (per person) carbon dioxide emissions for a dozen representative countries. The yellow bars show emissions for 2000; the orange bars show the picture in 2018. You can see a clear trend: developed countries are slowly reducing their emissions; developing countries ...
To improve the well-being of all peoples, China has taken an active part in global poverty management, furthered exchanges and cooperation with other countries, and promoted a new model of international exchanges and cooperation on poverty alleviation, with mutual respect and...
As the following chart shows, the United Kingdom (10.5 percent) and United States (13 percent) both had higher levels of food insecurity among school children than the OECD average of 8.2 percent, and surpassed other major economies such as France (8.5 percent) and Brazil (8.6 percent). Fif...
The end of global extreme poverty is getting closerJeff Desjardins
Poverty at 1.90 USD per day Poverty at 5.50 USD per day Top 10 percent income share Education spending and outcomes Education spending, percent of GDP Education spending, percent of government spending Literacy rate Female literacy rate, ages 15-24 ...
Events moved swiftly after Lyndon Johnson became president. He moved ambitiously to create his Great Society with bold initiatives to help the poor and middle class. In January 1964 Johnson declared his War on Poverty, but in August 1964 came the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorizing the use of...
But more interestingly, in a global sense, one could argue that the rise of the developed world and its accompanying wealth explosion has been an instrumental driver in helping to bring the emerging world out of substantial poverty.Over 1 billion people have been brought out of extreme povertyin...
Key chartDecline in global liquidity, including US Treasury’s cash refill, is likely to put upward pressure on the USD in the next three months. Over the next 12 months, lower real (net of inflation) interest rate differentials, our expectation of Fed rate cuts and decline in US ...
Definition chart Inflation, annual percent change in the CPI percent 5.47 Feb/2025 monthly 1/2011 - 2/2025 Definition chart Unemployment rate, percent percent 5.30 Q4/2024 quarterly Q1/2010 - Q4/2024 Definition chart Download data GDP and economic growth Measure Frequenc...