Excellent blog on global inequality by Nishant Yonzan, Gerszon Mahler and Christoph Lakner blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttal… "Global inter-personal incomes started to diverge b/c developing countries generally were hit harder by the pandemic than high-income countries"

Come and work with us at IFPRI. #JobOpening for Associate Research Fellow/Research Fellow #Nairobi, Kenya: phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/care…

The 2023 LIS Introductory Workshop approaches, May 21-26. An excellent opportunity to learn to use the LIS/LWS data & to meet the team behind the data. LIS is offering 2 scholarships for applicants from low-to-middle income countries. Apply by March 20. lisdatacenter.org/news-and-event…

Most of the world’s extreme poor live in middle-income countries – but not for long, write Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Nishant Yonzan, & Christoph Lakner. blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/most-… via @worldbank

New blog! Most of the extreme poor live in middle income countries, but not for much longer. With Daniel Mahler and Nishant Yonzan World Bank Data blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/most-…

Read my introduction to the latest edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, which was first published 98 years ago milescorak.com/2021/09/26/the…

The paper is joint work with World Bank coauthors: #Art_Kraay ⓡ #Christoph_Lakner ⓡ @BerkOzler12 ⓡ #Benoit_Decerf ⓡ #Dean_Jolliffe ⓡ Nishant Yonzan !

New World Bank index to measure poverty Can we have a welfare index that is easy to understand but also distribution sensitive? blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati… via @worldbank

The prosperity gap: A proposed new indicator to monitor shared prosperity blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttal… via @worldbank

To be published 10/10/23.

The GC Wealth Project site is now live! This new site expands and consolidates access to the most up-to-date research and data on wealth and wealth inequalities, across countries and over time wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu

Today we launch the GC Wealth Project! 📢📈📉stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/the-gc-wealth-… The study of wealth — and of wealth inequality and its taxation — is now understood as central to our understanding of household well-being and to the functioning of our macroeconomy.

What is the composition of household wealth? How is wealth inequality changing ? And how are estate, inheritance, and gift taxes handled in your country? Use the Select a Country dropdown menu to have a first glance Overview #GCWealthProject Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/index.html

New World Bank blog post on 'The Prosperity Gap: A Proposed New Indicator to Monitor Shared Prosperity' by the CSAE's Olivier Sterck & co-authors discusses how the World Bank tracks shared prosperity and their goals.👇 blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttal…

My today's piece in Foreign Affairs The Great Convergence Global Equality and Its Discontents foreignaffairs.com/world/great-co…

We just published #nowcasts of global extreme #poverty to 2023. Globally, we are back to pre-pandemic rates. This means we have lost 3 years in the fight against poverty. Also, poverty in the poorest countries still exceeds pre-pandemic levels. blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/pover…

Did you know❓ In our recent paper, we propose a new distribution-sensitive index for measuring #welfare, #poverty, and #inequality. 📃 Read the paper to learn more: wrld.bg/nHSI50PU9gU

"Visions of Inequality" is today officially out. October 10.

Interested in inequality around the world? Give this a try... pip.worldbank.org/key-inequality… If you'd like to read more on how to use it. Please see this from my colleagues Zander Prinsloo, Christoph Lakner, and R.Andres Castaneda Aguilar: blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/putti…

In 1990, the typical person needed 11 days to earn what a person living at the poverty line in rich countries made in just one day. Today, that time has been reduced to 5 days. ✔️Find more about the #ProsperityGap dashboard at our newest blog: wrld.bg/Qyrn50Q2Gfw