https://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/unveiling-global-findex-database-2021-five-charts
Source: Global Findex database. 2021 saw the long-stagnant gender gap in developing economies decline from 9 percentage points to 6 percentage points. The data now find that 74 percent of men but only 68 percent of women in developing economies had an account. Globally, 78 percent of men and 74 percent of women had an account—a gender gap of ...
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The Global Financial Inclusion Database 2021 (Global Findex) is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage their household financial risks. Findex data reveals trends in the use of bank accounts, mobile money accounts, credit and debit cards, and the internet to conduct financial transactions.
https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/raising-bar-debt-data-transparency
The database follows international statistical standards and is widely used by policymakers and academia. It now includes information on what each borrowing country owes to each official and private creditor, as well as the average maturity and interest rate on which loans were extended. To keep up with recent borrowing trends, the World Bank ...
New data from the World Bank finds that private investment in low- and middle-income country infrastructure is rebounding from the historic lows recorded in 2020. Private investment commitments in low- and middle-income countries totaled $76.2 billion in 2021, representing a 49% increase from 2020.
The restoration of the urban wetlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is just one example of how improving flood control can go hand in hand with boosting species richness and supporting urban farmers. Such nature-based solutions (NBS) like urban park development and river restoration are found to lead to an estimated 67% increase in species richness.
In 2021, private sector investments in infrastructure in the developing world (PPI) stood at $76.2 billion — marking a 49% increase from the previous year. In fact, 2020 was particularly dismal: COVID-19 brought the infrastructure sector to a near standstill, with investment levels at historic lows not seen since the inception of our database.
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred financial inclusion – driving a large increase in digital payments amid the global expansion of formal financial services. This expansion created new economic opportunities, closing the gender gap in account ownership, and building resilience at the household level to better manage financial shocks, according to the Global Findex 2021 database.
June 20 is World Refugee Day. The number of refugees globally rose to 27.1 million in 2021, up from 26.4 million in 2020, setting a new record, according to the newly released UNHCR Global Trends report, and World Bank estimates. The number of people seeking international protection outside of their country of origin has increased 78% since 2011.
Globally, the average cost of sending $200 was 6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021, double the SDG target of 3 percent, according to the Bank’s Remittances Prices Worldwide Database. It is cheapest to send money to South Asia (4.3 percent) and most expensive to send to Sub-Saharan Africa (7.8 percent).