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Mashup Score: 5The 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals: an all-new visual guide to data and development - 4 year(s) ago
The 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals is filled with over 180 annotated maps and data visualizations that show the progress societies are making towards the 17 SDGs.
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Mashup Score: 16Updated estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on global poverty - 5 year(s) ago
Using the newly launched growth forecasts from the Global Economic Prospects , we can update the estimate of the pandemic on global poverty. The new growth forecasts contain two scenarios—baseline and downside—allowing us to explore…
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New estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on global poverty. The orange line is the baseline scenario – global growth contracting by about 5% in 2020. Red is the downside scenario – global growth contraction of 8% in 2020. From this good short post: https://t.co/s85ZTepbIt https://t.co/qxsLsweNae
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Mashup Score: 0Lives or livelihoods? Global estimates of the mortality and poverty costs of COVID-19 - 5 year(s) ago
Over the last six months, the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has generated massive losses in well-being around the world – through greater mortality, widespread suffering, higher unemployment and rising poverty.
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"No policy response to COVID-19 is complete unless it includes a substantial anti-poverty component." New global estimates of the mortality and poverty costs of COVID-19: https://t.co/oZTstxbjP6 – by @oliviersterck, @fhgferreira, Benoît Decerf, and Daniel Gerszon Mahler
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Mashup Score: 16
Persons with disabilities often have underlying health needs that can increase the severity of symptoms if they contract COVID-19.
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Persons with #disabilities often have underlying health needs that can increase the severity of symptoms if they contract #COVIDー19. Current crisis is merely another example of the longstanding health inequities that persons with disabilities face. https://t.co/dXsjYt3FiP https://t.co/xawJKsa6A8
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Mashup Score: 7How do the revised 2011 PPPs and new 2017 PPPs affect the World Bank’s global poverty estimates? A first look - 5 year(s) ago
The International Comparison Program (ICP) has just published new purchasing power parities (PPPs). It has revised the previously published 2011 PPPs to take into account the effects of national accounts rebasing….
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The International Comparison Program just published new purchasing power parities (PPPs) for 2017. The historical trend of the share of the world population in extreme poverty is virtually identical to previous PPPs. https://t.co/1S6K8vudLb
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Mashup Score: 9The impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on global poverty: Why Sub-Saharan Africa might be the region hardest hit - 5 year(s) ago
COVID-19 is taking its toll on the world, causing deaths, illnesses and economic despair. But how is the deadly virus impacting global poverty?
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The World Bank projected that COVID-19 will push 49 million into extreme poverty – and this was based on IMF projections. https://t.co/nA1ijsjW3U If the impact on economic growth should be larger than the IMF predicts, it would be terrible for the fight against extreme poverty.
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Mashup Score: 41COVID-19: Testing for all or testing for some? A town’s key lesson in testing everyone for coronavirus - 5 year(s) ago
As of April 23rd 2020, there were over 2.65 million confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) globally, with the United States, Spain, and Italy having the highest numbers. This number is most likely an undercount of all cases because…
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Excellent short post on the importance of testing in the fight against the pandemic. (Based on our @OurWorldInData global database on testing for COVID-19) https://t.co/P7TiZB45s8
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Mashup Score: 24What can low-income countries do to provide relief for the poor and the vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic? - 5 year(s) ago
What can low-income countries do to provide relief for the poor and the vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic?
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What can low-income countries do to provide relief for the poor and the vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic? @BerkOzler12 reviews relevant research for one of the very important questions of the coming months. https://t.co/KTaB7ScXHD
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Mashup Score: 13Prevention and early detection is key to tackling cancer - 5 year(s) ago
In 2016, 50-year old Mama Dogo from Kifili county in Kenya began experiencing heavy bleeding that continued for extended periods of time. Embarrassed, she hid the problem from her family for almost a year.
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Cancer was responsible for more deaths in 2018 than HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and TB, COMBINED? A new blog from @mirelawb for #WorldCancerDay explains why prevention and early detection is key to tackling #cancer globally. ➡️https://t.co/KnKfACNiEi https://t.co/VCR5dAJIaP
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Mashup Score: 6Prevention and early detection is key to tackling cancer - 5 year(s) ago
In 2016, 50-year old Mama Dogo from Kifili county in Kenya began experiencing heavy bleeding that continued for extended periods of time. Embarrassed, she hid the problem from her family for almost a year.
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By 2030, there will be around 22 million new #cancer cases, with 2/3 of deaths in poor countries least prepared to respond. A new #WorldCancerDay blog from @mirelawb explains how prevention💉 and early detection🔍can change these estimates: https://t.co/IfLO1eGhv6 https://t.co/gkSlvW9f2c
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RT @tkb: We wrote an entire book in R so kinda biased! https://t.co/Q1adtFUOxz A bit of computational / software engineering skills feel…