Explore our interactives and digests of data sets, plus news, comment and features on how development uses data
January 2024
Rights and freedom
UN staff on £1.5bn Iraq aid project ‘demanding bribes’
Exclusive: whistleblowers allege large sums are being lost to corruption in Iraq as donors fail to track spending on postwar reconstruction
February 2022
Natural England chair backs ‘biodiversity net gain’ plan to boost wild areas
Tony Juniper says he has high hopes for scheme obliging new developments to factor in 10% nature increase
January 2019
Yemen: Houthi rebels' food aid theft only tip of iceberg, officials say
Questions over relief effort multiply as it emerges aid officials knew for months of armed groups diverting food
October 2018
Developing nations 'making strides in cutting rich-poor gap'
Namibia and Uruguay among states to reduce inequality on many measures, index shows
June 2018
UK Foreign Office ranks among world's worst on revealing how aid is spent
Annual index on major international donors rates Whitehall department as ‘poor’, though DfID scores highly
February 2017
Hans Rosling: 'A kind and constantly curious genius'
Hans Rosling, who died this week aged 68 a year after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, had a virtuosity and flair that brought statistics to life
'A big-hearted optimist': Hans Rosling tributes pour in on social media
Melinda Gates and David Nabarro join worldwide chorus of praise for visionary academic’s work in transforming the way we see the developing world
Hans Rosling, statistician and development champion, dies aged 68
Swedish academic, whose gift for making data sing brought his innovative ideas to a worldwide audience, dies after year-long illness
January 2017
Global public sector corruption fuels rise of populist politicians, report says
Transparency International index shows perceptions of corruption growing, giving a boost to leaders who claim they will challenge the system
June 2016
Modern-day slavery in focus
Worst-offender lists biased towards rich countries won’t help us fight slavery
Anne Gallagher
World must tackle intolerance and exclusion, says Social Progress Index
Datablog
Over-populated or under-developed? The real story of population growth
The refugee crisis is a problem of poverty, not just migration
Sarah Dalrymple
May 2016
WHO says military and militia hospital attacks claimed 959 lives in two years
Women's rights and gender equality
Gates Foundation commits $80m to plugging gender equality data gap
April 2016
Datablog
Where is the riskiest place to live?
Big aid donors failing to lift the lid on how they spend their cash
Hosting refugees now uses 9% of foreign aid budgets
Women's rights and gender equality
Leaving women out of development statistics just doesn't add up
Mayra Buvinic and Ruth Levine
March 2016
Women's rights and gender equality
Contraception and family planning around the world – interactive
Where has the highest rate of male sterilisation? How many people in sub-Saharan Africa are on the pill? Explore a world of contraception data
