The MDG Indicators website presents the official data, definitions, methodologies and sources for more than 60 indicators to measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. The data and ...

This fact sheet [1] highlights the progress of rural women against key Millennium Development Goal (MDG) indicators, pointing to some of the advancements made and gaps that still exist.

With just eight years remaining to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the global community is focused ... A first important step is to improve the official indicators and data being used to ...

Economic indicators provide information about an economy and whether it is expanding or contracting. Most indicators are released monthly by government departments and agencies. They typically ...

But my investigation with my colleague Sarah Dykstra of the Center for Global Development suggests there is a weak link between overall aid flows and the speed of improvement in health, education, and ...

Technical analysis defines trends and helps to isolate turning points. Sentiment indicators can be used in conjunction with both of them. Sentiment indicators come in different forms and from ...

Reliable, usable, high-quality statistics are vital for global prosperity and progress. The Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) provide an open-source framework for assessing the performance of ...

It is one of the most commonly used indicators for tracking inflation and assessing changes in the cost of living. Net foreign investment (NFI) refers to the difference between the total amount of ...

Economic indicators are pieces or sets of macroeconomic data that are indicative of the past, present, or future state of the economy or some part of it. Even outside of the realm of finance ...

Lagging indicators are just as important as leading indicators because they verify that changes in trends have happened. In English, the verb “to lag” means to fall behind, and it usually ...

Economic indicators measure the economic activity within a country or economic region. They are usually collected at frequent intervals, often monthly or quarterly, and are usually weighted and ...

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