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Beyond GDP: what Multidimensional Measures of Poverty and Well-being add to Dashboards and Composite Indices, by by Sabina Alkire, Maya Evans and James Foster (CDP Background Paper No. 60)

This paper proposes using the existing Global Multidimensional Poverty Index for a global comparison for developing countries.

World Economic Situation and Prospects: June 2025 Briefing, No. 190

The global economic outlook as of mid-2025 has deteriorated notably, according to the latest World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) update. Global growth is now forecast to slow to 2.4 per cent in 2025, down from 2.9 per cent in 2024 and 0.4 percentage points below the January forecast.

Eradicating poverty by 2030: Implications for Income Inequality, Population Policies, Food Prices (and Faster Growth?), by Giovanni Andrea Cornia (CDP Background Paper No. 40)

The paper examines whether the planned eradication of poverty to the year 2030 part of the SDG strategy is compatible with the expected trends in key economic variables such as GDP growth, population growth, income inequality and food prices.