As the theme of this year’s World Population Day reminds us, investing in data collection is important to understanding problems, tailoring solutions, and driving progress. So is finance.

World Water Day, observed on March 22 each year, highlights the importance of freshwater conservation and sustainable water ...

Each year, it's estimated that about a billion people participate in Earth Day in their own ways, big and small. That makes up about 15% of the world's population. What's more, this makes Earth ...

In a report released on World Population Day, the U.N. also said global population growth fell below 1 percent in 2020 for the first time since 1950. According to the latest U.N. projections ...

About 72 percent of the world’s population in extreme poverty live in countries that are eligible to receive assistance from the International Development Association (IDA). The number of people ...