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Social Protection Reaches Less Than Half the WorldWorld / SOURCE REPORT

Social Protection Reaches Less Than Half the World

Social protection covers pensions, health care, unemployment benefits, disability support and cash transfers. It is one of the most effective tools for reducing poverty, and it reaches only a minority of the world’s people. The gap is not mainly a shortage of ideas. It is a shortage of financing and of the administrative systems that […]

Why Do Famine Warnings Arrive So Late?World / SOURCE REPORT

Famine Warnings Arrive Months Early – the Response Does Not

Famine is rarely a surprise to the analysts who track food security. The data that predicts it — rainfall, harvests, market prices, nutrition surveys — is collected months in advance, and early-warning systems flag deterioration long before it becomes a catastrophe. Yet declarations of famine often come when people are already dying. The gap between […]

Why Can't National Income Tell Us How People Are Really Doing?World / SOURCE REPORT

GDP per Capita Misses What Human Development Measures

UNDP's Human Development Reports argue that income is a means, not an end. Health, education, distribution and environmental pressures shape whether development improves lives.

What Should We Do After a Gender-Equality Indicator Reveals a Gap?World / SOURCE REPORT

After a Gender Gap Is Measured, the Hard Part Begins

UN Women and UN DESA's Gender Snapshot makes gaps visible. Indicators prompt questions — they do not decide priorities on their own.

Can One Global Scorecard Explain How Children Are Doing?World / SOURCE REPORT

One Global Scorecard Cannot Explain How Children Are Doing

UNICEF's State of the World's Children covers health, learning, protection and poverty. Coverage, aggregation and missing voices limit what any single scorecard shows.