The overhaul will require more and better data gathering to fill gaps in knowledge, including indications of supply chain ...

Scientists and diplomats representing the 17 participating countries collectively established the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures ... the simple idea of agreeing how to measure the world ...

by including access to education and basic infrastructure along with the monetary headcount ratio at the $2.15 international poverty line. The World Bank’s measure takes inspiration and guidance from ...

Nonprofit Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranked the U.S. 28th overall in the world when it comes to anti-corruption. The index factors in ...

The standard measure of core or underlying inflation is the inflation rate excluding food and energy prices. This paper constructs an alternative measure, the weighted median inflation rate, for 38 ...