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The dataset contains harmonized indicators created from high-frequency phone surveys collected by the World Bank and partners. The surveys capture the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on households and individuals from all developing regions. Data are available for over 90 indicators in 14 topic areas, including education, food security, income, safety nets, and others. For more information, please refer to our Technical Note and Data Dictionary.

Learning metrics that are comparable for countries globally are necessary to understand and track the formation of human capital. The increasing use of international achievement tests is an important step in this direction. However, such tests are administered primarily in high-income countries, limiting our ability to analyze learning patterns in low- and middle-income countries that may have the most to gain from the formation of human capital. The Harmonized Learning Outcomes (HLO) database bridges this gap by constructing a globally comparable database of 164 countries from 2000 to...

Data that captures the evolution of skill requirements over time across the workforce based on updates to LinkedIn member profiles.

This dataset is part of the LinkedIn - World Bank Group partnership, which helps governments and researchers understand rapidly evolving labor markets with detailed and dynamic data. It allows leaders to benchmark and compare labor markets across the world; analyze skills, occupations, migration, and industries; and leverage real-time data to make policy changes.

Visualizations for many of these data are available at...