Economics & Finance: Development & Inequality

The Financial Access Survey, launched in 2009, is a supply-side dataset on access to and use of financial services aimed at supporting policymakers to measure and monitor financial inclusion and benchmark progress against peers. The FAS is based on administrative data collected by central banks and other financial regulators.

The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive database on financial inclusion that consistently measures people’s use of financial services across countries and over time.

Statistics from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Open to all IMF staff.

Financial flows, trends in external debt, and other major financial indicators for developing and advanced economies.

Comprehensive data on the volume, origin and types of foreign aid and other resource flows from donor countries to recipient countries. It also provides comparative data on gender equality. Open to all IMF staff.

The Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) helps data users find historical and current information related to key development indicators such as poverty, inequality, and shared prosperity. In addition, PIP can be used for following trends and monitoring progress towards development targets. The platform reports national, regional, and global estimates.

From the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development. Open to all IMF staff.

Information for over 180 countries on income inequalities at both cross-country and time series levels over the period 1950-2018. Open to all IMF staff.

Offers a wide variety of macroeconomic and social sector data. Available in EcOS and on the World Bank website. Open to all IMF staff.