B. Global Demographics & Mapping

B.1 Continental & Sub-Regional Poverty Maps

Geospatial Poverty Portal — World Bank, interactive subnational poverty data for ~1,800 subregions across 166 countries — pipmaps.worldbank.org/en/data/datatopics/poverty-portal/home

Global Subnational Atlas of Poverty (GSAP), 2nd edition — World Bank Data Catalog — datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0042041/Global-Subnational-Poverty-Atlas—GSAP-

“Introducing the Second Edition of the World Bank’s Global Subnational Atlas of Poverty” — World Bank Data Blog — blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/introducing-second-edition-world-banks-global-subnational-atlas-poverty

“What is the global MPI?” — OPHI, explains subnational disaggregation for 1,359 regions — ophi.org.uk/what-global-mpi

Global MPI 2024 — OPHI, latest global dataset/report with subnational results — ophi.org.uk/global-mpi/2024

B.2 Population Vulnerability & Demographic Splits

“Youth Unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa” (interview with David Lam) — Population Reference Bureau — prb.org/resource/youth-unemployment-in-sub-saharan-africa-interview-with-david-lam/

The Demographic Dividend Atlas for Africa — UNFPA, continent-wide tool on youth demographics and dividend potential by country — unfpa.org/resources/demographic-dividend-atlas-africa-tracking-potential-demographic-dividend

Harnessing the Demographic Dividend (Malawi Demographic Dividend Report, 2016) — UNFPA Malawi, country-specific modelling of Malawi’s youth bulge and poverty pathways — malawi.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/Malawi%20Demographic%20Dividend%20Report%202016.pdf

“Africa’s Youth Bulge” — Brookings Institution, youth-bulge dynamics and labour-market strain across Sub-Saharan Africa — brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/01_youth_bulge_agbor_taiwo_smith.pdf

“Gender Differences in Poverty and Household Composition through the Life Cycle” — UN Women/World Bank — unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/Library/Publications/2018/SDG-report-Spotlight-01-Gender-differences-in-poverty-and-household-composition-en.pdf

World Bank Gender Data Portal — over 1,000 sex-disaggregated indicators including poverty — genderdata.worldbank.org/en/home

“Income Poverty in Old Age” — UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Ageing programme) — un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/documents/PovertyIssuePaperAgeing.pdf

B.3 Rural vs. Urban Poverty Dynamics

“New Evidence on the Urbanization of Global Poverty” — Ravallion, Chen & Sangraula, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4199 — documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/371511468314708097/pdf/wps419901update1.pdf

“The Demographic Profile of the Global Poor: Who Are the Poor and Where Do They Live?” — World Bank Data Blog — blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/the-demographic-profile-of-the-global-poor--who-are-the-poor-and

“Share of Population Living in Multidimensional Poverty: Urban vs. Rural Areas” — Our World in Data, interactive chart — ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-population-in-multidimensional-poverty-urban-vs-rural-hot

“Poverty in Rural and Urban Areas” — OPHI Briefing — ophi.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-03/OPHI_Briefing_24_2014_(online).pdf

“The Developing World Is Becoming More Urban” — Ravallion, IMF Finance & Development — imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2007/09/pdf/ravalli.pdf