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Haishan Fu is Chief Statistician of the World Bank and Director of the World Bank’s Development Data Group. In these capacities, Haishan leads and coordinates the

The world is losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. The Living Planet Index reports a 68% decline in the world’s biological diversity since 1970—this despite global efforts and a growing awareness of the interdependency of human life and the natural world

To better track carbon pledges and support mitigation finance, World Bank researchers have developed a new database and web facility that place carbon data at the user’s fingertips.

The Poverty Calculator allows for country-specific analyses and comparisons across countries, regions and the world. Economies are easily added and dropped from the analysis.

Manager, Development Data Group, The World Bank Group Umar Serajuddin is a Manager in the World Bank’s Development Data Group (Indicators and Data Services Unit). He leads the Bank’s Open Data initiative and oversees the management of the World Development Indicators. He manages the teams that publish some of World Bank’s most prominent global public goods including the global poverty numbers (PovcalNet), the World Integrated Trade Solutions (WITS), the Microdata Library, and Open Data C...