Top geek cartoonist XKCD supports World Polio Day, while managing to satirise innovation fetishists
On the other hand, for all the tech sceptics out there, here’s the price of light over the last 700 years, from Max Roser
Where to go for reliable gender stats, including that 2/3 of the world’s illiterate adults are women: the UN’s new The World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics
New study of examples of disabled women living in poverty successfully engaging in the market
Five (rather interesting) myths about poverty, growth & inequality from ODI’s Chris Hoy
Article summarizing World Bank’s Berk Özler’s talk, summarizing the state of evidence on Cash Transfers
Road deaths are the leading killer among the world’s 15-29 yr olds, & highest in poor countries
Handwashing awareness raising isnt normally thus funky. 2m video from Nepal [h/t and background from World Bank]