A treasure trove of data: How is the world doing in achieving the UN’s sustainable development goals, like ending hunger and all discrimination against girls and women?

From Weekly Filet #266, in March 2018.

Sustainable Development Goal Tracker

sdg-tracker.org

💔 Some older links might be broken — that's the state of the web, sadly. If you find one, ping me.

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