Measuring progress
& communicating global trends
16.1%
Share of population living on less than $3 per day in Côte d'Ivoire, 2025
Data visualizations as first class citizens
Collaborating on the Atlas
Story development
| Slides with visualization sketches & screenshots | Author(s) |
| Story outline review | Atlas team |
| Draft visualizations | Viz developer |
| Visualization review | Atlas team |
| Story review | Internal and external experts |
| Art direction | Designer |
| Final visualizations | Viz developer |
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Art direction
Coherence
Takeaways
Invest in your tech stack
Body text
Meet in the middle with experts
Viz people: learn about the topic, the jargon, the data
Experts: develop a visual mindset
Make visualizations first class
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Measure progress in a fair way
Check our method
Takeaways
The Atlas of Global Development: How to measure progress and communicate global trends
By maartenzam
