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Our World in Data (OWID) is a non-profit that aims to popularize research and data on how to make progress against poverty, disease, climate change, war, existential risk, and other high-priority problems.

Further reading

Roser, Max (2018) The world is much better; The world is awful; The world can be much better, Our World in Data, October 31.

Roser, Max (2021) Why do we need to know about progress if we are concerned about the world’s large problems? The mission of Our World in Data, Our World in Data, June 7.

Wiblin, Robert & Keiran Harris (2021) Max Roser on building the world’s first great source of COVID-19 data at Our World in Data, 80,000 Hours, June 21.

External links

Our World in Data. Official website.

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