How are the 6.5 billion people of this world faring? What are the differences in development and wealth? Which countries weigh in on which issues, which markets emerge?
Mapping Worlds helps to present and clarify world affairs.















April 2008: The IMF Data Mapper has advanced to version 2.0 and now includes a bubble chart and much more functionalities to present and research data.

December 2007: The IMF Data Mapper is tuned to display multiple datasets, now offering Balance of Payments data as well.

November 2007: Our updated map of CO2 emissions is included in the Human Development Report 2007/2008, Fighting climate change, (UNDP).

November 2007: The upgraded Millennium Development Atlas, issued by NCDO, blends resizing maps, the latest data, charts and rich content in one interface (in Dutch).

November 2007: The Humanitarian Response Index is a new initiative by DARA to research and strengthen the quality of humanitarian aid.

October 2007: The IMF Data Mapper displays key time series from the World Economic Outlook.

October 2007: The Commitment Development Index 2007 ranks rich countries on their effort to contribute to international development.

June 2007: Mapping Worlds receives a participants award at the OECD World Forum: Measuring Progress in Society.

April 2007: Mapping Worlds designs a rich, interactive atlas of the Millennium Development Goals for the World Bank web site.

March 2007: The UNFPA Aidsclock shows the current number of people infected with HIV. Mapping Worlds designed a map animation to display key HIV data and related content.

January 2007: A monumental city map of an Amsterdam suburb displays density of residences and number of residences with newly arrived habitants. On display in the Dutch art space CBK Zuidoost.

September 2006: The United Nations Population Division launches an animated world map to illustrate population growth since 1950, offering access to key demographic indicators.

September 2006: A Mapping Worlds animation on the global growth of urban agglomerations is featured in the central presentation of the Architecture Biennale in Venice (Italy).

August 2006: Like last year the Washington DC based Center for Global Development asked Mapping Worlds to visualize the Commitment to Development Index.

June 2006: The World Population Map and the series on the Millennium Development Goals adorn the lobby of Oxfam House, Oxford (UK).

June 2006: The dynamic version of the Millennium Development Goals map series is online at the site of the Dutch organization NCDO.

May 2006: The Canadian McGill International Review publishes an introduction on Mapping Worlds, combined with a large reproduction of the world map on refugees and internally displaced persons.

December 2005: The Dutch magazine Geografie starts the monthly publishing of eight maps from the Millennium Development Goals series.

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