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The use of specific numbers allows astonishing facts to be expressed in concrete terms. The Philanthropist reveals the story behind the figure, putting its importance into context.

Published every three years by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Phil­an­thropy, the study is...
The Fede­ral Council’s Foreign Policy Stra­tegy 2020–2023 saw digi­ta­li­sa­tion be included as an inde­pen­dent thema­tic...
In the last ten years, the number of news­pa­per titles in Switz­er­land has fallen from...
Micro­credit program­mes provide micro­lo­ans that are a frac­tion of what banks tradi­tio­nally grant. They enable...
of food is wasted. Globally. Resul­ting in unneces­sary CO2 emis­si­ons. In Switz­er­land, around a third...
Taking preven­ta­tive action can avoid a lot of pain and suffe­ring. Forty thousand people in...
Late­ral leader­ship is nothing new. It happens day in, day out in the work­place, without...
As of 6:04 pm on 20 Febru­ary, opendata.swiss housed 8,527 data sets. This portal publishes...