# Benchmark blog post

**URL:** <https://community.drivendata.org/t/benchmark-blog-post/22>\
**Category:** United Nations Millennium Development Goals\
**Created:** [December 24, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/benchmark-blog-post/22 "2014-12-24T20:41:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![bull](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.drivendata.org/bull/32/8_2.png) [@bull](https://community.drivendata.org/u/bull)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/benchmark-blog-post/22/1 "2014-12-24T20:41:12Z")

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Making effective predictions about macroeconomic trends is not only a critical skill in finance, it’s critical to international development. We’re on the hunt for the best forecasts of these indicators in the [United Nations Millennium Development Goals competition](http://www.drivendata.org/competitions/1/).

We drafted a benchmark in a [blog post with a simple regression model and lots of utilities](http://drivendata.co/blog/world-bank-getting-started/) to make your life easier. Check it out and head to the top of the leaderboard!

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**Author:** ![joordiaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@joordiaz](https://community.drivendata.org/u/joordiaz)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/benchmark-blog-post/22/2 "2015-08-07T01:52:07Z")

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When is the deadline for this competition?

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**Author:** ![MaherIbrahim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MaherIbrahim](https://community.drivendata.org/u/MaherIbrahim)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/benchmark-blog-post/22/3 "2018-02-07T17:39:34Z")

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The link is not online…

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**Author:** ![bull](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.drivendata.org/bull/32/8_2.png) [@bull](https://community.drivendata.org/u/bull)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/benchmark-blog-post/22/4 "2018-02-07T17:44:06Z")

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Thanks for the note, that link is now updated!