<b>Geo Pulse #20 — Theme: a curated reference shelf for GEO work</b>

<b>Geo Pulse #20 — Theme: a curated reference shelf for GEO work</b>

This issue: bookmark these instead of guessing. Free/authoritative sources for GEO decisions (pointers, not reviews).

— → <b>World Bank country income groups</b>: the cleanest neutral baseline for "how rich is this GEO." → data.worldbank.org.
— → <b>StatCounter GlobalStats</b>: free OS / browser / device share by country — your wealth-and-tech proxy. → gs.statcounter.com.
— → <b>EF English Proficiency Index</b>: ranks countries by English ability — your localization-debt predictor. → ef.com/epi.
— → <b>GSMA Mobile Economy reports</b>: mobile penetration, data affordability, mobile-money rails by region. → gsma.com.
— → <b>Each central bank's payment report</b>: the single best source for "how do people actually pay here" — boringly authoritative, free. → search "[country] central bank payment systems report."
— → <b>National gambling/ad regulators</b>: for compliance-sensitive verticals, the regulator's own site beats any third-party summary.

Rule of thumb: build GEO calls on primary sources (central banks, statistical offices), not forum folklore. The data is free; the edge is in reading it.