WBI Governance & Anti-Corruption – Interactive Inventory of Datasets/Empirical Tools So far, this is the closest site I’ve found to a comprehensive listing of datasets on governance. This site is hosted and maintained by the World Bank. The invaluable tools here are: External Governance Datasets. An interactive, alphabetical list of datasets and brief descriptions Internal…
Flash Earth: Satellite and Aerial Imagery of the Earth in Flash View and compare imagery and map layers from Google Maps, Microsoft VE (aerial and labels), Yahoo! Maps, Ask.com (aerial and physical), OpenLayers, and NASA Terra servers — all within your browser. No downloads necessary.
Directory of Development Organizations One of the most comprehensive guides online to NGOs. It lists 47,500 development organizations, not limited to NGOs, but also including governmental agencies, research institutions, private sector and the like.
Ten Things to Know about the American Community Survey(2005 edition) Before using the American Community Survey, read this quick Top 10 list of features. It is a concise description of the strengths and purposes of this Census publication.
Free GIS Data & Imagery GeoBlog If you are a GIS user, this blog is a great way to stay current on data being published and made available to the public.
Democracy Promotion Project The final report and the dataset are available from the site linked above. “This study attempts to determine the impact of U.S. democracy assistance on democracy building world-wide. Unlike all prior published research, the data set is based upon an exhaustive survey of the entire democracy portfolio of the United States Agency…
Internet Center for Corruption Research Dr. Johann Graf Lambsdorff, who began the Corruption Perception Index (published by Transparency International) maintains this web site which also provides access to the CPI. All years of the CPI are here, 1995-present, as well as the two retrospective indexes representing 1980-1985 and 1988-1992. The site also contains a research…