World Bank’s Open Data at data.worldbank.org. In April, the World Bank announced their open data initiative and made all of their data products freely available in a new interface, which includes API access for developers, dramatically increasing the availability and reach of this information. A quick how-to guide to the new site. Overview information of…
Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) Use the LSMS Survey Finder to find individual survey datasets. “The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) was established by the Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) to explore ways of improving the type and quality of household data collected by statistical offices in developing countries. Its goal is to foster increased use of…
For the third year in a row, Foreign Policy magazine (published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) has published its Failed States Index. An interactive interface to all three Failed State Indexes and details about the methodology of the survey can be found at the Fund for Peace web site. Read Foreign Policy magazine,…
League of Nations: Statistical and Disarmament Documents Northwestern University Library has digitized 260 League of Nations documents including the Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations. The Carleton College library has the 1928 and 1942/44 editions in its print collection at the following call numbers: CC Books JX1975 .A25 1928 II CC Books JX1975 .A25…
UNICEF Global Database on Breastfeeding Indicators If looking for international data on breastfeeding, start with UNICEF because they are the ones that compile and annotate these data. The table on this page prominently displays the source information.
Millennium Indicators The UN’s official web site of the MDG (Millennium Development Goals) Indicators has a searchable database from which data can be downloaded in various formats. Reports and other documents can also be found here.
The dataset for the Fractionalization article cited below can be downloaded in Excel format from Romain Wacziarg’s web site (scroll down the page — it’s listed under the journal articles). Alesina, Alberto et. al. “Fractionalization.” Journal of Economic Growth, vol. 8, no. 2, June 2003, pp. 155-194. What: measures of ethnic, linguistic, and religious fractionalization…
Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence Primary Investigators: Inglehart, Ronald & Christian Welzel, 2005 Sources: Most of the variables in the second half come from the World Values Survey. Other sources include the World Bank, UNDP, Encyclopedia Britannica, CIA World Factbook, Human Development Report, Polity IV, Freedom House, and the Global Civic…
Minority Data Resource Center Announced today, this new special archive of ICPSR “provides data resources for the comparative analysis of issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States.” (quoted from front page). The data listed here is a subset of the ICPSR collection. Carleton faculty, students, and staff can sign up for…
Pippa Norris (Harvard) Exceptionally valuable global indicators datasets and their documentation being shared by this scholar at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Global Indicators Shared Dataset Variables: Over 700. Use the codebook. Geographic Coverage: 191 nations