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…
Net Aid Transfers Data Set (1960-2005) A new measure of foreign aid flow Primary Investigator: David Roodman Publishing Organization: Center for Global Development (CDG) Citation: David Roodman, “An Index of Donor Performance,” Working Paper 67, Center for Global Development, August 2005.
undata Back in February, the UN Statistics Division released their beta system for providing a single entry point for UN data. This new system replaces the UN Common Databse (UNCDB), with which many readers will be familiar. Undata allows you to search for data by keyword as well as browse by category. It is regularly…
International Data Resource Center (IDRC) New from ICPSR, this special archive “acts as a clearinghouse for international data housed at ICPSR.” The site makes it easier to find ICPSR data of interest to internationalists. Browse by subject, data series, or geography. Of special interest on this site is the Instructional Resources section, which links sample…
New Data on African Health Professionals Abroad Estimates of African-born doctors and professional nurses working in developed countries. Good for: students investigating international labor mobility and global development Primary Investigator: Michael Clemens Publishing Organization: Center for Global Development (CGD) Related Publication: CGD working paper 95 Time period: 2000
The CIAO database (Carleton only link), as of fall 2007, contains selected data and information from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a respected and highly cited source in political economy. EUI country information now in CIAO Detailed country maps Basic information and data for 201 countries Political and economic structures and backgrounds (coming in October)…
Foreign Policy has published its third annual Terrorism Index, a survey of over one hundred foreign policy experts from both major parties: “[The Index is] the only comprehensive, nonpartisan effort to mine the highest echelons of the nation’s foreign-policy establishment for its assessment of how the United States is fighting the war on terror. First…
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,…
A new statistical report from the United Nations: High Commissioner for Refugees Report: “2006 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons,” (June 2007, .pdf format, 15p.). http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/4676a71d4.pdf More statistics and data can be found from the UN Refugee Agency, on the UNHCR Statistics web site, including their annual statistical publication, the Statistical…