Two datasets on electoral institutions, one describing 867 legislative elections and the other describing 294 presidential elections. Another dataset combining the first two in country-year format is also available. “The dataset covers a wide range of institutional features including regime type, the electoral formula, the average and median district magnitude, the number of constituencies and…
Historical issues of the Statistical Abstract Relating to British India covering the years 1840 to 1920 have been digitized as part of the Digital South Asia Library, which contains maps, images, bibliographies, reference sources and books and journals. Good for: historical statistics on population, debt, trade, transport and infrastructure, troops deployed, health and education for…
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.
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook Vol. I Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia CC Ref JQ 38 .E44 2001 v. 1 Published by Oxford University Press, this volume is part of a series of handbooks that attempt to compile a systematic and historically complete documentation of elections for all countries…
U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants, Obligations and Loan Authorizations (Greenbook) The most comprehensive source for United States aid to foreign countries. “The Greenbook shows a complete historical record of United States’ (U.S.) foreign aid to the rest of the world by reporting all loans and grants authorized by the U.S. Government for each fiscal year.…
EconStats is one of my favorite places to look for global monetary and financial statistics. Types of statistics you can find at this site: Foreign exchange rates by day, week, month, quarter or year Global interest rates Global stock markets Macro variables from GDP and unemployment to money and quasi money Spot prices and futures
Migrant-Remittances The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) web site is a good place to look for remittance data such as: Remittances to select Latin American countries (by destination country) for 2005 and also annually back to 2001 Remittances from the US to Latin America (by source US state) for 2006 and 2004 See also the Remittances…
Economic Freedom of the World Data and reports from the Fraser Institute, measuring the extent to which 127 nations allow their citizens economic freedom. The report contains detailed country tables. Data from 1970 to 2004 are available for download. Also note that the library holds print versions of the 2005 and 2006 reports.