Statistical Abstract of Latin America. (SALA) CC Reference HA 935 .S79 (older editions back to 1962 in general stacks) Reliable statistical series on societies, economies, and politics in Latin America. “SALA compiles and presents data from some 250 national and international sources for twenty Latin American countries. To meet the needs of analysts interested in…
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…
Some of the best places to start when you don’t know where to start (e.g., you find yourself asking, who collects international education statistics?). Word of Caution: In general, I don’t recommend using these as a final source. Rather, use these as a way to identify the “standard” source of a particular measure, then go…
The following are five different ways to find statistics published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Statistics Portal This portal provides free access to seven OECD databases and selections from all others to the public. Browse statistics by topic or by country. OECD Factbook 2006 This compendium of statistics collected by the…
Asian Development Outlook (ADO) A key statistical publication of the Asian Development Bank, this annual publication features annual economic reports on the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank. From the web site: an assessment of economic trends and prospects for the world and for the developing economies of Asia and the Pacific…
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…
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…
Failed States Index “Now in its second year, the annual Failed States Index (FSI) was first introduced in the July/August 2005 issue of Foreign Policy magazine. The second FSI was published in the May/June issue. Click here to go to Foreign Policy’s website to view the articles. In 2005, we rated 75 countries, and in…