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ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) is the world's largest archive of computer-readable social science data.
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Designed by a web publishing company in Australia, this site gathers statistics from a variety of sources, mostly international agencies, and presents them in an easy-to-use and interesting graphical formats.
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Maintained by the Bureau of the Census, this database provides demographic data for selected indicators, countries and user-selected regions, and years, population statistics, and summary data, population pyramids and access to more data for a single country.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Integrated database containing information from research institutes around the world. Coverage includes data on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and conventional weapons holding, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics and other reference data.
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The World Bank's annual World Development Report (WDR) is an invaluable guide to the economic, social and environmental state of the world today. Each year the WDR provides in depth analysis of a specific aspect of development. Past reports have considered such topics as the role of the state, transition economies, labor, infrastructure, health, the environment, and poverty. " 1979- 2008 in print at 330.91724 W9271 FM-3-North. Recent editions on the Web with some exceptions.
Global Financial Development
From the World Bank. Analyses global economic growth and provides complete statistical data for 136 countries.
KOF Index of Globalization
Measures the economic, social and political dimensions of globalization. Data is available on a yearly basis for 158 countries .
Gapminder
A non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The site includes moving graphics that display development trends by the countries, time periods, and indicators you choose.
Worldwide Governance Indicators
Reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for 212 countries and territories over the period 1996–2021, for six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law , and Control of Corruption.
Global Poverty Mapping Project
The Global Poverty Mapping Project has downloadable poverty data sets and maps. The Poverty Mapping Project is sponsored by CIESIN (The Center for International Earth Science Information Network) at the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
Human Development Reports
Provides access to reports from the most recent back to the mid 1990's. Primary purpose is to assess the state of human development across the globe and provide a critical analysis of a specific theme each year. It combines thematic policy analysis with detailed country data that focus on human well-being, not just economic trends.
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Demographic Yearbook (UN)
Call Number: EWFM Reference 312.058 D383 2011
Population, vital and other statistics for many countries.
The Military Balance
Call Number: EWFM Reference 355.2 L847c 2012
Presents armed forces data by country.
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World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers ((U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; U.S. Dept. of State)
Provides data on arms imports and exports. Electronic resource.
SIPRI Yearbook 2010
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Editor)
Publication Date: 2010
The SIPRI Yearbook contains extensive annexes on the implementation of arms control and disarmament agreements and a chronology of events during the year in the area of security and arms control. Electronic resource.
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