Andrew Dunn
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http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469372&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166093 &entityID=000158349_20120419083611 First analysis of the new indexed launched recently by the World Bank which provides individual data on savers and borrowers worldwide. The 61 page report by Asli Demirguc-Kunt & Leora Klapperfinds that 50% of adults worldwide do not have bank accounts many report problems with access that could be easily solved by changes […]
2011 National Human Development Report for Russia
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/national/europethecis/russia/name,24360,en.html Find out more about socio-economic conditions in Russia by reading this major new report. Prepared by the Faculty of Economics at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Focus is upon modernization and human development. Covers changes to the economy, organization of economic life. Also useful is the Nations in Transit report from Freedom House. http://www.freedomhouse.org/report-types/nations-transit which […]
18 days in Egypt
http://beta.18daysinegypt.com/ American documentary filmmaker and journalist Jigar Mehta has launched crowd-sourced interactive documentary project aimed at capturing the history of the revolution in Egypt. Explore videos contributed by citizen journalists on the website. Note it seems to load better using Firefox. The site is powered by GroupStream, an innovative new platform for group storytelling.
Free data journalism handbook
Released by European Journalism Centre: http://datajournalismhandbook.org/ A book which introduces you to the basics of data journalism: uses real life case studies from international news rooms. Go behind the scenes at the Guardian data blog. http://datajournalismhandbook.org/1.0/en/in_the_newsroom_3.html
World Development Indicators 2012
Now available from the World Bank: http://data.worldbank.org/news/world-development-indicators-2012-now-available The World Development Indicators include many time series of data covering global poverty and development trends since 1960.
Social Science Bites
Podcasts of interviews with leading social scientists on different aspects of the social world. Published by Sage. http://www.socialsciencebites.com/
Advertising expenditure
BRAD Insight at http://www.bradtop100.co.uk/02-finance/ shows the 100 UK companies who spent the most on advertising in 2011.
Measuring Peace in the Media 2011
The Institute for Economics & Peace produces a number of indexes which measure levels of peace and conflict worldwide. Its latest publication analyses global TV networks coverage of peace and conflict. The full 42 page text can be downloaded from the website: http://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Measuring-Peace-in-the-Media-2011-Report.pdf Its Global Peace Index ranks 153 nations according to 23 dimensions of […]
KOFI Annan Syria peace plan
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sc10583.doc.htm See the UN special envoy for Syria web page for details of the role of Kofi Annan http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/undpa/main/activities_by_region/middle_east/syria See related UN Security Council decisions and press releases relating to the situation in Syria. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41856&Cr=syria&Cr1= Biography of Annan from the Nobel Prize website: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2001/annan-bio.html
The Universal Human Rights Index
http://uhri.ohchr.org/ Quickly trace recommendations relating to individual countries from the leading intergovernmental organisations. This site combines: United Nations human rights recommendations, Universal Periodic Review and the concluding observations of the ten UN human rights treaty bodies. The site has a research guide. http://uhri.ohchr.org/search/guide
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