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With over 120 maps, charts and tables, the UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education enables readers to visualize the educational pathways of girls and boys in terms of access, participation and progression from pre-primary to tertiary education. The Atlas features a wide range of sex-disaggregated data and gender indicators from the UNESCO Institute […]
US Census bureau historical voting publications
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/publications/historical/index.html Statistical data on US national and presidential elections. Voting and Registration data has been collected biennially in the Current Population Survey since 1964. Data includes: Reported Voting and Registration by Race, Hispanic Origin, Sex, and Age Groups: November 1964 to 2010. Also the U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk collects and publishes the […]
UN Document Digitisation Project
The UN has created a web page http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/deplib/digitization_program.htm where you can find out about the progress of its document digitisation programme. In particular it is listing pre-1993 items which are being added to the UN ODS Official document system. http://ods.un.org/
United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
2000 onwards free online: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs/app/mbssearch2.aspx Covering more than 200 nations worldwide, this service offers a quick snapshot of over 100 major economic and social indicators. Remember that access to the main UN series of data (United Nations sources) via their UNData website. Browse country files, see the full list of databases and get news on […]
European Foreign Policy Scorecard
http://ecfr.eu/scorecard/2012/ Published annually by European Council on Foreign Relations since 2010. It assesses Europe’s performance in pursuing its interests and promoting its values in the world. The 150 page report has separate chapters on policy towards China, Russia and USA. It includes analyses of the EU as a whole and the contribution of member states. […]
European Politics and Policy blog (EUROPP) launched
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/about-europp/ Launched this week, a new blog from the London School of Economics. It aims to provide topical comment and discussion covering all aspects of European governance and decision making, both at the EU level and national level. It will include regular book reviews, and Brussels blog round ups.
Ministry of Justice website
The Ministry of Justice’s website was relaunched this week. The new design provides easier access to content, with information organised by subject. It has also been designed to better work with mobile technologies such as smart phones and tablets. Twitter users can also follow the Ministry of Justice on @MoJGovUK
New labour standards database from ILO
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/ NORMEX information System on International Labour Standards. Includes conventions, protocols and recommendations relating to international labour law. Get text ratifications by country. The site also offers links to NATLEX national labour legislation for hundreds of nations worldwide. http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.home
Security in Transition
http://www.securityintransition.org/ Security in Transition is a 5-year-research programme based at the London School of Economics, funded by the European Research Council. Its primary focus is examining security in the post-communist post 1989 world. Concentrating on the ‘security gap’ which refers to the gap between national and international security capabilities, largely based on conventional military forces, […]
New Economics Foundation
http://neweconomics.org/ Aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environmental and social issues.
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