Cities
What Do the Best Entrepreneurs Want In A City? The latest report from Endeavor Insight, contains interviews with 150 top USA executives in the qualities they want in locating a business in a specific area. Download the full report from the website. For more on this topic read: A recent Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research […]
Radiotopia launched
PRX have launched Radiotopia: http://www.radiotopia.fm/ a new podcast network with support from the Knight Foundation. It aims to be a quality network of digital radio podcasts and shows covering a range of topics. The aim is to encourage broader networks of programming than that offered by traditional radio stations. At the launch key programmes included: 99% Invisible which explores design […]
Peoples Assembly against Austerity
Peoples Assembly against Austerity launch new website Includes materials from unions, socialists and campaign groups against welfare cuts. A good place for finding out about national and local campaigns. View online videos and download campaign materials.
Company Data: 2 sites
Bank for the Accounts of Companies Harmonized (BACH) database has been upgraded. BACH is managed by the European Committee of Central Balance-Sheet Data Offices. It is a database of aggregated and relatively harmonized accounting data of non-financial incorporated enterprises of 9 European countries. The countries covered are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, […]
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCAP digital publications Free access to its flagship publication Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific starting with the first edition published in 1948 and continuing until the present day. It contains articles and surveys on regional economics. There are particularly good tables of statistics and the website’s link can also be found […]
Big data
Accessing and Using Big Data to Advance Social Science Knowledge A useful project to follow from the Oxford Internet Institute. Running 2012-14. It is investigating the potential uses and good practices in the use of big statistical data by social scientists. It has a blog which highlights and reports on current events. There are also some […]
World Bank’s Open Budgets portal
World Bank’s Open Budgets portal aims to provide a one-stop shop to locate national and sub-national regional budget economic data from about 40 nations involved in the BOOST project. It also aims to increase transparency and highlight good practice. See this launch presentation. Most are developing nations they include: Armenia Minas Gerais (Brazil) Peru Seychelles […]
Factiva tutorials
Library tutorials on how to use Factiva (http://www2.le.ac.uk/library/find/databases/f/factiva) available. Finding newspaper articles: https://connect.le.ac.uk/newsfa Finding company data: https://connect.le.ac.uk/cdf/
OECD’s How’s Life?
The OECD has released How’s Life 2013 statistics which measure well being in OECD nations. These includes gender differences, the impact of the financial crisis and in the workplace.
Eurobarometer
The Special Eurobarometer on social climate …monitors perceptions of the economic situation of households, of the national economy and social protection in EU nations . It covers 15 areas, including personal financial situation, affordability of housing, health care provision, the way national governments address inequalities and poverty and the perceived changes to the cost of […]
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