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 […]
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/
Seven Days of Social Sciences Research
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/multimedia/seven-days/?dm_i=XZA,S380,4OC413,2A2UK,1 New feature on the ESRC website. From 23rd April they will be posting videos text on their website reflecting the breadth of ESRC funded research based on the Monday’s child nursery rhyme. The first instalment fair of face has materials relating to image and identity. http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/multimedia/seven-days/monday.aspx
Charitable giving
For research on charitable giving try these resources. Charities Aid foundation publishes UK giving https://www.cafonline.org/publications/2011-publications/uk-giving-2011.aspx Behaviour can also be compared in the World Giving index https://www.cafonline.org/publications/2011-publications/world-giving-index-2011.aspx Think tank New Philanthropy Capital: http://www.philanthropycapital.org/publications/publications_list.aspx provides free access to many of its reports discussing how charities can make themselves more effective. NCVO has commentary on UK charity policy […]
Technology and development
Global Information Technology report 2012: http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-information-technology# Reports on the extent to which 142 economies use ICT and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. See the rankings and essays which discuss the impact on working life. There is also a separate data platform http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-information-technology/gitr-2012-data-platform
Information on development
The African Capacity Building Foundation has a virtual library of documents on poverty reduction in Africa at: http://elibrary.acbfpact.org/ World Bank documents and data can be accessed in the Open Knowledge Repository at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/ CGIAR Virtual information centre http://vlibrary.cgiar.org/V?RN=512253939 Information from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research – a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in […]
The World Bank Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean
http://sedlac.econo.unlp.edu.ar/eng/statistics.php Maintained by CEDLAS (Universidad Nacional de La Plata) http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/eng/ Specialisms include poverty, trade and finance, education and health and millennium development goals. Includes information from over 200 household surveys carried out in 25 countries: Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, […]
CITI for Cities.
Major project of CITIbank which aims to help revitalise the infrastructure and economic development of modern cities worldwide. Its remit includes regeneration, urban development, regulation, infrastructure, transport and services. The website includes news case studies and reports. http://www.citigroup.com/citi/citiforcities/
Britain’s 50 New Radicals
The Observer and NESTA have published a list of people and organisations that they believe are changing the UK for the better. Many are community organisations or activists. View the full list by location. Each entry has a profile and link to website. http://www.nesta.org.uk/news_and_features/britains_new_radicals
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