BACH and ESD
http://www.bachesd.banque-france.fr/?lang=en Bank of Company Accounts Harmonised (BACH) and European Sectoral references Database hosted by Banque de France. The BACH project was launched in 1985 by the General Directorate for General Economic and Financial Affairs (DGEcFin) of the European Commission. The BACH database contains information on the financial statements of different sized companies in nine countries […]
British Bankers’ Association Libor Rate
http://www.bbalibor.com/rates Free access to one of the measures which has dominated the news recently. See the quick guide ‘What are libor rates?’ http://www.bbalibor.com/bbalibor-explained then access the free historic rates (personal use only). Thomson Reuters sets bbalibor on a daily basis and these rates are available for free on a two month delay for a six […]
World Cities Culture Report 2012
http://www.worldcitiesculturereport.com/ Produced by the Mayor of London; the biggest international survey of its kind. It has collected an unprecedented amount of data on the scope and impact of the cultural assets and activities that are produced and consumed in 12 major cities: Berlin, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Mumbai, New York, Paris, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney […]
The Africa Desk
http://www.africadesk.ac.uk/ A new portal designed for African studies scholars. Created by the Africa Desk is collaboration between the British Academy and the African Studies Association of the UK, with support from The Association of Commonwealth Universities and SCOLMA. It will provide free access to the latest edition of the ASAUK Directory of Africanists in Britain, […]
Gender equality data
World Bank: http://datatopics.worldbank.org/gender/ United Nations Commission for Europe statistics database: section on men and women in Europe http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/database.htm Social Institutions and Gender Index measure of gender discrimination in 102 non-OECD nations. Covers civil liberties, family and ownership rights: http://genderindex.org/ Gender and Land rights database – free access to information from the FAO: http://www.fao.org/gender/landrights IPU (Interparliamentary […]
Ready to research
http://www.readytoresearch.ac.uk/ Great site created by the Open University, in partnership with the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester, and Manchester Information and Associated Service as part of the Support Centre for Open Resources in Education (SCORE) project. It aims to provide a portal to free OER resources for research students with an emphasis on students new to […]
United Nations Social Development Network (UNSDN)
http://unsdn.org/ This new web portal was launched by the Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs as a pilot project, aiming to share knowledge and good practices among social development professionals worldwide on ageing, civil society, cooperatives, disability, employment, family, indigenous peoples, poverty, social integration, technology and youth. It […]
The 4th work-life balance employee survey
From the Department for Business Innovation & Skills and carried out in early 2011: http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/employment-matters/docs/f/12-p151-fourth-work-life-balance-employee-survey The report benchmarks key policy changes since the 2006 survey including the Work and Families Act 2006 which offered the extension of the ‘right to request’ flexible working to parents of children under the age of 17 (2009). See more publications […]
How far will technology companies go in helping repressive regimes
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Future_of_Corporate_Responsibility_070512.pdf Interesting report on corporate responsibility from pew Internet and American Life and Elon University. Based on over 1,000 response from executives to questions relating to the issue ‘how will technology firms around the world operate when they are confronted by situations in which optimal product sales and profits can be made only when they […]
Global Economic Prospects June 2012
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/EXTGBLPROSPECTSAPRIL/0,, menuPK:659178%7EpagePK:64218926%7EpiPK:642189537EtheSitePK:659149,00.html Latest world bank report released. Track the latest economic trends. The website includes global forecasts and regional outlooks. Get mappings of the data on the World Bank data site. http://data.worldbank.org/topic/economic-policy-and-external-debt The European Central Bank has the latest Eurozone economic and financial data http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/keyind/html/sdds.en.html European Economic Sentiment Indicator http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/db_indicators/surveys/ is a monthly leading indicator compiled […]
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