Sources of Social Statistics: Health Services and Public Health Where can you find the latest data on a range of UK social welfare and topics? This useful briefing paper Standard Note: SN/SG/3843 prepared by Carl Baker of the House of Commons Library gives you all the facts you need to get started. It lists key topics […]
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UNESCO Data Centre
UNESCO Institute for Statistics has launched a new enhanced data centre For details on the topic areas covered consult the main UNESCO website. Key areas are education (covering all age ranges with a specialist emphasis upon literacy); science technology and innovation (get data on expenditure on research and development and human resources in R&D) and […]
International Debt Statistics
International Debt Statistics 2014 Just launched by the World Bank, this new publication replaces the previous Global Development Finance, Volume II (1997 to 2009) and the earlier World Debt Tables (1973 to 1996). The publication has data from 2000 onwards covering over 200 indicators. Online tables can be found on the World Bank open data […]
The Data Journalism Handbook
http://datajournalismhandbook.org/ A free, open-source reference book written after a 48-hour workshop at MozFest 2011 in London. Also available in the library at 070.40285 DAT.
Palestinian refugees
UNRWA Audiovisual Archive for Palestine Refugees http://archive.unrwa.org/about-archive/ United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)’s new photo and film archive offers free access to hundreds of iconic images of refugees from 1948 onwards taken by UNRWA staff. A wide range of topics are covered including Middle-East conflict and refugee camps. The archive can be searched or […]
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 […]
Creative Industries
March of the modern makers: An industrial strategy for the creative industries An interesting report from the Institute for Public Policy Studies. The 70-page document considers the current state of the creative industries. These are defined as nine broad sub-sectors: advertising and marketing; architecture; crafts; design (including fashion); film, TV, video, radio and photography; IT, […]
Voluntary Sector UK
Panel on the Independence of the Voluntary Sector annual report Established by the Baring Foundation to provide assessments of the independence of voluntary civil society organisations in the UK, the Panel’s fourth annual report can now be downloaded. For further research on civil society try: Third Sector Knowledge Portal from the Third Sector Research Centre at […]
American Foreign Policy Council on Islamism
Open Access Encyclopedia: World Almanac of Islamism …a publication of The American Foreign Policy Council. The free web version states that its purpose is to ‘ provide an accurate picture of the rise or decline of radical Islamism on a national, regional and global level.’ For instance an entry on Al Qaeda gives facts on history, […]
Obama’s 2008 election
President Barack Obama Visual Iconography A digital library from Cornell University which provides free access to campaign materials from the 2008 election campaign of president Barack Obama. Over 80 political posters and campaign materials can be browsed.
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