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/
Cross-national income database
Luxembourg Income Database (LIS) http://www.lisdatacenter.org/ This data service includes household and person-level micro data on income, demography, employment, and expenditures from countries all over the world, many from 1968 onwards. Browse by country. Free registration required for access. The site also includes working papers. http://www.lisdatacenter.org/lis-wp-webapp/app/search-workingpapers These cover topics relating to income employment, poverty many based on […]
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.
UNESCO’s inaugural World Radio Day.
Held on 13th February. Find general statements and news on the website: http://www.worldradioday.org/ It sought to raise awareness about the power of radio as a tool for education, culture and development. Frontline SMS radio was involved in events. It also has a useful blog discussing the potential uses of SMS by radio stations to interact […]
RSS feed from UN
Get the RSS feed from the U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library http://un-library.tumblr.com/rss It is an excellent current awareness source for highlighting the latest United Nations documents.
DevInfo India
http://devinfo.info/devinfoindia/ Useful graphic display of statistical data from the Indian government which has been developed using figures from various government ministries. It includes useful state profiles http://www.devinfolive.info/devinfoindia/profiles/ It is a useful supplement to the Ministry of Information website http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/site/home.aspx which has a full data catalogue plus free access to some reports. Another good source of data […]
Millennium Development Goals
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) has released the latest data on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a devinfo book http://www.devinfo.info/mdginfo2011/ This makes it easier for users to select indicators and areas to create their own graphs. The official MDG website has definitions of the goals and further maps http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Default.aspx Progress reports can also be […]
Occupy Wall Street
http://www.archive.org/details/occupywallstreet The social movement now has a space on the Internet where they are permanently archiving protest materials. There are currently over 175 materials preserved. They include pictures of protests across the USA from activists, audio files of speeches and images of leaflets produced. For instance see the insert designed to deter companies that send […]
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