Economy, Society and Globalisation

 

Demography – Development – Education – Globalisation – Health – Macroeconomic Indicators – Migration – Women

 

This page provides a set of links on Economy, Society and Globalisation, with brief comments on each link. The main criterion for deciding on whether a web site is included was its usefulness to researchers, students and journalists. For their inclusion, of greater importance than the organisations responsible for them was the existence of free access databases, scientific articles, bibliographies, statistics, reports, resource lists and meta links on the respective topic. Inclusion of these web sites does not imply endorsement of the viewpoints expressed therein, or the proposed typologies or classifications. The quality is heterogeneous, ranging from medium to excellent. For any comments or suggestions for additions, please contact the editor.

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Author: CARLOS MAURÍCIO

Last Updated: December 2005

 

AFROBAROMETER: Department of Political Science / Michigan State University / Reports on surveys carried in 15 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa / Livelihoods; Markets.

THE CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: London School of Economics / E-Yearbook: Global Civil Society (1, 2001) / Discussion Papers / Public Lectures.

EUROSTAT: European Commission / Structural, Sustainable Development and Long-term Indicators across the EU25.

GLOBALISATION AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION UNIT: University of Liverpool / Links on Research Centres, International Institutions, Libraries and NGOs.

HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: Maps on population, urban growth and socio-economic conditions / Editor: Matthew White.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / Global, Regional and National Reports since 1990.

HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL: Instruments / Bibliographies / Reports / Case Law / Links / English – French / Editor: Ludovic Hennebel.

THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON WORLD-SYSTEMS: University of California at Riverside / E-Journal: Journal of World-Systems Research / Links

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION: THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS: Statistical databases on: employment and unemployment; labour cost and productivity, wages, social security, trade unions, and strikes and lock-outs / LABORSTA: periodical data for over 200 countries and territories covering the last decades.

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MIGRATION DATABASE: International Labour Organization / Labour Migration Database (since1986).

INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION: “Women in Politics” Bibliographic Database / Comparative data by country.

LATINOBARÓMETRO: Corporación Latinobarómetro (Santiago del Chile) / Reports on surveys carried since 1995 in 18 countries / Democracy and Public Policies; Economy and its Expectations / English – Spanish / Executive Director: Marta Lagos.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS STATISTICAL AND DISARMAMENT DOCUMENTS: Northwestern University Library's digital collection ( Illinois ) / Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations (1926-1942/4).

ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT: Statistical information / Search by topic, by member countries or by OECD departments.

THE PEW GLOBAL ATTITUDES PROJECT: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press / Worldwide public opinions surveys (44 to 50 countries) / Survey Reports / Datasets.

POPULATION STATISTICS: Historical growth of the population per country / Statistics and Estimates (sometimes starting in 1700) / Editor: Jan Lahmeyer.

SOCIAL SCIENCE SITES: Meta Links on Development, Globalisation, Glocalisation, Inter-Governmental Organisations and Women / Editor: Frederick W. Riggs.

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL: Reports and Barometers / Country Surveys / Corruption Perceptions Index and Bribe Payers Index.

UNESCO. INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS: Education, Literacy, Culture and Communication, and Science and Technology Indicators / Statistics / Global and Regional Reports.

UNITED NATIONS. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS – POPULATION DIVISION: Population Estimates and Projections / National Population Policies / World Urbanization Prospects.

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT: Statistical databases / Digital Library / Globalization and Development; International Trade; Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development; Least Developed Countries; Development of Africa.

WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES WEB SITES: Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries / Wide range of sources in support of women's studies (Literature and Art, Politics, Education, History, Lesbianism…) / Research centres, Archive guides, Newsletters and Journals / Editor: Jennifer Weintraub.

WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK: Statistics on demography, education, health, and work.

WOMEN'S STUDIES SECTION: Association of College and Research Libraries / American Library Association / Access to a wide range of resources in support of women's studies / Research Centres / Archive guides / Newsletters and Journals / Editor: Jennifer Weintraub.

WORLD BANK: DATA AND STATISTICS: Online Databases / Country Classification by Income group and Indebtedness / Search by Country and by Topic / International Comparison Program / World Development Indicators (selected data).

WORLD BANK: LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDY: LSMS household surveys are an important tool in measuring and understanding poverty in developing countries / Questionnaires / Reports / Data Sets.

WORLD BANK: A NEW DATA SET MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY: Deininger and Squire Data Set on World Income Inequality (1890 up to 1996).

THE WORLD FACTBOOK: Central Intelligence Agency / US Government / See: “Notes and Definitions”.

WORLD INCOME INEQUALITY DATABASE: World Institute for Development Economics Research / United Nations University / Version 2.0a (June 2005).

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION: International Trade Statistics (since 1998) / Doha Agenda / Search for Official Documents.

THE WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS RESOURCES: Elizabethtown College ( USA ) / Meta Links to Global and Cross-Cultural Issues / Editor: Wayne A. Selcher.

THE WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY ON MIGRATION AND ETHNIC RELATIONS: European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations / Utrecht University / Meta links / Research Centres.

 

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