General Reference

• InfoNation (United Nations) is a customizable database that lets you compare statistics for UN members in 30 different categories.
• United Nations Statistics Division Common Database
• International Statistical Yearbooks (New York Public Library) A list of foreign statistical annuals based on the holding of the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) of the New York Public Library that can be searched by country or region. Equivalent Yale Library holdings may be found in the Sterling Library Reference Collection and the Economic Growth Center Collection at the Social Science Library.
• General International Data Page

Demographics

• International Data Base (U.S. Census Bureau) is a compilation of demographic and socio-economic data created in the US Census Bureau's International Programs Center.
• The State of the World Population 2001 (UNDP, New York)
  Full text of this annual publication from the United Nations Population Fund. Includes chapters on "Progress in Population and Development," "The Empowerment of Women," "Reproductive and Family Planning," and "After Cairo."
• The State of the World's Children 2002 (UNICEF)
• UNESCO Institute of Statistics
  Gives users access to a wide range of education, science,technology,culture and communication statistics maintained in the UNESCO database.
• World Population Prospects (UNDP, New York)  Texts and charts from the United Nations covering world population estimates and projects, and historical world population growth as well as fertility, child mortality, impact of AIDS and migration flows in particular regions.

Environment

• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the primary global-change data and information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
• The IPCC Data Distribution Centre: Gateway facilitates the timely distribution of a consistent set of up-to-date scenarios of changes in climate and related environmental and socio-economic factors for use in climate impacts assessments.  The site also contains links to other climate change centers.

Security

• Integrating Fact Databases A joint project by SIPRI and the International Relations and Security Network (ISN).  The Integrating Fact Databases is an ongoing project engaged in creating a federated system of individual databases at different geographic locations, accessible through a single integrated user platform.
• Interstate System, 1816-1997 (Penn State) is a revised version of the state list periodically updated and distributed by the Correlates of War (COW) Project at the University of Michigan. This version extends the temporal domain of the collection to 1997 and dates system membership at the day level.
• Militarized Interstate Disputes v 2.10 (Penn State) is a revised version of the Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID) data collection compiled by the Correlates of War (COW) Project. It covers the years 1816-1992 and provides information about conflicts in which one or more states threatens or uses force against one or more other states.
• POLITY Data Archive is a widely used source of cross-national, longitudinal data on the authority characteristics of modern polities. It is most widely used for its assessments of the degree of democracy and autocracy in the political structures of modern countries.
• SIPRI military expenditure database (Stockholm International Peace Institute) A database of global military expenditures by country.
• Economic Growth Center Collection (Yale University Library)
• Economic Growth Research (World Bank) examines the relationship between national policies and economic growth. This web site was designed to help disseminate the fruits of this economic research work, specifically published articles and working papers (with the associated data sets), as well as some related literature.
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is the official source for government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.
• Penn World Tables (Alan Heston & Robert Summers) gives users access to macroeconomic data on 152 countries and 29 subjects.
• STAT-USA is a collection of business, economic, and trade databases. Access is free for users with a Yale domain address. Databases include: National Trade Data Bank, Economic Bulletin Board of news and leads, Global Business Procurement Opportunities, and Bureau of Economic Analysis Information.

Transnational Democracy & Peace

• Interstate System, 1816-1997 (Penn State) is a revised version of the state list periodically updated and distributed by the Correlates of War (COW) Project at the University of Michigan. This version extends the temporal domain of the collection to 1997 and dates system membership at the day level.
• Militarized Interstate Disputes v 2.10 (Penn State) is a revised version of the Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID) data collection compiled by the Correlates of War (COW) Project. It covers the years 1816-1992 and provides information about conflicts in which one or more states threatens or uses force against one or more other states.
• POLITY Data Archive is a widely used source of cross-national, longitudinal data on the authority characteristics of modern polities. It is most widely used for its assessments of the degree of democracy and autocracy in the political structures of modern countries.

Commerce and Trade

• Economic Growth Center Collection (Yale University Library)
• Economic Growth Research (World Bank) examines the relationship between national policies and economic growth. This web site was designed to help disseminate the fruits of this economic research work, specifically published articles and working papers (with the associated data sets), as well as some related literature.
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is the official source for government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.
• Penn World Tables (Alan Heston & Robert Summers) gives users access to macroeconomic data on 152 countries and 29 subjects.
• STAT-USA is a collection of business, economic, and trade databases. Access is free for users with a Yale domain address. Databases include: National Trade Data Bank, Economic Bulletin Board of news and leads, Global Business Procurement Opportunities, and Bureau of Economic Analysis Information.
• UNCTAD Trains is a a comprehensive computerized information system at the HS-based tariff line level covering tariff, para-tariff and non-tariff measures as well as import flows by origin for more than 100 countries.

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