http://www.library.yale.edu/socsci/news/ en Copyright 2009 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:44:24 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss World Development Indicators (WDI) reliably sourced to the World Bank. [Full WDI subscription database is available to current Yale affiliates.] For example, a Google search for GDP features a box at the top of the page highlighting Bank data and linking to Google's public data graphing tool. Google's graphing tool lets users see and compare country-by-country statistics and offers customized graphs with a ‘link’ or web address that can be easily embedded and shared in other websites."

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