Demographic Yearbook. [Ref HA 17 D4]
Compilation of demographic statistics of the world's nations. From
UN.-
FAOSTAT
Statistical database of the Food and Agriculture Organization, includes
data on agriculture, nutrition, rural/urban population trends, etc.
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FAO Yearbook. Production. [Ref HD 1421 F56]
FAO's statistical yearbook covering agricultural production by country.
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Human Development Report.
[also at Ref HD 72 H851; latest may be in Reserve Book Service]
Each annual issue is on a development related theme; rear of each issue
contains development related statistics. Note that all issues are compiled
onto Human Development Report CD-ROM, in Electronic Arcade. From United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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Human Settlements
Statistics
This data, from the UN Centre on Human Settlements, includes population
and housing condition statistics.
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World Development Indicators
[also, free data last five years]
Best, most comprehensive source for current and recent statistical data on the world's
nations. It includes data on more than 500 topics (indicators) about the
people, economy, environment, and public finance of 210 nations. The Online
version contains time series from 1960 to the present, and data may be
exported in a variety of formats (inc. Excel, dbase, and SAS), as well
as mapped and charted.
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International Data Base (U. S. Census)
A "a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic,
and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world." Includes
Population Pyramids.
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International Migration (United Nations Population Division)
Country by country data on migrants, migration, refugees, and viewsof government plicies relating to migration.
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International
Statistical Agencies
Links to the primary government statistical agencies of countries worldwide.
Amount of data available varies widely.
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Inventory of Population Projects in Developing Countries Around the
World. [Ref HQ 763 I65 1993]
Self-explanatory.
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LexisNexis Statistical
LexisNexis Statistical is an index to published statistical data.
Some entries also include the statistical tables themselves. It indexes
statistics appearing in sources from the U.S. federal government, international
governmental organizations, associations, business organizations, commercial
publishers, independent researchers, state governments, and university
research centers.
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State of World Population
[also at Ref HB 848 S72]
Annual Report from the United Nations Population Fund, reports on various
aspects of population and human development.
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UNSTATS:
UN Statistics Division Common Database
Huge compilation of socioeconomic statistics for the countries of the world.
Hundreds of data series for the world's nations. Some data back to 1946.
Includes source notes, ability to download to a comma seperated file.
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World Demographic Estimates and Projections 1950-2025. [Ref
HA 155 W64 1988]
Detailed long-term population estimates for countries.
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World Development Indicators. (World Bank) [Ref HC 59.15
W656 and on CD-ROM in the Government Information Desk]
A comprehensive source for current and recent statistical data on the world's
nations. It includes data on more than 500 topics (indicators) about the
people, economy, environment, and public finance of 210 nations. The CD-ROM
version contains time series from 1960 to the present, and data may be
exported in a variety of formats (inc. Excel, dbase, and SAS), as well
as mapped and charted.
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World Development Report.
[also at Ref HC 59.7 W659]
Annual from World Bank; first half is discussion of current development
trends, second half contains statistics.
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World Population Monitoring [Ref HB 848 W68; 2001 online]
This annual contains basic statistics on population and related measures,
such as fertility, conctrception, and life-expectancy, for the world's
nations.
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World Population Profile. [Ref C 3.205/3:WP-98]
Very similar to above: contains basic statistics on population and related
measures, such as fertility, contrarception, and life-expectancy, for the
world's nations.
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World Population Prospects. [Ref HA 154 W663
2000 v.1-2; some data tables at www.un.org/popin/]
This important 3-volume set contains detailed data on population from 1950
to the present, with projections to 2050. Volume 1 contains population
and basic demographics; volume 2 features detailed sex and age data and
projections for each country.
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World Resources [Ref HC 10 W67]
This annual contains data for countries on environmental factors related
to quality of life.
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World Urbanization Prospects. [Ref HB 2161 P76; 2001
report at www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm
This report focuses on data and issues about urban/rural population, cities,
etc.
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Global Population Policy Database. [Main Ref
HB 883.5 G56]
This publication extracts the answers from a bennial survey of government
population policies. Check shelf for latest edition. See also database of National Population Policies.
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World Population Policies. [Main Ref HB 871 W763 1987]
vol. 1 Afghanistan to France.
vol. 2 Gabon to Norway.
vol. 3 Oman to Zimbabwe.
Detailed summary of government populaiton policies, as of 1987.
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ADDITIONAL COUNTRY INFORMATION:
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Economist Intelligence
Unit (EIU) Country Intelligence
EIU Profiles and Reports provide timely analysis and forecasts of the political,
economic, social, and business environment in a total of 126 reports about
more than 180 countries. They present the political and economic structure
of the country, the current political scene, economic policy, domestic
economy (covering industry, agriculture, money and finance), foreign trade
and payments, and the outlook for 2000-01. Country reports are archived
online (web) from 1996 forward.
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Foreign
Statistical Data
List of sources, in print and online, of information (largely statistical)
about countries.
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WORLD POPULATION ORGANIZATIONS:
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CIESIN
Includes several applications and data interfaces related to world population.
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Demography &
Population Studies
Links to websites related to population and demography.
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PopNet
Large collection of links to population resources from the Population Reference
Bureau.
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Population Information Network
From the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the UN Population
Fund (UNFPA), POPIN contains many docuents and data on population issues,
with links to other key resources.
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Population Reference Bureau
Contains many reports and data sources.
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UN Population Fund
Homepage of the UN's primary population initiative.
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LexisNexis Academic.
The News section contains articles from newspapers and magazines
around the world, online and translated into English.
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Current Contents via
CDL.
Database of articles from academic journals across all disciplines.
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Expanded
Academic ASAP
General purpose database indexes thousands of magazines and journals.
Many articles are available in full-text.
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PAIS.
(1972- )
International coverage of policy/economic issues. Also in print (1914-1993).
[Main Ref Index Z7163 .P92].
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Population Index (1986-2000)
Index to research on Population. Discontinued in 2000.
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Sociological
Abstracts
Indexes articles and other research in sociology and related disciplines.
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Worldwide
Political Science Abstracts.
Index to materials in political science, public policy, and related fields.
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Key journals indexed in the above databases include:
Population and Development Review [HB 848 P62]
Population and Environment [HB 848 J68]
Population Bulletin [H 1 P58]
Population Research and Policy Review [HB 848 P65]
Population Today [HB 848 P66]
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- To identify book holdings, use PEGASUS
(materials at UCSB) and MELVYL
Use "keywords" that describe your topic in keyword anywhere searches in
PEGASUS. Include the name
of the country or region.
Examples:
population and united nations
fertility africa
demography internal migration population forecasting
family policy migration population policy
birth control
family size
mortality
population research
demographic transition
human fertility
population density
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