A to Z of World Development. (4 vols). [Ref HD 82 A249 1998]
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Atlas of Global Development. [MIL Ref G1046.G1 W67]
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Dictionary of Development: Third World Economy, Environment, Society.
[Ref
HC 59.7 D513 1990]
Two volume set of terms related to development. Also includes statistics
and a bibliography.
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Global Financial Data.
An unparalleled collection of financial and economic data covering more than 200 countries extending back to 1265.
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World Development Indicators
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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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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Handbook of International Trade and Development Statistics. [Ref
HF 1016 U54a]
First section includes detailed statistics on international trade by country;
second section has development indicators (social and economic statistics).
From United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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International Financial Statistics Online
(IMF). [also as Yearbook at Ref H1 I61 suppl]
Financial data by country, includes trade, interest rates, national accounts, government finance, monetary data, and economic variables. Data is available from 1945 on Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual basis.
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UNdata:
A world of information
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 separated file.
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World Bank Data by Country.
Compiles country statistics on a number of topics, from general economic and social indicators to specific reports on education and gender.
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Europa World Book. [Ref Desk JN 3 E8]
Annual volume set features political and economic overview with statistics
for each country.
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World Bank Country Studies. (location varies: search PEGASUS
by the title [t world bank country study], then browse.
This series from the World Bank focuses on various issues for developing
countries.
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Publications
(includes the Least Developed Countries
Report. [Ref HC 59.7 L328],
and
Trade and Development Report, [JX1977.9.T26 T72]
the two annuals named above are among the key publications from UNCTAD. Each issue is on a development related theme, while also including detailed statistical sections.
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UN Development Programme Reports. [JX 1977.9 D3 U52]
Many UNDP reports. Annual report describes activities and finances of the UNDP.
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UNDP Human Development
Reports. [Ref HD 72 H85]
Each annual issue is on a development related theme; rear of each issue
contains development related statistics. Supplemented by various regional studies..
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World Development Report. [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 Economic and Social Survey. [Ref HC 59 A169]
UN's annual look at the current worldwide economic and development situation,
with some statistics.
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World Economic Outlook [Ref
HC 10 W7979]
Annual from International Monetary Fund. Discussion of current world economic
trends followed by summary statistics.
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Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Aid Recipients.[Ref
HC 60 G46]
Statistics on international aid to countries. Country-by-country sections
trace sources, amounts, terms. From Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD). UCSB users have online access via SourceOECD .
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Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries.
[Ref HC 59.69 G56]
From World Bank. Overview of the year's economic and development related
activities, with small statistical appendix.
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IMF Publications.
From the International Monetary Fund. Includes full text access to:
Working Papers, Country Reports, Economic Issues, and Policy Discussion Papers.
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International Monetary Fund: Annual
Report of the Executive Board. [HG 3881 I6 A2]
Describes activities and finances of the IMF, including data on specific
actions.
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OECD Economic Surveys. [Location varies: search PEGASUS by
the title (oecd economic surveys), then browse.] UCSB users have online access via SourceOECD .
Each country's report includes detailed economic analysis and data
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World Bank Annual Report. [HG 3881 I56]
Summarizes current world economic trends and World Bank activities.
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World Bank Atlas. Map & Imagery Lab, Maps [G 1046 G1
W67]
State of the developing world presented largely through thematic maps.
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African Development
Bank Publications. To find publications in the library, search
PEGASUS by author [african development bank].
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African Development Indicators. [Ref HC 800 A1 A356] and as
World Bank Africa Database CD in GIC.
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Africa Review. [Ref HC 502 A561]
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African Statistical Yearbook. [Black Studies Ref HA 1955
U5]. From UN ECA.
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Reports, UN Economic Commission for Africa. (Annual Report at [JX1977.9
E26 A56]). From UN ECA.
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Economic
Report on Africa. UN ECA.
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Annual Report, Caribbean Development Bank. [HG 4517 C35,
see also Caribbean
Development Bank Publications].
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Annual Report, Inter-American Development Bank. [HG 3881
I45A28] and see IADB for online edition.
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Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America.
[HC
121 W67a]
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Economic and Social Progress in Latin America. [HC 125 I514]
World Bank.
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Economic
Survey of Latin American and the Caribbean. [HC 161 U5]. UN
ECLAC.
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Social Panorama of Latin America. [HC 121 S63] UN ECLAC.
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Statistical Abstract of Latin America. [Ref HA 931 C3] UCLA
Latin American Center.
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Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
. [Ref
HA 755 A58] UN ECLAC.
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World Bank Latin American and Caribbean Studies. (location
varies: search PEGASUS by the title [world bank latin american and caribbean
studies], then browse.
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Annual Report,
Asian Development Bank. [HG 4517 A8]
The Annual Report and many other publications and statistics are at ADB.
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Annual Report, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific. [HC 411 U45]
See also the reports and statistics at UNESCAP.
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Asia-Pacific in Figures. [HA 4551 A78] UN ESCAP.
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Asian Development Bank Publications.
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Asian Development Outlook.
[HC 411 A83]. ADB.
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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific. [HC 411
U5] UN ESCAP.
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Key Indicators of Developing
Asian and Pacific Countries.
[HC 411 A754a] ADB.
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Statistical Indicators for Asia and the Pacific. [JX1977.9
E3 S72] UN ESCAP.
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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific.[Ref HA 1665S73]
UN ESCAP.
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Annual Report,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. [HG 3881.5E83
E97]
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Economic Survey of Europe in [year].[Ref HC 240 U5] UN ECE.
Also, see some additional UNECE publications online..
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- See also the detailed guides at Research in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.
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Annual Report. Kuwait
Fund for Arab Economic Development. [HG 3881 K88]
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Arab Monetary Fund Publications- includes
Annual Reports, Joint Arab Economic Report, economic papers, and other statistics and studies. [HG 187 A65 A72a]
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Middle East Review. [HC 410.7 A1 M517]
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Statistical Abstract Of The ESCWA Region.
[JX 1977.9 E34 S72] UN ESCWA.
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Survey of Economic and Social Developments
in the ESCWA Region.[JX 1977.9 E34 S97]
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- Articles about development issues appear in a range of economics and policy
related journals and publications. Additionally, the New York Times
and London Times, as well as other international newspapers, have
excellent coverage of development related affairs.
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Business Source Complete .
Index and full-text of thousands of trade and scholarly publications in business,
economics, and related fields. Also includes various market research reports, company
research reports, and country research reports. Many major journals have .pdf archives
back to first issue published.
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Regional Business News .
Complimentary to Business Source Complete (above). Index and full-text of regional
business magazines and newspapers.
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Access UN .
Index to United Nations publications, 1951-.
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LexisNexis Academic .
Choose BUSINESS, then NEWS for current business news, or INDUSTRY for news
by industry. Includes full-text of thousands of magazines and newspapers.
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ECONLIT. .
(1969- ).
The standard index to economic journals includes many journals
on business, companies, industries, and industrial organization.
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Pegasus
Find books and other materials in the UCSB Libraries.
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Melvyl
Find books in all UC libraries.
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International Development
Research Centre
The IDRC is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to
help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic,
and environmental problems through research.
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International
Organizations
List with links to major InterGovernmental Organizations (IGOs), such as UN agencies, the World
Bank, the European Union, etc.
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Overseas Development Institute
An independent non-governmental center for development research and a forum
for discussion of the problems facing developing countries. The research
programme is oriented towards improving policies and their implementation
both within developing countries and at the British, European Union and
international level.
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PRAXIS- Resources
For Social and Economic Development
Prof. Richard J. Estes (University of Pennsylvania) links to resources
on international and comparative social development.
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Virtual Library
on Sustainable Development
Links to development resources.
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World Development Sources.
Searchable collection of online World Bank reports.
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