- Nearly 800 statistical indicators of social and economic development
- Communication subsets within the development framework
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates. Note: Even though Global Development Finance (GDF) is no longer listed in the WDI database name, all external debt and financial flows data continue to be included in WDI. The GDF publication has been renamed International Debt Statistics (IDS), and has its own separate database with historically archived data.
- Companion database to World Development Indicators
- Annual report on external financing prospects for 137 developing and transition countries
Focuses on financial flows, trends in external debt, and other major financial indicators for developing and advanced economies (data from Quarterly External Debt Statistics and Quarterly Public Sector Debt databases). Includes over 200 time series indicators from 1970 to 2015, for most reporting countries, and pipeline data for scheduled debt service payments on existing commitments to 2023. Site contains archive of reports prior to 2012 when the report was named Global Development Finance (GDF) and reports when GDF was part of the World Development Indicators.
- Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs
- Updated monthly
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) is a comprehensive source for research in international affairs. It includes full text of selected books on international affairs, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences. It also, contains abstracts and some full text of selected journal articles
- Detailed economic, industrial, trade, and population statistics from over 200 countries & territories
- Data can be graphed, printed, downloaded
- Compiled by United Nations
Economic, industrial, trade, and population statistics (monthly or quarterly) from more than 200 countries. Data may be graphed, printed, or downloaded. Compiled by the United Nations.
Access full-text books, serials, and many datasets
Full-text book and serial publications from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Also includes many of the data sets available from the organization.
- Includes international demographic, macro-economic, and marketing data, industry statistics, company and brand rankings, emerging industries and trends, consumer lifestyle statistics
- Keyword search suggestions: film, cinema, computers, internet, media, advertising, telecommunications
Passport GMID provides business intelligence on industries, countries, and consumers. Content includes: international demographic, macro-economic, and marketing data; industry statistics; statistics on brand and company rankings; comment on emerging industry, country, and consumer trends; consumer lifestyle statistics, future demographic reports.
- Information on history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities
- Reports contain information on television, internet, PC penetration, legal and regulatory frameworks (some are in Arabic)
- Profiles of information technology in Middle Eastern Arabic countries
- Comprehensive information on Nordic media and communication research of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
- Items of note: Comparative Nordic Media Statistics and Nordicom Media Trends Newsletters (includes European Media Policy and Nordic Media Policy)