Background Information & Document Repositories
Asian Development Bank ; National Bureau of Asian Research (South Asia)
Demographic and Health Surveys
East View UDB Statistics (Russia / CIS)
EITI--Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Country Profiles & Reports
EIU Viewpoint (Economist Intelligence Unit) ***RECOMMENDED
Europa World Plus ***RECOMMENDED (Annual survey for all world areas; current ed.)
For historical information, search in CLIO for "Regional surveys of the world"
Humanitarian Outcomes--Global Database of Humanitarian Organisations ; Aid Worker Security Database ; and, NGOs and Risk (London, UK)
International Development Research Centre (Ottawa, Canada)
International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington, DC, USA)
International Monetary Fund--IMF eLibrary
Maps: CU Lehman Library Map Collection & GIS ; IDPs ; Perry Castañeda Library ;
UN Geospatial
Policy Commons (Washington, DC)
The Statesman's Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World, 2018--.
United Nations -- AccessUN ; FAO Documents ; FAO Gender; FAO Aquastat ; UNDP and HDRs ; SDGs ; UNEP World Environment Situation Room ; UNESCO on Education, UNESCO Institute for Statistics ;
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ; UN Women
USAID International Data & Economic Analysis ; Development Experience Clearinghouse
US Energy Information Administration ; US Dept of Energy's Open EI
WHO country reports -and- Global Health Observatory (data/statistics)
World Bank--Countries & Regions -and- Open Knowledge Repository