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Researching developing countries : a data resource guide for social scientist /

Why are some countries rich while others are poor? Why are some well governed while others experience frequent conflict? And how do you measure a country's true success anyways? Social scientists have attempted to answer these types of questions for decades, and have increasingly turned to data...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright, Forrest D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waltham, MA : Chandos Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]
Colección:Chandos information professional series.
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  • Front Cover; Researching Developing Countries; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgment; Introduction; 1 Human Development; General Resources; United Nations; Human Development Indexes; Description; Scope and Methodology; Data Source; Human Development Index ; Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index ; World Bank; World Development Indicators: People; Description; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; United Nations; DevInfo Database; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; UNICEF; Statistics and Monitoring; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; Social Progress Imperative.
  • Social Progress IndexScope and Methodology; User Guide; Education; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNESCO Institute for Statistics-Education; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; International Association for the Evaluation of Education Achievement; IEA Study Data Repository; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; Barro Lee Educational Attainment Dataset; Health; World Health Organization; Global Health Observatory Data Repository; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; Demographic and Health Surveys Program; StatCompiler; Scope and Methodology; User Guide.
  • Income Inequality and PovertyOECD; Inequality Indicators; Scope and Methodology; Inequality Indicators ; Poverty Indicators ; United Nations; Multidimensional Poverty Index; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; Gender; United Nations; Gender Inequality Index; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; United Nations; Gender-Related Development Index; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; Financial Accessibility; International Monetary Fund; Financial Access Survey; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; World Bank; Global Findex; Crime and Drugs; United Nations; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
  • Scope and MethodologyUser Guide; Aging and Older Populations; Help Age International; Global AgeWatch Index; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; Information and Technology; International Telecommunications Union; Information and Communications Technology Statistics; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; Household Surveys; International Household Survey Network; IHSN Survey Catalog; Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development; Data from Developing Countries; 2 Economics; General Resources; World Bank; World Development Indicators; Description; World Development Indicators-Economy.
  • World Development Indicators-States and Markets World Development Indicators-Global Links ; International Monetary Fund; International Financial Statistics; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; OECD; National Income Data; Description; Value Added by Activity ; Gross National Income ; Savings Rate ; The Conference Board; Total Economy Database; Description; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; Output, Labor, and Labor Activity, 1950-2013 ; Growth Accounting and Total Factor Productivity, 1990-2013 ; Regional Aggregates, 1990-2014 ; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; Scope and Methodology.