Global Social Change

"ADB formulates operational strategies for individual countries, including economic, thematic and sector policy analyses, and undertakes country performance reviews which provide a basis for policy dialogue with the governments of developing member countries."

A database of development policy, practice and research, containing documents from over 7,500 development organisations. From the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex.

Independent information on governance and corruption.

Analysis of labor market trends by country.

Links to statistical agencies around the world.

Links to governmental sites and other Web resources by country.

A non-governmental project of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Georgetown University. Provides "information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region."

Provides comparative data on national labor policies around the world and measures how governments meet the needs of working men, women, and their families.

Basic demographic information by country.

Includes data on a wide range of topics, including agriculture, education, energy, environment, health, technology, and trade. The Advanced Search allows you to limit to particular data sets and countries.

"The World Development Indicators (WDI) publication is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2009 WDI includes more than 800 indicators in over 90 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links."

Studies traditional and cultural values and provides cross-cultural comparisons.

The Social Progress Index is an aggregate index of social and environmental indicators that capture three dimensions of social progress: Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity. The 2017 Social Progress Index includes data from 128 countries on 50 indicators.