WebJunction

Key Resources

• Commitment to Development Index (CDI) rates 21 rich countries on how much they help poor countries build prosperity, good government, and security. Compiled by the Center for Global Development.
   
• Countries information from the World Bank. Includes an overview, news, data and statistics, publications and reports, World Bank projects and programs, etc.
   
• FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System FAO country-based data and maps. Includes satellite, administrative, land cover, climate, population, and agriculture maps. Reports area for each administrative division. Extensive links to landlocked, least developed and low income countries.
   
• Human Development Reports Full text of UNDP Human Development Reports back to 1990, plus national Human Development Reports and an excellent statistics section on industrialized and developing countries. Data can be accessed by indicator or by country.
   
• The IMF makes country information and data and statistics available.
   
• ITC Country Profiles provide an overview of the International Trade Centre's activities, trade, and market profiles on a per-country basis. It also links to national trade support institutions and country-specific business information.
   
• The Least Developed Countries Report from UNCTAD provides a comprehensive and authoritative source of socio-economic analysis and data on the world´s most impoverished countries.
   
• OECD country web sites are one-stop-shop for OECD reports and statistics on OECD member countries.
   
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provides an overview of USAID's activity in each country.
   
• The UNU/WIDER-UNDP World Income Inequality Database is designed to collect and measure income inequality for nations at all levels of economic development.

 Guides to Resources

• Using the UNdata database