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Public policy: key government resources

A guide to governmental and grey literature sources for public policy research.

Urbanization

UN-Habitat
Metropolitan areas (OECD)
Global report on human settlements (UN)
- 1986 - 2013 (print, incomplete)
World Urbanization Prospects
World cities report (UN-Habitat)
The Prospects of world urbanization
1984 -2003 (incomplete)
Urban and rural areas
1996 - 2011
Habitat debate
Mar. 1995 - Sept. 2005 (incomplete)

Migration

International Organization for Migration (IOM)
United Nations Global Migration Database
OECD International Migration Database
Facts and Figures (International Organization for Migration)
International Migration Outlook: annual report (SOPEMI)
- ZZ...ED........-C58
- 2006 +
- Also online through OECD iLibrary
International migration (UNSD)
International migration
- UN2..C...50....-I56
- 2002, 2006
Trends in international migration: continuous reporting system on migration
- ZZ...ED........-C57
- 1992 - 2004 (incomplete)
- Also online through OECD iLibrary
World migration report
- ZZ...CEM.......-W55
- 2000, 2003, 2005
Sex & Age of International Migrants: Statistics for 1918-1947
- UN2..C...5153P11....EXF

Refugee

UNHCR Statistical Database (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees0
Statistical Yearbook (UNHCR)
2005+
Refugee survey quarterly
- UN1..R.........-R22
- 1994 - 2007
UNHCR (office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
- UN1..R.........-U50
- 1972 - 1981 (incomplete)
The state of the world's refugees
- UN1..R........-S78
- 1993 - 2000 (incomplete)