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Human Development Report (UNDP) HA155 .H8 1990 + Online , 1990+Provides regional and country statistics including: child mortality, profiles of human development and deprivation by country Also includes calories, safe water, malnourished children, under-5 mortality, child survival, low birth weight Has Index of Human Development covers poverty (GDP per capita), education and health Gini Coefficient measures income inequality (Table 14) (Newer editions do not include the Gini Coefficient) World Development Indicators (World Bank) HC59.15 .W656 1997+ Online : 1960 + Provides access to more than 800 development indicators, with time series for more than 200 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 onwards, where data are available Gini Coefficient measures income inequality: how incomes are evenly distributed through the population UNCTADStat (UN Conference on Trade & Development) Data Center and Country Profiles 150+ indicators and statistical time series World Investment Report Focuses on trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide World Development Report (World Bank) HC59.7 .W645 1978 + online 1999/2000+ "Each issue focuses on several special topics relating to the state of the world economy" e.g. Development and climate change (2010) Appendix of statistical tables provide a wealth of current statistical information on the countries of the world Global Development Finance (World Bank) UN9..MG........-W542 1997 + "Tracks the annual movement of international capital flows to developing countries" Provides historical statistics in 5 years interval from 1990 Contains statistics on debt, resource flows, major economic aggregates including GNI, debt indicators, interest payment, principal repayment and etc. Global Economic Prospects (World Bank) UN9..MG........-G42 1996+ "Focuses on issues that are central to development and poverty reduction, including trade, regionalism, migration and remittances, climate change, and technological innovation and their impact on developing countries" 1998+ available online Global Monitoring Report (World Bank & IMF) UN9..MG........-G45 2004 + Assesses the developing countries — their growth, poverty reduction, and other MDGs "Sets out priorities for policy response, both by developing countries themselves and by the international community" 2006+ available online
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