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Atlas of Economic Complexity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/21/atlas-of-economic-complexity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 21, 2014 Atlas of Economic Complexity Free online book published by The Observatory of Economic Complexity which aims to make available to the public complex data about international trade...
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Better Life Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/better-life-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 2014 Better Life Index released by OECD This annual survey of OECD countries seek to answer the question “What do people want from life?” It has been in operation since 2011.
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Social Media and Sexism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/social-media-and-sexism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 This week a report published by Demos discussed the extent of misogyny on Twitter . You can read the full text on the website.
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Economic impact of Ebola
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/20/economic-impact-ebola/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2014 The economic impact of the 2014 Ebola epidemic with short and medium term estimates for West Africa from the World Bank.
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Crime surveys and more
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/crime-surveys-and-more/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 What do Americans fear? Find out in the Chapman University Survey . Categories include crime and natural disasters.
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World Survey on the Role of Women in Development
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/world-survey-on-the-role-of-women-in-development/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 This report is published every 5 years by UN Secretary-General. The 2014 issue focuses on themes relating to gender and sustainable development.
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The most dangerous places for a journalist
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/07/the-most-dangerous-places-for-a-journalist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 7, 2014 According to data from the Committee to Protect Journalists in 2013 it was Syria, Iraq and Egypt. See the Guardian Datablog visualisation graphic.
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World ranking of prosperity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/world-ranking-of-prosperity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking of 142 countries.
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Violence against journalists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/16/violence-against-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 16, 2015 Following the Charlie Hebdo atrocity read the statement to the nation from French President Francois Hollande and view this homage A snapshot of newspaper coverage...
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EU budget
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/09/eu-budget/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 9, 2015 Open data about the EU budget can be found on the European Commission’s Budget web pages .