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• 8 people own the same wealth as 50% of the world’s population

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/8-people-own-the-same-wealth-as-50-of-the-worlds-population/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 This week the latest annual meeting of the World Economic Forum took place at Davos.

• Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019 launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/social-institutions-and-gender-index-2019-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 Pioneered by the OECD in 2009, this index has been updated for 2019 It covers 180 nations providing profiles and cross-country rankings classifying countries according to their level...

• Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2018

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/global-multidimensional-poverty-index-mpi-2018/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 Just released from the United Nations development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), the latest edition of this index with an online data...

• Bloomberg: stock valuations with historical context

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/04/bloomberg-stock-valuations-with-historical-context/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2013 EMC Corp. announced a quarterly dividend on May 30 and expanded its stock buyback plan at a time when it was trading 15 percent below its 12-month high.

• Bloomberg: Comparing Croatia’s Economic Forecasts With the Euro

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/08/bloomberg-comparing-croatias-economic-forecasts-with-the-euro/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2013 Croatia became the European Union’s 28th member on July 1st.

• Women like that: lesbian and gay history

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/women-like-that-lesbian-and-gay-history/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 Jane Traies, who is based at the University of Surrey, is pioneering research on the lives of older lesbians in the UK.

• Tweeting

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/tweeting/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Twitter transparency report Latest update on official requests for information and take down from governments to Twitter.

• Street protests and their repression

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/street-protests-and-their-repression/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations released a report: Take back the streets about the repression of street protests worldwide. Countries covered include: U.S., U.K.

• Security: Latin America and Caribbean

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/security-latin-america-and-caribbean/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 iGarapé Citizen Security Database   This database maps security in 18 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean for the period 1999-2013.

• Electronic Maps to Assist Public Science

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/06/10/electronic-maps-to-assist-public-science/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2014 Emaps Project  A project funded by the EU which commenced in 2011.