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Global military spending is rising.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/18/global-military-spending-is-rising/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 18, 2018 According to the latest annual report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ).
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Sexual harassment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/30/sexual-harassment/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 30, 2018 Sexual harassment is an everyday occurrence in the workplace a ccording to the latest report issued this week by the Women and Equalities Commission.
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United Nations disability statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/31/united-nations-disability-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 31, 2018 A new section of the UN main website now provides free access to data which it has collected since 1988. Sources are national level surveys, censuses and reports.
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(Dis)Connected Infrastructures and Violence Against Women project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/disconnected-infrastructures-and-violence-against-women-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 British Academy funded project involving staff from Kings College London, LSE and Indian universities.
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Bloomberg: China’s Trade Anomalies and Economic Growth
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/07/bloomberg-chinas-trade-anomalies-and-economic-growth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 7, 2013 China’s customs administration is investigating allegations of falsified trade data.
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Bloomberg: WAAC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/09/bloomberg-waac/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 9, 2013 One of the most popular Bloomberg functions in corporate evaluation and investment banking is WACC – Weighted Average Cost of Capital.
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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.
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Media Use in the Middle East
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/media-use-in-the-middle-east/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 …from Northwestern University in Qatar http://menamediasurvey.northwestern.edu/ Major 8 nation survey on media use.
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Africa Open Data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/africa-open-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Africa open data Useful initiative of the Open Africa Platform which is part of the Ujuzi Initiative and created and funded by the Africa Media Initiative (AMI), the World Bank...
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Bloomberg: Economic surprises
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/28/bloomberg-economic-surprises/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 28, 2013 The September U.S. non-farm payrolls report released on Oct. 22 surprised economists with only 148,000 jobs created, versus the consensus forecast of 180,000.