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Freedom in the world, 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/freedom-in-the-world-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 The latest annual report from Freedom House which maps trends in democracy worldwide. This year it has materials on the impact of the pandemic on democracy.
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Window into China
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/window-into-china/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website. It is collecting pieces written in China by Chinese scholars and experts. The emphasis is on security and foreign policy.
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Opendata for Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/opendata-for-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 Great free open data portal just launched by the African Development Bank. Covers over 50 nations providing recent data.
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Bloomberg: Turkey’s inflation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/bloomberg-turkeys-inflation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Turkey has been one of the emerging markets affected by speculation regarding the Fed’s tapering of U.S. quantitative easing.
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Vlearn
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/vlearn/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 Vlearn A free access site for business and management students.
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OECD’s How’s Life?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/08/oecds-hows-life/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 8, 2013 The OECD has released How’s Life 2013 statistics which measure well being in OECD nations.
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World refugee day 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/world-refugee-day-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 Find out why we need to support refugees by consulting the UNHCR Global Trends report 2015. More than 65.
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Parliamentary rules database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/parliamentary-rules-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 ParlRulesData.org is a machine‐readable dataset of House of Commons Standing Orders between 1811 and 2015.
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Windrush Passengers 1948 Arrival List
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/25/windrush-passengers-1948-arrival-list/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2019 Digitised by Goldsmiths University of London new transcription of the Windrush passenger list the original of which is held at The National Archives.
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Financial Secrecy Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/financial-secrecy-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 Which jurisdictions have the most secret offshore tax havens? Find out in the latest annual ranking from the Tax Justice Network which covers transparency and accountability .