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The World Wealth and Income Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/22/the-world-wealth-income-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2018 Launched in 2017 as a single point of access for statistics on global inequality data , t his great site is managed by an international consortium of economists including Thomas...
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The Global Conflict Risk Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/the-global-conflict-risk-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 This useful free source has been developed by the Joint Research Centre in cooperation with the Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Mediation Instruments Division...
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Local elections data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/local-elections-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 Elections centre established by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Associate Members of Nuffield College, Oxford has a wealth of data on local election results from 1964 onwards.
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29th May: UN International Day of Peacekeepers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/29th-may-un-international-day-of-peacekeepers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 29th May is UN International Day of Peacekeepers . On the 70th anniversary view a list of those who died in 2017 and explore other free resources.
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Responsible Finance in Wales
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/responsible-finance-in-wales/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 Launch of Responsible Finance A body which represents responsible finance lenders in the UK. It is the new name for the Community Development Finance Association.
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The Elcano Global Presence Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/the-elcano-global-presence-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 How do the EU and specific world nations present themselves globally? Try consulting the Elcano Global Presence Index which is a tool for international relations specialists developed b...
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Prague Spring Digital Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/27/prague-spring-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 27, 2017 New from the collaboration between the University of Texas at Austin, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES), and the Lyndon B.
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The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Data Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/07/the-international-aid-transparency-initiative-iati-data-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 7, 2012 http://www.iatiregistry.org/ The IATI Seeks to make data about Aid spending easier to use and understand. A list of the major organisations involved is on the website.
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Ageing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/centre-for-ageing-better/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 Centre for Ageing Better, Community of Practice Resource Library A lottery funded evidence based research organisation.
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Passport Analytics – for Economics and Finance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/23/passport-analytics-for-economics-and-finance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 23, 2017 Passport https://www2.le.ac.uk/library/find/databases/p/passportgmid has added analytics to its portfolio which allow you to do modelling in certain given situations.