Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development

Center for Global Development

The Center for Global Development is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality through policy-oriented research and active engagement on development issues with the policy community and the public. A principal focus of the Center's work is the policies of the United States and other industrial countries that affect development prospects in poor countries. http://www.cgdev.org/

Department for International Development (DFID) Statistics on International Development

Contains searchable, country by country databases for indicators for development, including environmental, health, and socioeconomic indicators. http://www.dfid.gov.uk/sid2002/

EarthTrends Portal

This World Resources Institute (WRI) webpage provides access to data tables on environmental and socioeconomic variables for every country in the world, including health, coastal, land use, climate, and water data. http://earthtrends.wri.org/datatables/index.cfm?theme=1&CFID=22553&CFTOKEN=29174575

Millennium Indicators Database

Information on indicators to measure progress towards the Millennium Development goals that were adopted by a consensus of experts from the United Nations Secretariat and IMF, OECD and the World Bank. It includes economic, environmental, and health indicators. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mi/mi_goals.asp

The International Network on the Sustainable Development of Coastal Tourism Destinations

The International Network on the Sustainable Development of Coastal Tourism Destinations is an initiative of the Sustainable Development of Tourism Section of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), with the technical and scientific collaboration of the National Distance Education University (UNED) of Spain. This web site offers the possibility to access two principal guides of information and a list of network members: the International Knowledge Resources Guide and the International Guide of Good Practices. Tha later should be accessible at a later stage. http://www.omt.uned.es/

United Nations Conference on Trade and Environment (UNCTAD)

UNCTAD offers the following databases on-line:

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics On-line provides time series of economic data and development indicators, in some cases going back as far as 1950, in order to keep track of trends in world trade, the global economy and development. It is possible to view the latest revised figures as well as the full time series.

The Commodity Price Bulletin On-line provides monthly indices and monthly averages of daily and weekly commodity prices since 1960. It is possible to view the latest figures released without delay, as well as full time series.

The UNCTAD-TRAINS on the Internet (TRade Analysis and INformation System) is a comprehensive computerized information system covering trade control measures (tariff, para-tariff and non-tariff measures), as well as import flows by origin for over 130 countries.

The Foreign Direct Investment database (FDI) presents inflows, outflows, inward stocks and outward stocks of foreign direct investment for 196 reporting economies in an interactive format.

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