The Library provides access to a large amount of material via online databases and electronic journals available for free self-service use for Victoria staff and students. Many of these resources contain access to the full text of material as well as image and video content.
World Bank resource providing detailed data on 53 African countries containing over 1600 indicators on a range of topics.
This is a joint product of UN-HABITAT, and the Best Practices Partners with solutions from more than 140 countries to the common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanizing world. It demonstrates the practical ways in which public, private and civil society sectors are working together to improve governance, eradicate poverty, provide access to shelter, land and basic services, protect the environment. and support economic development..
Research information on agriculture, the environment and related applied life sciences.
Full text of every World Development Report published by the World Bank since 1978. These can be searched (and browsed) by title, topic and region. Background papers back to 2005 are included. Topics covered include development, environment, climate change, economics, finance, education, health and trade. There is also a link to World Bank data on living standards around the globe.
GEM provides daily updates of global economic developments, with coverage of high income- as well as developing countries. Daily data is provided for exchange rates, equity markets, interest rates, stripped bond spreads, commodity prices and emerging market bond indices. Monthly data coverage is provided for consumer prices, high-tech market indicators, industrial production and merchandise trade, etc. Quarterly data is available for GDP, current account balances, and budget balances. All data sets are updated each weekday to capture the latest available observations.
This database provides topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. The multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary framework encompasses anthropology, community development, cultural studies, economics, education, health, history, human geography, law and land rights, literature, politics and policy making, (post)colonial studies, psychology, race studies, sociology and visual and performing arts.
The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies is a regional research centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and development in Southeast Asia. The ISEAS collection of E-books includes more than 200 titles, and is aimed at stimulating thinking on, and exploring solutions to, some of the major salient issues in the region. Key topics include stability and security, economic development and political, social and cultural change.
All publications and statistical data produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD). Covers world affairs including finance, agriculture, food, aid, development, social issues and technology.
A searchable index of material relating to science and technology policy, human resources management, the commercialization of innovation, and social and economic issues relating to research and development.
Ready reference file created by the librarians at Dag Hammarskjöld United Nations library; focuses on reports of a recurrent nature.
Catalog of the United Nations libraries in New York and Geneva. Includes links to United Nations documents.
Downloadable statistical data and tables from the United Nations member states and a range of other international organisations covering social issues such as national accounts, refugees, health, environment, trade and energy.
Ranks countries in terms of human development. Each report focuses on a specific issue eg: migration, climate change, AIDS
Social, economic, financial, natural resources and environmental development indicators for 208 countries. From 1960 to 1 year ago.
Topical, statistical and country health information, incorporating the WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS).
Fully cross searchable portal of World Bank publications and reports. The World Bank is concerned with social and economic development.
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank database for development data from officially-recognized international sources. Global Development Finance (GDF) provides external debt and financial flows statistics for countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt under the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS).
Full text of every World Development Report published by the World Bank since 1978. These can be searched (and browsed) by title, topic and region. Background papers back to 2005 are included. Topics covered include development, environment, climate change, economics, finance, education, health and trade. There's also a link to World Bank data on living standards around the globe.
