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POLI 57: Democratic Governance in Contemporary Latin America: Reports & Data

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World Bank Data
Data sets directly from the World Bank. Find data by country, by topic, or by specific indicator, or go directly to "Data Catalog" for their open data sets.

World Development Indicators (WDI Online)
Statistics on development indicators back to 1960 from the World Bank. Time series data cover demographic, social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental topics for more than 200 countries and geographic and political groupings of countries. Data are updated quarterly. Access through the online dataBank, or in Excel or CSV formats.
Access: No restrictions.
Coverage: 1960 - present, updated quarterly.

IMF E-data
Data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about international trade, government financial statistics, IMF lending and more. Build your query by country, topic or data source.
AidData.org
Provides open data that comes directly from major aid agencies such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, and others.

Country Indicators for Foreign Policy
CIFP represents an on-going effort to identify and assemble statistical information conveying the key features of the political, economic, social and cultural environments of countries around the world.
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Google Think Tank Search Engine
Searches the websites of institutions that generate public policy research, analysis, and activity. These sites are affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations, and non-governmental organizations. The list represents a mixture of partisan and non-partisan think tanks.
Access: No restrictions.

The World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean
Reports and data from the research arm of the World Bank.
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan member organization, think tank, and publisher.
International Institute for Strategic Studies
Non-partisan, non-governmental organization that conducts research on political risk and military conflict.

RAND Publication Database
Papers and reports on topics of current public policy interest, including criminal justice, education, health, national security and international affairs, energy, environment, and science and technology. Contains indexing records for all of RAND's publicly available documents, many with links to full text reports.
Access: No restrictions.

Coverage: 1963 - present
World Institute for Development Economics Research
World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) is the first research and training centre of the United Nations University (UNU). UNU-WIDER undertakes applied research and policy analysis on global development and poverty issues. (Source: Vendor website.) The publications section links to Discussion Papers, Research Papers, Policy Briefs, Working Papers, and the WIDER Angle newsletter.
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