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Research Links for Dr. John Quinn

Statistics/Databases                                                                                                                                 More

International/ Cross National Data and Statistics                                                                               

Area Studies Homepage       This page gives access to information on individual countries. It may be used to access
                                            all the information on the site for a given country, since the sub-pages for each country
                                            have links, where relevant, to all the other pages.

Central Banks                 From around the World

CIA World Factbok           Information published by the CIA on various counties.  Includes statistics
                                            and resources for countries and regions throughout the world.

Correlates of War               Has data on major wars from 1815 to 2000

Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive  A comprehensive listing of international and national country data facts
                            including statistical information on a range of countries, with data entries ranging from 1815 to the
                            present.
                                                                                                                                                                     More
Eldis                          Development information and resources along with country profiles

Elections and Electoral Systems from Around the World      Just what it sounds like -- but with many more links.

Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization            A link to several measures of ethnic fragmentation

Freedom House               Cross National Lists of Political and Civic Freedoms 1972 - present.

Global Development Network Growth Database        Cross national data from several sources created by 
                                                William Easterly and Mirvat Sewadeh at World Bank

Handbook of International Economic Statistics

International Crime: Data       National Criminal Justice Reference Services

International Data Base  The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical
                                      tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of
                                      the world.

International Monetary Fund            Links to Annual Reports and other data

International Financial Statistics        International Monetary Fund.  Cross National Economic Financial Data

Law Enforcement and Crime

Library of Congress      Handbook of Countries.  This website contains the on-line versions of books previously 
                                    published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under 
                                    the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army.

Minorities at Risk Database  Minorities at Risk is an independent, university-based research project that monitors
                         and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in countries with a
                         population of at least 500,000.                                                                                              More

OECD Database  The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development website devoted to development
                            news and information.

Parline                Shows Parliaments and their make up from around the world

Penn World Tables         Contains cross national macro-economic data from 1950 to close to present.

Political, Economic, and Financial Risk Resources  Links to statistical resources analyzing risk ratings for various 
                                                                              countries.  
Polity data                        Another widely used measure of democracy and levels of freedom. 1800 - close to present.

Political Terror Index           Webpage (Mark Gibney) with links to political terror index

Population Reference Bureau        Cross national data on population, health, and migration

Transparency International      The Global Coalition Against Corruption.  Offers news and informational resources. data on
                                                countries from 1995 to present.

Treaties and International Treaties and Voting

United Nations Documents and Publications

United Nations Studies at Yale         Links to interstate conflicts, trade data, geographic data and more

United Nations Voting Records    Recorded votes out of United Nations 1983-   

US Census International Database  The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing
                 statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world. 

World Bank            Targets for the early 21st century • GDF Online subscribe to the latest external debt data •
                                World Development Indicators 2001 • Development Goals 2001 • Global Development
                                 Finance 2001 • Latest stat

World Economic Outlook        Presents IMF staff’s analysis and projections of economic developments at the
                                             global level, in major country groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.),
                                             and in many individual countries.                                                                       More

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