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world information
& data resources

a briefing document

New translation, the Magna Carta

 
 
world information resources index of information tables
GDP and other quality of life measurements

the world is getting better all the time – basic sources for world data

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  world freedom
  the conditions of people around the world
  world economic freedom

.... but is it sustainable?: resources and ecological data

the world is getting better all the time -
basic sources for world data

world freedom

the conditions of people around the world

  • Measuring the Changing Condition of the World's Poor: The Physical Quality of Life Index (1960-1990)
    Morris, Morris David
    (1996, Thomas J Watson Jr Institute For International Studies)
    this article can be downloaded from http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Watson_Institute/Publications/OP/CCSD_WP2324.pdf. be warned that it is about 125 A4 pages long, ie big.

  • Human Development Report 1997 United Nations Development Programme
    (pbk, 1997, OUP, 0195119975)
    $19.95
    [amazon.com] {advert} [this issue no longer available from amazon.co.uk]
    each year this report has a theme. this 1997 edition contains a useful analysis of the place of the state.

    Several of the entries in this section are updated regularly, check with your library or bookshop for the latest edition.

    2002 edition available at here. The theme for 2002 is ‘the state of democracy’.
    A summary is available at the end of
    this page,
    and data tables are available here.

  • GDP and other quality of life measurements
    Short paper highlighting various measures of standards of living and standards of well-being, with discussion and links.

world economic freedom

.... but is it sustainable?

resources and ecological data



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