Poverty & Development Statistics

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United States

Poverty information from the U.S. Census
- Poverty in the United States
  C 3.186/22 - shelved on the 1st Floor Mezz.
  An annual report produced by the Census detailing the many dimensions of poverty in the United States. The library has reports from 1985 to the most current edition. Reports from recent years are also available online
*Available at Bertrand Library and online to anyone

Pennsylvania

Income/Poverty
From the Pennsylvania State Data Center
*Available online to anyone

International

OECD's Development Assistance Committee: International Development Statistics
Provides a variety of statistics about developing nations and foreign aid. However many of the resources available require a subscription and are NOT free. The following resources DO NOT require an account and are free:
- Aid at a Glance by Region
- Databases on Aid and Other Resource Flows
  These databases cover bilateral and multilateral donors' aid and other resource flows to developing countries and countries in transition.
- Health Focus Charts: Foreign aid to support health related programs
  "The charts show for each of the following countries and territories listed below and for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000: 1. Top ten donors of ODA/OA Commitments in Health and for all sectors, 2. Sub-sectoral breakdown of aid to health"
- Recipient Aid Charts.
  The charts show for each of the following countries and territories and for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 and include: net ODA/OA receipts, top ten donors of gross ODA/OA, the population and GNI per capita, and the bilateral ODA/OA by sector.
*Available online to anyone
The United Nations publications and resources:
- Human Development Report
  HD72 .H85
  An annual publication from the United Nations highlighting the state of human development in the world. The full report (or individual chapters) can be read at http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/. Statistics from the reports can be downloaded from http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/indicator/index.html . Earlier reports are also available online (look for the "Find Reports" box, then select the desired year).
- Social Indicators
  From the United Nations statistical division.
*Available at Bertrand Library to anyone / *Available online to anyone
The World Bank publications and resources:
- Global Development Finance
  Ref HJ8899 .W672
  "...tracks the annual movement of international capital flows to developing countries, and discusses selected analytical and policy issues in international finance for developing countries."
- The World Bank: Data & Statistics
  Information from various world bank databases.
- World Development Indicators
  Ref HC59.15 .W656, or CD-ROM HC59.15 .W657
  "(The WDI is) organized in six sections: world view, people, environment, economy, states and markets, and global links. The tables cover 148 economies and 15 country groups with basic indicators for a further 58 economies." Some information from the 2003 edition is available online.
*Available at Bertrand Library to anyone (cannot be checked out) / *Available online to anyone