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Dr Cameron
Hill
Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Security
Poverty,
development and humanitarian issues
Global poverty and development
- World
Economic Databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF): economic data and
forecasts created as part of the biannual World Economic Outlook.
- World
Development Indicators, World Bank: the
primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from
officially recognised international sources.
- Human
Development Index, United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP): a summary measure of average achievement in key
dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable,
and a decent standard of living.
- World
Population Dashboard, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): statistics on
global population, maternal and newborn health, sexual and reproductive health,
education, fertility, and life expectancy.
- World
Health Statistics, World Health
Organization (WHO): presents the most recent health statistics for the WHO member
states, including developing country members.
- UNICEF Data, United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF): open data and analysis on the situation of children
and women worldwide.
- State of Food Insecurity
in the World, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): measures progress
made towards achieving the internationally agreed development goals relating to
hunger.
- Environmental
Indicators, United Nations Statistics Division: global environment
statistics on ten indicator themes compiled from a wide range of data sources.
- The
World’s Women, United Nations Statistics Division: presents statistics and
analysis on the status of women and men in the world.
- UNCTAD
Statistics, United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD): statistics from the United Nations focal point
for the integrated treatment of trade and development and interrelated issues
in the areas of finance, technology, investment, and sustainable development.
- Worldwide
Governance Indicators (World Bank): measures six key dimensions of
governance—voice and accountability, political stability and lack of violence, government
effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption.
Humanitarian, emergency and
conflict
- World
Humanitarian Data and Trends, United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA): presents global and country-level data and trend
analysis of humanitarian crises and assistance.
- UNHCR Population
Statistics, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): data
about UNHCR’s populations of concern.
- Global Assessment
Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction: a biennial global assessment of disaster risk reduction and
comprehensive review and analysis of the natural hazards that are affecting
humanity.
- Fragile States Index, US
Fund for Peace: focuses on indicators of risk based on published articles and
reports.
Asia and the Pacific
Official Development Assistance
Aid financing
- Development
Finance Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD): Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by the OECD’s 29
Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members, categorised by donors, sectors
and recipients. Includes ‘aid at a glance’ charts.
- Aidflows.org, OECD, World
Bank, ADB, Inter-American Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, African
Development Bank: visualises how much development financing is provided and
received around the world, categorised by individual donors and beneficiaries.
- Track Emerging
Donors, Open Data for International Development: aims to capture ‘South-South’
cooperation activities and other non-OECD DAC sources of development finance
activities in a reliable and systematic manner.
Aid effectiveness and transparency
- Commitment to Development
Index, US Center for Global Development: ranks 27 of the world’s richest
countries on policies that affect the more than five billion people living in
poorer nations.
- Aid Transparency
Index, publishwhatyoufund.org: measures aid transparency in different aid
organisations.
Australian Aid
- Official
Statistical Summary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT): statistical
details of Australia’s development cooperation with partner countries,
multilateral and bilateral development agencies, civil society organisations
and the private sector.
- Australian Aid
Tracker, Development Policy Institute, Australian National University
(ANU): aims to provide easy-to-access, clear information about the state of
Australia’s aid efforts, for the media, decision-makers, the general public and
other stakeholders.
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