Data Sources Good for Development Topics
- WDI: World Development Indicators This link opens in a new window
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A great place to look first for comparative international data over time. Data for some series go back to 1962.
- IPUMS: Integrated Public Use Microdata SeriesClean and well-documented microdata from the US Census, international censuses, as well as the Current Population Survey, time use data, health data, and higher education data. From the Minnesota Population Center.
- Penn World TablesExceptional dataset with purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 188 countries for some or all of the years beginning in 1950.
- World Values Survey
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- BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Primary agency for official data on the US workforce. - CGDEV: Center for Global DevelopmentSix datasets
- Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
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Kristin has a number of print codebooks in her office -- contact her if you'd like to use one. - LSMS: Living Standards Measurement StudyHousehold data from developing countries hosted at the World Bank.
- BREAD: Data from Developing Countries
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This annotated list of household surveys and other data focuses on economics and reproductive health. - PRIO: Peace Research Institute OsloData on armed conflicts
- AEA (American Economic Association) DataFrom the RFE web site, a listing of commonly used data sources.
