sustainableworld.com

Objective of the Site

The site, which first appeared in 1998,  is designed to provide access  to a selected number of key and free international data sites, to provide information on how to download data from the web and to provide links and training on opensource/free software which can be used to access, analyse and process the data.  The site is designed to be used in low bandwidth areas. It has been developed to be of general interest, but particularly useful to governments, businesses and students in low-bandwith areas in developing countries.

Data Links

This section will provide links to databases providing free access to a range of international economic, demographic, agricultural, nutritional, and other data at the country and regional levels. The data bases are selected to be of interest to users working on national and international problems. A brief description of the data bases is available here.

Open Source Software

This section will provide information on open source (free) software, including the Linux operating system and office software that runs on Linux, Windows or Apple operating systems. The section will also examine the hardware requirements for running the free Linux operating systems.  The information on open source/free software is available here.

Using the Data

This section will give examples of how to download, organize, link and use data from some of the key data bases, as well as provide examples orlinks to training material related to using the data with open source software for analytical purposes-- for example using a spreadsheet to draw populations pyramids. This material can be accessed here.