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Objective of the Site

This site, which first appeared in 1998, is routinely updated. Individual page data will be updated with new or revised data during 2020.  In March new data sources on the Coronavirus-19 were added to the health data.  The older material on the site concentrates on national time series data, mainly (but not exclusively) for developing countries, provided in large part by international organizations. The recent additions include many new sources of data at the sub-national level which are becoming increasingly available.  This revision also includes data on GIS shapefiles available for developing countries. All sites listed provide free data. This revision also includes information on open-source software (including GIS) available  to access, analyze and process the data. In some cases suggestions have been made on how to use the listed websites. A limited number of links to training material have been included. The site has been developed to be of general interest, but particularly useful to governments, businesses and students. The site is designed to make it accessible in low-bandwidth areas in developing countries.

Data Links

This section  provides links to databases providing open access to international  agricultural, nutritional, economic,  demographic,and other data at the sub-national, national, regional and global levels. The data will normally be available for downloading as a spreadsheet or shapefile.This section is available here.

Open Source Software

This section provides information on open source office software, including the Linux operating system, and productivity software that runs on Linux, Windows or Apple operating systems.  The information on open source/free software is available here.

Using the Data
This section gives examples of how to download, organize, link and use data from some of the main data bases, as well as providing a limited number of links to training material related to using the data with open source software for analytical purposes-- for example using a spreadsheet to draw population pyramids. This material can be accessed here.
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