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ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full text for many core scholarly journals as well as popular press periodicals.

International Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides access to articles on covered on politics, international relations, and national and area studies
Web of Science (ISI) This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary index to journal literature in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Offers the option to find cited references, which are the authors lists of articles used in their research.

International Economic Statistics
Guide to major sources for international macroeconomic statistics, including historical, subnational, financial, industrial, and development sources.
Development/Aid/Foreign Investment
Guide to economic resources on aid and development
OECD International Development Statistics
The DAC (Development Assistance Committee) databases, under Detailed Aid Statistics, cover bilateral and multilateral donors’ aid and other resource flows to developing countries in two separate databases:
The Creditor Reporting System (CRS), provides detailed information on individual aid activities, such as sectors, countries, project descriptions etc. Note: To see more detailed data (microdata), click the small magnifying glass next to the dollar
AidData.org/
Contains information on development finance activities for the period 1947-2011. The primary variables are compiled from a range of sources, including the OECD Creditor Reporting System (CRS) database [see entry above] , donor annual reports, project documents from both bilateral and multilateral aid agencies, data gathered directly from donor agency sources, and agency websites and databases.
Financial Tracking Service
From the UN, tracks global financial aid flows.

USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse This link opens in a new window
Index and selected full text to USAID funded technical and program documentation.

World Development Indicators This link opens in a new window
Includes annual economic, social, educational, environmental and health data from many of the World Bank's major statistical publications. 1960+

Knoema
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EIU Country Report (Previously: EIU Profiles and Reports) This link opens in a new window
Background reports covering economic, political, and social conditions of countries. For 1952-1995, use the EIU Country Reports Archive. 1996+
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Provides easy access to a wide variety of economic, social, and political indicators. Includes IMF's International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade (1980+), Balance of Payments, and Government Finance Statistics. Data is also accessible through Data-Planet Statistical Ready Reference.

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Data-Planet Ready Reference
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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window
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Full-text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full-text of the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and the Nikkei Weekly. Some titles are abstracted only. Includes selected full-text and abstracts of many industry and general interest publications. For non-English, choose appropriate language.
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