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Notes on Sigwatch's NGO campaign database
Koenig, Pamina - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806164
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Global debt database : methodology and sources
Mbaye, Samba; Moreno Badía, Marialuz; Chae, Kyungla - 2018
This paper describes the compilation of the Global Debt Database (GDD), a cutting-edge dataset covering private and … public debt for virtually the entire world (190 countries) dating back to the 1950s. The GDD is the result of a multiyear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852657
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A Different Kind of War : Internet Databases and Legal Protection or How the Strict Intellectual Property Laws of the West Threaten the Developing Countries' Information Commons
Canellopoulou-Bottis, Maria - 2014
This paper describes intellectual property legislation in the European Union, the US and the Draft Treaty on the legal protection of unoriginal databases, usually available in the Internet. I argue that this type of legislation, if enforced upon developing countries and countries in transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147625
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Gender Equality: Gender, Institutions and Development Database 2009 (GID-DB)
OECD - 2009
The Gender, Institutions and Development Database (GID-DB) presents comparative data on discriminatory social … institutions related to gender inequality. The database includes the 14 variables of the 2012 Social Institutions and Gender Index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013528111
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The value of luminosity data as a proxy for economic statistics
Chen, Xi; Nordhaus, William D. - 2010
"One of the pervasive issues in social and environmental research has been to improve the quality of socioeconomic data in developing countries. Because of the shortcoming of standard data sources, the present study examines luminosity (measures of nighttime lights) as a proxy for standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008656756
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The Value of Luminosity Data as a Proxy for Economic Statistics
Chen, Xi - 2010
One of the pervasive issues in social and environmental research has been to improve the quality of socioeconomic data in developing countries. Because of the shortcoming of standard data sources, the present study examines luminosity (measures of nighttime lights) as a proxy for standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138765
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The Value of Luminosity Data as a Proxy for Economic Statistics
Chen, Xi - 2010
One of the pervasive issues in social and environmental research has been to improve the quality of socioeconomic data in developing countries. Because of the shortcoming of standard data sources, the present study examines luminosity (measures of nighttime lights) as a proxy for standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138839
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World Development Report 2021 : Data for better lives
Weltbank - 2021
the world. But despite this growth, much of the value of data remains untapped, waiting to be realized. Data collected for … incompatible data systems to a fundamental lack of trust. The World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives will explore the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603447
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The Value of Luminosity Data as a Proxy for Economic Statistics
Chen, Xi - 2010
One of the pervasive issues in social and environmental research has been to improve the quality of socioeconomic data in developing countries. Because of the shortcoming of standard data sources, the present study examines luminosity (measures of nighttime lights) as a proxy for standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462340