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Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
The Pew Research Center is an American think tank organization based in Washington, D.C. that provides information on issues, attitudes and trends shaping the United States and the world.
The primary reference tool to the world’s population literature. An electronic index to demographic research from many sources including books, articles, government publications, charts, tables and conference proceedings.
Provides articles, datasheets, and reports on a number of topics including: Environment, HiV/AIDS, Population Trends, Reproductive Health, Marriage/Family, Education, Family Planning, Fertility, Health, Race/Ethnicity, Poverty, Migration, Youth, Aging, Mortality, and Gender.
Provides a global center for data on international trade, national accounts, energy, industry, environment and demographic and social statistics gathered from national and international sources
One of the largest publishers of statistical information. Contains information on:
- Population demographics
- Economic census figures
- Census of manufacturers
The ISA was founded in 1949 under the auspices of UNESCO. The goal of the ISA is to represent sociologists everywhere, regardless of their school of thought, scientific approaches or ideological opinion, and to advance sociological knowledge throughout the world. Its members come from 126 countries.
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