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New online app for reporting sexual violence in Brazil
Innovative use of new technology by UNICEF and UN-Habitat: a website which also works as a smartphone app that brings together information on support services for women and girls who are survivors of...
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Bloomberg: carbon offsets and environmental issues
Carbon markets remain under pressure with the collapse of United Nations climate change talks last week. Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance estimates an oversupply of more than 2 gigatons of carbon...
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OECD Education at a Glance 2013 Report.
http://www.oecd.org/edu/eag.htm This has key indicators. Provides data on the structure, finances, and performance of education systems in more than 40 countries note some more detailed data for...
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Bloomberg: Stocks sensitive to interest rate shocks
The Fed is roiling global markets with its retreat from providing more liquidity. Scan for stocks sensitive to interest rate changes using PORT, Bloomberg’s multi-factor stress testing analytics...
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Matchwomen’s strike and other union sites
125th anniversary of the Matchgirl’s strike <http://www.matchwomensfestival.com/> To commemorate the occasion a special festival is being held in London. See the site for events. For information...
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Bloomberg: Comparing Croatia’s Economic Forecasts With the Euro
Croatia became the European Union’s 28th member on July 1st. The country is an example both of the shift away from fiscal austerity and the indirect impact of the Euro on the smaller economies that...
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Eurostat statistics explained
A guide to European statistics from the European Commission: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Main_Page
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Spectator Archive
Still in beta format: http://archive.spectator.co.uk/ Search free of charge the full text digital version of this weekly, right-wing magazine from July 1828 to December 2008. Good for coverage of...
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R-shief: tracking Arab public opinion
The new website is currently under development. It aggregates data from social media – Facebook, Twitter etc. to track public opinion from the Arab world. For more information see...
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UK Postal Service
This week UK government confirmed that Royal Mail will be floated on the Stock Exchange Royal Mail: myth-busters - Answers common misconceptions about the government’s plans to sell shares in Royal...
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Global corruption data
Find information on the extent of government and political corruption worldwide using the latest annual report from Transparency International: http://www.transparency.org/gcb2013 Transparency...
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Bloomberg: Studying Equity Volume Patterns for Clues on Price Direction
Global equity markets rallied this month after a contraction in June. Trading volume can indicate whether these price movements will hold. Bloomberg has tools to analyze volume patterns at both a...
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Demographic data UK
By 2016 most parents will be unmarried Latest birth data from the National office of Statistics sees an increase in children born to unmarried parents. The ONS also has more family and household...
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EU high earners
Where do bankers earn millions? Interesting European Bank central report on 2010-2011 salaries in EU nations.
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Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Country Indicators
From the International financial corporation, (MSME-CI) Access to free data back 20 years on the number of small and medium business in 132 nations. Covers size, growth rates and employees. Data can...
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Opendata for Africa
Great free open data portal just launched by the African Development Bank. Covers over 50 nations providing recent data. This include millennium development goals and socio-economic data on fragile...
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Women like that: lesbian and gay history
Jane Traies, who is based at the University of Surrey, is pioneering research on the lives of older lesbians in the UK. It is in its preliminary stages but you can read her dissertation and a blog...
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Media Use in the Middle East
…from Northwestern University in Qatar http://menamediasurvey.northwestern.edu/ Major 8 nation survey on media use. Reveals that Arab citizens afraid to express themselves online and also gives...
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Bloomberg: Facebook Earnings Estimates
Facebook reported their earnings on 24 July and analysts’ forecasts diverge due to their outlook for future mobile advertising revenue growth. Bloomberg’s Investor Relations dashboard shows almost half...
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This blog is moving
This blog is moving to a new site and changing its name slightly. The new address is http://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/ If you subscribe to RSS feeds, they too will have changed and you...
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