Data Reserviors

Issue
Political Violence
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Democracy, Governance
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Infrastructure
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Health/Education
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Food Security
1
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Poverty
1
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Climate Change
1
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Ecology/Resources
1
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Population
1
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4
5
Gender
1
2
3
4
Agriculture and Rural Development
1
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4
Urban Development
1
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4
Economic Data
1
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Aid
1
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Mixed topics
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Source / Institution
ACLED: Armed Conflict Location Event Dataset

Financial Times
GTD: Global Terrorism Database, University of Maryland
ICG: International Crisis Group
INSCR/CSP: Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research/Centre for Systemic Peace
MAR: Minorities at Risk
PVC: Project on Violent Conflict- State University of New York
SCAD: Social Conflict in Africa Database- University of Texas
Upsala UCDP Dyadic Datasets
Upsala UDCP GED: Georeferenced Event Dataset
UNDPKO: Dept. Of Peacekeeping Operations
Ace Project
African Elections Database
Afrobarometer
Gallup Poll
IDEA: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Index of African Governance/Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
Interparliamentary Union
Moibrahim Index
PRS: Political Risk Services Group
Polity IV/Centre for Systemic Peace
Quota Project
SEDAC- Environmental governance
Transparency International
World Bank Data- Public Sector
World Bank Microdata- Service Delivery Microdata
Worldwide Governance Indicators/World Bank
African Development Bank Group Data Portal

African Economic Outlook/OECD
European Union Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund
World Bank Data- Infrastructure
World Bank Data- Science and Technology
African Bank Group- Open Data for Africa

EMDAT/CRED: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters ( CRED )
Malaria Atlas Programme (MAPs)
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency Group
World Bank Data
World Bank Data- Health
FAO: Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations

FEWS NET: Famine Early Warning System Network
IFPRI Food Security Portal: International Food Policy Research Institute
WFP: World Food Programme
HDI: Human Development Index

Poverty Action Lab
SEDAC- Global Distribution of Poverty
CDIAC: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center

CCAPs: Climate Change and African Political Stability
CIESEN and Yale: Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
CRU: Climate Research Unit, University of East Anglia
IPCC DDC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Data Distribution Centre
Prevention Web
SEDAC - Climate Change
World Bank Data
Carpe/USAID
FAO ForeSTAT: Food and Africulture Organisation of the UN
SEDAC
SEDAC
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
City Population Project

SEDAC
UNECA
UNESA: United Nations Deptartment of Economic and Social Affairs
World Bank Data
OECD
UNECA
World Bank Data
ral Development
SEDAC- Agriculture and Food Security
SEDAC- Effects of climate change on global food production
World Bank Data

SEDAC
World Bank Data
African Development Bank Group

Africa Economic Outlook/OECD
Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
HDI: Human Development Index
Poverty Action Lab
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
World Bank Microdata - Enterprise Data
World Bank Microdata- Remittances data
AidData
OECD

Blatant World- Africa page
Data First
Interuniverity Consortium for Political and Social Research
Nation Master.com
OECD Statistics
Poverty Action Lab
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
Conflict analysis and crisis mapping

Middle Eastern Violence map
Systematic
on domestic
and international
terrorist events
Uprisings indata
the Arab
World, Peace
& Justice, Responsibility
to Protect, Climate Change and Conflict, Gender and
Armed conflict and intervention, Polity IV: Regime Authority Characteristics and Transitions, State Fragility Index
Ethnic conflict, minority conflict
Data
international
terrorist
and events
Socialon
violenceprotests,
riots,organisational
strikes, coups,characteristics
communal violence,
and other types of social unrest
Organised violence where the government is a main actor
Event-based and georeferenced dataset on organized violence, detailing all of the UCDPs categories of violence
Peacekeeping statistics
Political,
economic constitutions,
and financial risk
ratings based on the following indicators:
Turmoil
Data on elections,
monarchies,
Restrictions on equity
Election
result on
data
for operations
all Sub-Sarahan African countries
Restrictions
local
Taxation
discrimination
Public
opinion
database of opinions on social, political and economic atmosphere
Repatriation
restrictions
Public perceptions
of governance, economics, well-being etc.
Exchange controls
Voter
turnout,
electoral system design, gender quotas, direct democracy
Tariff
barriers
Nontariff
barriers indicators as a measure of african governance
Human
development
Payment
delays
Database on national parliaments
Expansionary economic policies
Government
Labor costsquality on 4 pillars: 1. Safety & Rule of Law, 2. Participation & Human Rights, 3. Sustainable Econom
Foreign debt
Regime authority characteristic monitor
Global database of quotas for women
Environmental governance and international treaties
Corruption perception index and global corruption barometer
Public sector data- various indicators
Service delivery survey results
Aggregate governance measure based on indicators: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of
Road coverage, telephone lines, mobile phone subscribers, internet users, personal computers.
Access to telecommunication services
Infrastructure projects in Africa
Rail and road coverage, water sources, internet connections, coverage
R&D expenditure, patent applications, high-tech exports
National Health Accounts
IHME Educational Attainment and Child Mortality

Disaster database Insect infestation, temperature, drought
Malaria Risk, Inherited Blood Disorders, Mosquito vectors
Maternal mortality rates globally
Education- various indicators
Mixed indicators of health
Household and Community-level Surveys,
Social Accounting Matrices,
Institution-level
Food production,Surveys,
food trade, micronutrients consumed
Geospatial Data,
Rainfall,
Regional crop
Data,yields and other indicators of famine conditions
Agricultural Investment and Expenditure
Various hunger stats and their source documents linked
HDI indices
Various datasets on a range of topics- mainly to do with microeconomics and health
Various datasets on various indicators of poverty
Carbon Cycle Climate Coastal Sensitivity to Sea Level Rise Energy and Socioeconomic Systems Land-Use and Ec
Climate change and African political and household stability, conflict event, type, location
Environmental burden of disease, Air pollution (effects on humans), Water (effects on humans), Air Pollution (effe
Temperature, Precipitation, Pressure and Circulation Indices, UK Climate Indices, Mediterranean climate, Alpine
Extreme temperature, volcanos, floods, droughts, earthquake, storms
Disaster risk and statistics
Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation
Mixed indicators of climate change data and impacts
Forest cover satelite data of the Congo Basin

Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
Extreme temperature, volcanos, floods, droughts, earthquake, storms
Import and export of wood products
Land use and land cover change, fertiliser use
Water resources and consumption- coastal water quality, global resevoirs and dams etc.
Energy and Mining- various indicators
Environmental- various indicators
Population nodes
Gridded population of the world
Migration data
Urban and rural populations of all countries and agglomerations
Fertility rates, birth rates, contraception use, malnutrition rates etc.
Aid spent on gender empowerment by OECD countries

Gender statistics of peacekeeping forces
Gender pay gap, female researchers, female plant and mechanic operators, % of homicide victims that are wom
Gender- various indicators
Datasets on food production, agricultural labour force etc

Land use, fertiliser use etc.
Agriculture and rural development- various indicators
Population living in slum areas

Settlement points, metropolitan population changes
Urban population data, current and projections
Urban development indicators- car drivers, sanitation facilities, road sector energy consumption
Consumption, Agriculture, Debt & Financial Flows, Economy, Energy, Environment, ICT, Infrastructure, Prices, Pro
African fiscal data
Firm-level data
HDI indices
Economic Policy and external debt
Financial sector- various indicators
Private sector- various indicators
Labour and Social protection- various indicators
Poverty/income data- various indicators
Enterprise data
Remittances and Migration data
Database of international aid flows

ODA by region, country, FDI etc.
Consumption, Agriculture, Debt & Financial Flows, Economy, Energy, Environment, ICT, Infrastructure, Prices, Pro
Mixed topics/mixed sources

Census Enumerations, Community and Urban Studies, Conflict, Aggression, Violence, Wars, Economic Behavior a
Mixed
topics Bodies, Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes, Organizational Behavior, Social Indicators, Social Inst
Deliberative
Mixed topics/mixed sources
Mixed topics
Social development indicators
Aid effectiveness
2.
Saudi
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Nigeria
Madagasca
Arabia,
-South
Republic
rYemen,
Africa
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Congo
Malawi
Egypt,
-Sudan
Rwanda
Mali
Syria,
-Swaziland
Senegal
Mauritania
Lebanon,
-Tanzania
Sierra
Format
Mauritius
Syria,
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Leone
Mozambiqu
Israel/Pales
-Tunisia
Time3.Frame
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of countries
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listLocation
available)
2.Scale
Type of Data
Time Scale
Geospatial?
Somalia
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tine,
-Uganda
South
Namibia
Algeria,
-Vanuatu
Africa
Niger
Libya,
-Zambia
Sudan
Tunisia,
1997-2012
50 Nigeria
-Zimbabwe Local
Quant. and Daily/event Yes
Rwanda
Western
Swaziland
2010-2011
16 Algeria,
MorNational/SubQuant. and Daily/event No
Sao
Tome
Sahara
Tanzania
1970-2010 N/A
List N/A
Local
Quant. and Daily/event No
and
Togo
200379 Principe
National/Reg
Qual.
Annual/ monNo
Tunisia
Senegal
1946-2010
164 ListUganda
N/A
National/RegQuant. and Q
Annual
No
Seychelles
Zambia
1945- 2010 200+
List
N/A
Local
Quant. and Daily/event No
Sierra
Leone
1998-2005 N/A
List
N/A
Local
Quant.
Event
No
Zimbabwe
Somalia
1990-2011
49
Local
Quant. and Q
Daily/event Yes
South
1946-2011
33 *African
Quant.
Daily/event No
Africa couLocal
1989-2010
38 Sudan
Algeria, AngLocal
Quant.
Daily/event Yes
Swaziland
200616 missionsDRC, South S
National/RegQuant.
Monthly
No
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
1998200+
List N/A
National
Quant. and Q
Event
Yes
Zimbabwe
199049 Angola BeniNational
Quant.
Event
No
20 Algeria
Benin, Botsw
Local
Egypt
List N/A
Libya
List
N/A
Morocco
60 Tunisia
National
19991935-
200+
2000N/A
2000-2007
Various
N/A
Qual.
Annual
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Quant. and Qual
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Quant.
Annual
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No
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2000-2010
1980-
53 All Africa
140 List N/A
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Local
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Annual
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No
1800-2010
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9 Cambodia, CMicro
1996-2010
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2000-2010
54 All Africa
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2002-2009
51 List N/A
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Annual
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2007-
54 All Africa
National
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Event
Yes
1980-2011 200+
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Yes
Various
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Quant.
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Quant.
Annual
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200+
1995-2009 All Africa
Various
Various
United
Pakistan
States
Brazil of
America
Ethiopia
Uruguay
Kenya
Uzbekistan
Mozambiqu
175 Venezuela
List
National
Quant.
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Vietnam
Peru
N/A
List N/A
National
Quant.
Yemen
Chad
49 African List
N/A
Sub-nationalQuant.
Zambia
Haiti
200+
Zimbabwe National
Quant.
Liberia
Nicaragua
Tanzania
200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
China
India
Madagasca
rList N/A
200+
National
Quant.
Nigeria
N/A
Sub-Saharan
Regional
Quant.
Vietnam
22 Colombia Local
Quant. and
Various
N/A
1970-2009
1900-2011
2007-2010
1990-2010
1980-2011
1980-2011
Various
Annual
No
Event
No
Annual
Annual
Yes
No
Various
Yes
Annual/vari No
Weekly/vari Yes
Various
No
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual/vari No
1980-2011 200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
Various
Various
N/A
List N/A
Local
QuantitativeMixed
No
Various
N/A
List N/A
National
Quant.
Various
No
1980-future projections List N/A
National
Quant.
Various
Yes/various
1996-2010 48 African List N/A
Local
Quant. and Event/variouYes
2006, 2008,
National
Quant.
163 List N/A
Annual
No
No
Various
N/A
List N/A
Sub-nationalQuant.
1900-
200+
List N/A
National
1970-
200+
List N/A
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Various
200+
List N/A
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Various
N/A
List N/A
National/SubQuant.
Various
Yes/various
List N/A
National/SubQuant.
Annual
Yes
Quant.
Various
No
1980-2011 200+
Various
9 Burundi, Cam
Local
2006, 2008,
Monthly/varNo
QuantitativeEvent
No**
Monthly/var?
163 List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
1900-
N/A
List N/A
National
Quant.
Event
No**
1961-
200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
Various
N/A
List N/A
Sub-nationalQuant.
Various
No
Various
N/A
List N/A
Sub-nationalQuant.
Various
No
1980- 2011 200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
1980- 2011 200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
2012 for agg200+
List N/A
Sub-nationalQuant.
Annual
Yes
1990, 1995,N/A
List N/A
Sub-nationalQuant.
Annual
No
Various
European coNational
Quant.
Annual
No
Sub-nationalQuant.
Annual
No
N/A
1950-2050 200+
List N/A
1980- 2011 200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
2007-2009 N/A
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
National
Quant.
Monthly
No
1980-
European coNational
Quant.
Annual
No
1980- 2011 200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
Various
N/A
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
Various
N/A
List N/A
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Annual
No
Various
N/A
List N/A
Sub-nationalQuant.
Annual
No
1980-2011 200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
1990-2010 N/A
List N/A
Sub-nationalQuant.
Annual
No
Various
List N/A
Sub-nationalQuant.
Annual
No
1950-2050 200+
List N/A
Sub-nationalQuant.
Annual
No
1980- 2011 200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
All Africa
National
Quant.
Annual
No
National
Quant.
Annual
No
Quant.
Annual
No
2006-2011 17 missions
N/A
1996-2008 50 African List N/A

2007-2009
3 Ghana, EthioMixed
1980-2011 200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
Various
No
Various
List N/A
Local
Quant.
Mixed
No
1980- 2011 200+
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
1980- 2011 200+
List N/A
National
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Annual
No
1980- 2011 200+
List N/A
National
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Annual
No
1980- 2011 200+
List N/A
National
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Annual
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1980- 2011 200+
List N/A
National
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Annual
No
Local
Quant.
Annual
No
7 Burkina FasoLocal
Quant.
Annual
No
Local/sub-naQuant.
Various
Yes- the
List N/A
Various
Quant.
Various
No
All Africa
National
Quant.
Annual
No
Various
List N/A
Various
Quant. and Various
No
1970- 2010 2 African

Various
N/A
South Africa,Local
List N/A
Various
Quant. and Annual

Various
Various
No
Various
Various
List N/A
Quant. and Various
No
N/A
2002-2010
126
2009-2010
Various
144 List N/A

N/A
All
All
Various
Various
N/A
List N/A
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Quant.
Various
No
Various
N/A
List N/A
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No
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N/A
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
Various
N/A
List N/A
National
Quant.
Annual
No
Link
ospatial?
http://www.acleddata.com/
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4c5117a6-2eda-11e0-9877-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1p0fOJhR2
http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/crisiswatch/crisiswatch-database.aspx
http://www.systemicpeace.org/inscr/inscr.htm
http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/
http://www.albany.edu/pvc/data.shtml
http://ccaps.strausscenter.org/scad/conflicts
http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/datasets/
http://www.ucdp.uu.se/ged/
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/
http://aceproject.org/epic-en
http://africanelections.tripod.com/
http://www.afrobarometer.org/
https://worldview.gallup.com/signin/login.aspx
http://www.idea.int/uid/
http://www.nber.org/data/iag.html
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/parlinesearch.asp
http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/en/section/the-ibrahim-index
http://www.prsgroup.com/CountryData.aspx
http://www.systemicpeace.org/inscr/inscr.htm
http://www.quotaproject.org/
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/theme/governance/data/sets/browse
http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/gcb/2010/in_detail#4
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/public-sector?display=map
http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/enterprise_surveys/about
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.asp
http://dataportal.afdb.org/Reports.aspx?type=DataByTopic&key=REP_CIP
http://www.africaneconomicoutlook.org/en/data-statistics/table-15-access-to-services/
http://www.itf-gis.net/
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/infrastructure
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/science-and-technology?display=map
http://opendataforafrica.org/WHONHA2012/national-health-accounts-1995-2009
http://opendataforafrica.org/IHMEEACM2010/ihme-educational-attainment-and-child-mortality
http://www.emdat.be/disaster-profiles
http://www.map.ox.ac.uk/browse-resources/
http://www.maternalmortalitydata.org/mme.html
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/education?display=map
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/health?display=map
http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-fs/fs-data/ess-fadata/en/
http://earlywarning.usgs.gov/fews/africa/index.php
http://www.ifpri.org/datasets
http://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
http://dvn.iq.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/jpal
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/povmap/ds_info.jsp
http://cdiac.ornl.gov/by_new/bysubjec.html#energy
http://ccaps.aiddata.org/
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/epi/
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/
http://www.emdat.be/disaster-profiles
http://www.ipcc-data.org/
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/statistics/
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/theme/climate
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/climate-change?display=map
http://carpe.umd.edu/resources/satellite_data_clearinghouse.php
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/epi/
http://www.emdat.be/
http://faostat.fao.org/site/630/default.aspx
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/theme/land-use
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/theme/water
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/energy-and-mining?display=map
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/environment?display=map
http://www.citypopulation.de/Africa.html
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/continent.jsp?region=Africa
http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/database/STAT/89-MCH/01-MCH_1/?lang=1
http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/index.htm
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL
http://webnet.oecd.org/dcdgraphs/gender/
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/gender.shtml
http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/quickstatistics/readtable.asp?qs_id=21
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/gender?display=map
http://opendataforafrica.org/data#group=topics&item=Agriculture
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/theme/agriculture/data/sets/browse
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mva/cropclimate/
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/agriculture-and-rural-development?display=map
http://opendataforafrica.org/UNHABITAT2010/population-living-in-slum-areas-1990-2010
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/theme/urban/data/sets/browse
http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/index.htm
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/urban-development?display=map
http://dataportal.afdb.org/
http://www.africaneconomicoutlook.org/en/database-on-african-fiscal-performance/
http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/datasets/main.html
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/economic-policy-and-external-debt?display=map
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/financial-sector?display=map
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/private-sector?display=map
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/labor-and-social-protection?display=map
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/poverty?display=map
http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/enterprise_surveys/about
http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/mrs/about
http://www.aiddata.org/content/index/AidData-Raw
http://www.oecd.org/document/0,3746,en_2649_201185_46462759_1_1_1_1,00.html
http://dataportal.afdb.org/
http://www.blatantworld.com/africa.html
http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/home/
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/access/index.jsp
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,3746,en_2649_201185_46462759_1_1_1_1,00.html
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/social-development?display=map
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/aid-effectiveness?display=map
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Yes- to download
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Downloadable / Format
Notes
Yes- XLS, PDF, ZIP

No
Yes- CSV
Yes- PDS
Yes- XLS, SPSS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS, STATA
Yes- CSV, XLS, DBF, KML, SQL
Yes- PDF
Yes-CSV
Yes- copy&paste
Yes - PDF, SAV
No
Yes- XLS, CSV
Yes- XLS, PDF
Yes- XLS
Yes-zip
N/A
*Samples for free but payment required for country level data
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS, CSV
*If a country is not in the database it is because their is not quota system in place
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS, ZIP
Yes - XLS, XML
Yes- STATA
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS, PDF

Yes- XLS
No
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS, CSV
* to access data a registration must be made, you will receive an email within two days with an ac
Yes- XLS, CSV

Yes- XLS
*users must register to obtain large raw data sets and access is granted on a case-by-case b
Yes- PDF, PNG

Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes - XLS, XML
Yes- XLS
Yes- PDF, ZIP, PNG
Yes- STATA, SPSS, XLS
*dataset available under map in each

* you may download up to 10 datasets free of charge
Yes- various websites have PDF
Yes- XLS, PDF

Yes- XLS, ZIP
Yes- XLS
Yes- PDF
finding raw data is difficult on this website
No- except for conflict/ACLED data

Yes- PDF, XLS
Yes- ZIP, PDF
Yes*users
XLS must register to obtain large raw data sets and access is granted on a case-by-case basis .** the asia d
Yes- TXT, ZIP
* for more robust data format a registration is required
Yes- some PDF, others no

Yes- ZIP
Yes- XLS
Yes- various
* registration and payment is required for access to some of datasets.
Yes- XLS
Yes*users
XLSmust register to obtain large raw data sets and access is granted on a case-by-case basis and ** the Asia
Yes- XLS, CSV, XML
Yes- ZIP
Yes- ZIP
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes*theHTML
website advices users to download data as HTML and open using Excel and Java and Javascript must be en
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- CSV
Yes- XLS
No
Yes- ZIP/PDF
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS, CSV

Yes- ZIP/XLS
Yes- ZIP/XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS, CSV

Yes- ZIP/XLS
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Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS, PDF
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Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
*scroll down to 'aid' in list of statistic topics for a range of datasets on topic of aid
Yes- XLS, PDF

No
Yes- various
Yes- various
No
* Sources range from a collection of legitmate agencies/reports
Yes- various
Yes- XLS, ZIP
Yes- XLS
Yes- XLS
ota system in place
in two days with an access code
d on a case-by-case basis
ase basis .** the asia data is georeferenced
of datasets.
e basis and ** the Asia data is georeferenced
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sets on topic of aid
Details of Organisations/Data Sources

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Democracy/Governance
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Organisation
ACLED: Armed Conflict Location Event Dataset
ICG:International Crisis Group
UCDP: Upsala University Conflict Data Programme
SCAD: Social conflict in Africa dataset, University of Texas
INSCR:Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research/CSP: Centre for
Financial Times
GTD: Global Terrorism Database
MAR: Minorities at Risk
PVC: Project on Violent Conflict
Ace Project
African Elections Database
Afrobarometer
Gallup Opinion Poll
IDEA: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Index of African Governance/Harvard University's Kennedy School of Gov
Interparliamentary Union
Moibrahim Index
Political Risk Services Group (PRS)
Polity IV/Centre for Systemic Peace
Quota Project
SEDAC: Environmental governance
Transparency International
World Bank Data - various websites and indicators
African Development Bank Group Data Portal

African Economic Outlook
European Union Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund
World Bank Data- Infrastructure
World Bank Data- Science and Technology
EMDAT/CRED: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters ( CRE

Malaria Atlas Programme (MAPs)
MME: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency Group

World Bank Data- Health
FAO: Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations

FEWS NET: Famine Early Warning System Network
IFPRI Food Security Portal: International Food Policy Research Institute
WFP: World Food Programme
CDIAC: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center

CCAPs: Climate Change and African Political Stability
CIESEN and Yale
CRU: Climate Research Unit, University of East Anglia
IPCC DDC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Data Distribution
Prevention Web
SEDAC - Climate Change
World Bank Data
Carpe
FAOSTAT- Forestry
SEDAC
SEDAC
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
City Population Project

SEDAC: Gridded Population of the world
UNESA Population Division
World Bank Data
OECD: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

UNECA
World Bank Data

SEDAC- Agriculture and Food Security
SEDAC- Effects of climate change on global food production
World Bank Data

SEDAC
World Bank Data

Africa Economic Outlook/OECD
Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
Poverty Action Lab
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
World Bank Data
World Bank Microdata- Remittances data
Details
Country Origin
ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Even

US/Ireland
The International Crisis Group is an i
US
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCD

Sweden
The Social Conflict in Africa Database US
The Center for Systemic Peace (CSP) isUS
A newspaper originally, the Financial US
GTD is university-based/government res
US
MAR is a research project founded by Te
US
A Rockefeller College of Public Affairs US
ACE, founded in 1998, is a collaborativUS

Founded in 1994, the purpose of the AED
?
Afrobarometer is an independent, non Ghana/South
pa
Africa
Gallup, founded in 1935, is a leading gUS
IDEA is an intergovernmental organisatSweden
The Index of African Governance is a pUS
The IPU is the official organisation of
Switzerland
Established in 2006, the Mo Ibrahim FoUS

A private research company founded inUS
1
Founded in 1975 Polity IV is a databaseUS
Founded in 2003 by International IDEAUS/Sweden
SEDAC, the Socioeconomic Data and App
US
TI is an international anti-corruption
US
The World Bank is a family of 5 larger Multinational
The African Bank Group was founed in Cote

1
d'Ivoire
African Economic Outlook.org is a gro France
The establishment of the EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure is one of the main actions that underpins the EU
CRED is Located at Columbia University

US
The Malaria Atlas Project is a project
UK
MME is the UN interagency group for mMultinational

The World Bank is a family of 5 larger organisations whose chief role is to administrate loans for poorer countrie
The FAOserves as a knowledge network

Multinational
a
The U.S. Agency for International DeveUS
The International Food Policy ResearchUS
WFP is the food aid arm of the United Multinational
Nations system
The Carbon Dioxide Information AnalysUS

CCAPS climate security vulnerability daUS
An Initiative of the Yale Center for E
US
CRU
UK

US
The DDC has been established to faciliMultinational
PreventionWeb serves is a project launc
Multinational
US
CARPE is an initiative by USAID. The we

US
An Initiative of the Yale Center for E
US

US
FAOSTATForestry provides annual produ
Multinational
US
US
The
Population
is an
The City
World
Bank is a Project
family of
5 larger Multinational
independent project liscened to a
Thomas Brinkhoff which provides
population statistics for all countries
and the major agglomerations of the
world, for the major cities and
Germany
agglomerations of each country, for
Gridded
Populationdivisions
of the World,
Versi US
the administrative
of each
country,
interactive maps
&
The UN department
of Economic
and Socia
Multinational
diagrams.
These dynamic graphics show aid spent on gender equality and womens empowerment both in total and by ind
The African Bank Group was founed in 1954 with shareholders of 53 African countries and 23 non- African countr
The African Bank Group was founed in 1954 with shareholders of 53 African countries and 23 non- African countr
African Economic Outlook.org is a group of African Development Bank, the OECD Development Centre, the Unite
Firm-level data
Economic Policy and external debt
Financial sector- various indicators
Private sector- various indicators
Labour and Social protection- various indicators
Poverty/income data- various indicators
ns that underpins the EU Strategy for Africa. The Partnership was launched in October 2007 in Addis Ababa by the African
oans for poorer countries. The WB was founded in 1945 after the Bretton Woods agreement.
t both in total and by individual DAC member. Together, DAC members committed USD 23 billion per year to gender equali
nd 23 non- African countries which 'seeks to stimulate and mobilize internal and external resources to promote investments
nd 23 non- African countries which 'seeks to stimulate and mobilize internal and external resources to promote investments
opment Centre, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the United Nations Development Programme and is th
Addis Ababa by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Commission. The European Commission believes tha
n per year to gender equality in 2007-2009. Almost one fourth of this aid was spent in the health sector, and large shares w
ces to promote investments as well as provide its regional member countries with technical and financial assistance.'
ces to promote investments as well as provide its regional member countries with technical and financial assistance.'
ment Programme and is the organisation in charge of the annual African Economic Outlook report. AEO employs a cross-c
an Commission believes that regional cooperation and integration is the best tool to increase security, to boost trade and p
h sector, and large shares were committed in the education and governance sectors. Overall, less aid was committed to ge
financial assistance.'
financial assistance.'
ort. AEO employs a cross-country, macro-economic framework, allowing for comparative analysis both over time and acros
curity, to boost trade and prosperity and to further sustainable human development.
s aid was committed to gender equality in the economic and productive sectors.
s both over time and across countries

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ACLED: Armed Conflict Location Event Dataset

African Development Bank Group Data Portal

African Bank Group- Open Data for Africa

African Bank Group- Open Data for Africa

FAO: Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations

HDI: Human Development Index

CDIAC: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center

City Population Project

World Bank Data

African Bank Group- Open Data for Africa

African Development Bank Group

African Development Bank Group

Conflict analysis and crisis mapping

National Health Accounts

IHME Educational Attainment and Child Mortality

Forest cover satelite data of the Congo Basin

Fertility rates, birth rates, contraception use, malnutrition rates etc.

Aid spent on gender empowerment by OECD countries

Datasets on food production, agricultural labour force etc

Population living in slum areas

Database of international aid flows

Mixed topics/mixed sources

Quant. and Qual

Quant. and Event

164 List N/A

213 List N/A

1995-2009 All Africa

1980-future projections List N/A

1996-2010 48 African List N/A

Quant. and Event/variouYes

163 List N/A

Sub-nationalQuant. and Monthly/var?

163 List N/A

1980- 2011 200+

1980- 2011 200+

2012 for agg200+

1980- 2011 200+

1980- 2011 200+

1980- 2011 200+

2000-2010 All Africa

1996-2008 50 African List N/A

1980- 2011 200+

1980- 2011 200+

1980- 2011 200+

1980- 2011 200+

1980- 2011 200+

2000-2010 All Africa

Quant. and Various

1970- 2010 2 African

Quant. and Annual

Quant. and Various

144 List N/A

Yes- to download data

Yes- to download data

Yes- for some

Yes- to download data

Yes- XLS, PDF, ZIP

Yes- XLS, PDF

Yes- XLS, CSV

Yes- XLS, CSV

Yes- PDF, PNG

*dataset available under map in each