Econ 309 Indicators: The following Internet URLs take you to sites that contain economic, social, and environmental indicators for various countries around the world. To get a clear picture of a country’s progress toward sustainability, you need to look at a broad set of indicators across the three pillars of economy, community/social, and environment.

http://www.yale.edu/esi/ Environmental Sustainability Index

http://www.gapminder.org/ This is an *excellent* free database graphing website where you can get detailed time-series data for countries and regions

http://staff.bath.ac.uk/hsstp/spvl/w3TYPE-MENU-1-1.html Social Policy Virtual Library

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ CIA World Factbook -- a good source of basic country information such as Gini coefficients, population, GDP, and so forth.

http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/progress/international/index.htm UK Government Sustainable Development Indicators Website

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html Population Pyramid Website

http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/ Globalis Interactive World Mapping Program for Various Indicators

http://esa.un.org/unpp/ UN Population Data and Forecasts

http://www.iisd.org/measure/compendium/ International Institute for Sustainable Development Compendium of Indicators

http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/ UN Human Development Report 2006 Statistics Website

http://earthtrends.wri.org/miscell/sitemap.php?theme=0 Earthtrends Database – Particularly you should note that they provide detailed country reports!

http://www.wri.org/biodiv/pubs_description.cfm?pid=4073 Online version of World Resources 2005, with online datasets

http://www.countryreports.org/ Countryreports.org Website….

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/default.aspx Millenium Development Goals Indicators

http://www.yearofmicrocredit.org/pages/reslib/reslib_country_profiles.asp Microfinance Country Reports

http://www.icgg.org/corruption.cpi_2005.html Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index

http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2007/0,,contentMDK:21020200~menuPK:1489855~pagePK:64167689~piPK:64167673~theSitePK:1489834,00.html World Development Report 2007 Regional Highlights

http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=15&year=2006 Freedom House Freedom Indicators Website

http://www.rprogress.org/publications/2006/Footprint%20of%20Nations%202005.pdf

Ecological Footprint of Nations 2005 Update

http://www.csls.ca/iwb.asp Index of Economic Well-Being

http://www.ilo.org/dyn/sesame/IFPSES.Login?p_error=0 Econ. Security Index Access