created and maintained by Paul Hensel of the Department of Political Science at Florida State University. This site includes links to on-line data resources on the most useful data sources on international conflict and cooperation, international economic, environmental, political, and social data and data on similar topics for the United States.
DataFirst is a Survey Data Archive and training facility at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The Archive’s holdings include the datasets from all major South African surveys, as well as survey data from other African countries. Researchers can access the data and supporting documentation from the DataFirst Resource Centre. Researchers further afield can download data documentation and public access datasets via the DataFirst data catalogue. The website provides access to bibliographies of literature using the survey data. These bibliographies include links to the full-text articles where these are available.
Governments around the globe are opening up their data vaults – allowing you to check out the numbers for yourself. This is the Guardian’s gateway to that information. Search for government data here from the UK (including London), USA, Australia and New Zealand – and look out for new countries and places as we add them.