Subject: Development

Contemporary Japan

China Data Insights

China Data Insights is a new and more userfriendly version of China Statistical Yearbooks Database (CSYD). The content is the same as CSYD and it is also possible to go to CSYD via the link to “Old Version” in the upper corner of the web site. China Data Insights provides access to statistical data published […]

K-Developedia

K-Developedia is a comprehensive repository of Korea’s development experience, launched by Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management in 2012. In other words, K-Developedia is an online database established to increase the accessibility of resources on Korea’s development. It aims to serve as an encyclopedia covering all types of resources on Korea’s last […]

Chinese Household Income Project

Interface in English or Chinese. Content in Chinese and English.

China Family Panel Studies

ELDIS

Eldis is an online information service providing free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues. Eldis includes over 30,000 summaries and links to free full-text research and policy documents from over 8,000 publishers. Each document is editorially selected by members of the Eldis team. The documents are organised into collections according […]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADB is a multilateral development finance institution established in 1966, its overarching goal is to reduce poverty in Asia and the Pacific. The ADB website contains free publications as well as data and statistics for the whole region and for individual countries, including *Books *Brochures *Flyers *Conference Proceedings *Guides *Papers and Briefs *Policies, Strategies, and […]

Burma/Myanmar – Where Now?

Mikael Gravers & Flemming Ytzen (eds) 2014 Recent changes in Burma/Myanmar have been called the ‘Burmese democratic spring’. While the international media have mainly focused on the economic opportunities offered by these changes and on the doings and sayings of Aung San Suu Kyi, the reality is far more complex. The country is desperately poor, […]

UNESCO in Southeast Asia: World Heritage Sites in Comparative Perspective

Victor T. King (ed) 2015 Southeast Asia’s 36 UNESCO World Heritage Sites make a significant contribution to their respective country’s national prestige and identity, international profile and tourism development plans. Yet, although much is known about some individual sites like Angkor and Borobudur, we know very little about all sites in comparative terms. This wide-ranging […]

Religions & Christianity in Today’s China