Subject: Development

South Asian Newspapers

East View has announced OA acces to a collection of South Asian Newspapers, including 9 titles from the period 1850-1992: Daily Business Post Dainika basumatī (দৈনিক বসুতী) Dnyānaprakāśa (ज्ञानप्रकाश : the daily Dnyan Prakash) Eastern Examiner  Kerala chronicle Lahore Chronicle Malabar Herald Pakistan Observer Samaja The 9 titles with language, location and available years can […]

Contemporary Japan

China Data Insights

China Data Insights is a new and more user-friendly version of the 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 website. 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

Data from household surveys made in 1989、1996、2003、2008 and 2014 and registering incomes, expenses and other household information in China.

China Family Panel Studies

“China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) is a nationally representative, biennual longitudinal survey of Chinese communities, families, and individuals launched in 2010 by the Institute of Social Science Survey (ISSS) of Peking University, China. The CFPS is designed to collect individual-, family-, and community-level longitudinal data in contemporary China. The studies focus on the economic, as […]

ELDIS

Eldis is an online information service providing free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues. Content can be searched or browsed according to country and/or topics. All of content produced by Eldis is a global public good and is available to be re-used, by anyone, for free under a creative commons […]

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 […]