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Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)
CROP is a response from the academic community to the problem of poverty. It was established by the International Social Science Council (ISSC). The CROP Secretariat is currently based at the Centre for International Poverty Research, University of Bergen, Norway. Members of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research edited and helped CROP produce The International Glossary on Poverty as part of the International Studies in Poverty Research book series published by Zed Books. Download CROP's Strategic Plan 2010-2011, Mobilizing Critical Research for Preventing and Eradicating Poverty as a PDF.
Gapminder
Gapminder, a Stockholm-based non-profit. Their extraordinary interactive graphs help you visualize complex global trends like the distribution of poverty, in different regions of the world, over time. The raw statistics would bore you to tears; the web graphs - dynamic, colorful and clear - are utterly compelling. June Cohen, TedBlog, 2005
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
LIS is a cross-national Data Archive and a Research Institute located in Luxembourg. The LIS archive contains two primary databases. The LIS Database includes income microdata from a large number of countries at multiple points in time. The newer LWS Database includes wealth microdata from a smaller selection of countries. Both databases include labour market and demographic data as well. Registered users may access the microdata for social scientific research using a remote-access system. All visitors to the website may download the LIS Key Figures, which provide country-level poverty and inequality indicators.
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in Florence, Italy, was established in 1988 to strengthen the research capability of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and to support its advocacy for children worldwide. The Centre, formally known as the International Child Development Centre, has as its prime objectives to improve international understanding of the issues relating to children's rights, to promote economic policies that advance the cause of children, and to help facilitate the full implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in industrialized and developing countries. Download the 2000 report A League Table of Child Poverty in Rich Nations as a PDF. This UNICEF report on child poverty in the world's wealthiest nations concludes that one in six of the rich world's children is poor - a total of 47 million children. Also, download Child Poverty in Rich Countries 2005, the 2010 report, The Children Left Behind, a report on the most disadvantaged children in rich countries, and the 2012 report, Measuring Child Poverty: New league tables of child poverty in the world's rich countries.
Worldmapper
A comprehensive website of global maps of social phenomena, such as poverty, inequality and related subjects. This website contains 696 maps, with associated information and PDF 'poster' file.