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Researching developing countries = a data resource guide for social scientists /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Researching developing countries/ Forrest D. Wright.
其他題名:	a data resource guide for social scientists /
作者:	Wright, Forrest D.,
出版者:	Waltham, MA :Chandos Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, : 2016.,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (xiv, 150 p.).
標題:	Social indicators - Developing countries. -
標題:	Developing countries - Foreign economic relations - United States. -
電子資源:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780081001561
ISBN:	9780081002179 (electronic bk.)

Researching developing countries = a data resource guide for social scientists /
Wright, Forrest D.,

Researching developing countriesa data resource guide for social scientists /[electronic resource] :Forrest D. Wright. - Waltham, MA :Chandos Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier,2016. - 1 online resource (xiv, 150 p.). - Chandos information professional series. - Chandos information professional series..

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.

Front Cover; Researching Developing Countries; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgment; Introduction; 1 Human Development; General Resources; United Nations; Human Development Indexes; Description; Scope and Methodology; Data Source; Human Development Index ; Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index ; World Bank; World Development Indicators: People; Description; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; United Nations; DevInfo Database; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; UNICEF; Statistics and Monitoring; Scope and Methodology; User Guide; Social Progress Imperative.

Why are some countries rich while others are poor? Why are some well governed while others experience frequent conflict? And how do you measure a country's true success anyways? Social scientists have attempted to answer these types of questions for decades, and have increasingly turned to data for this task. Researching Developing Countries: A Data Resource Guide for Social Scientists serves as a reference guide for social scientists and students interested in answering these complex questions. The book will also be helpful to librarians serving the social science disciplines. Topics covered in the book include: human development, economics, governance, conflict, demographics, migration and refugees, environment, foreign aid, energy and infrastructure, innovation and entrepreneurship, geography and urban development, and public opinion.

ISBN: 9780081002179 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1293329
Social indicators
--Developing countries.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

585973
Developing countries
--Foreign economic relations--United States.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HN980

Dewey Class. No.: 361.6/1/091724

Researching developing countries = a data resource guide for social scientists /
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