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Social indicators for less populous countries [statistics and league tables]
The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1998The indicators used to construct the league tables in The Progress of Nations 1998 include: per cent of registered births; per cent of children not immunized against measles; and number of live births per 1,000 women age 15-19. Using the same indicators, the following table shows the progress of those countries with populations of less than 1 million.DocumentThe Progress of Nations Report, 1997
The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1999The Progress of Nations, an annual scorecard of the social health of nations, records achievements in the form of statistics that measure fulfilment of minimum human needs. The knowledge it unearths is fundamental to solving problems, because information is the first ingredient needed by those with the will and the means to make change.DocumentDevelopment cooperation between Tanzania and Finland
Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for International Development Cooperation / FINNIDA, 1999The objective of this study is to assess the programme implemented since the 1960s in relation to its policy orientation, efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, an attempt is made to give views on the design and implementation of future cooperation between the two countries. The report is divided into two parts.DocumentUrban environment: Out of control?
International Institute for Environment and Development, 1999The enormous scale of urban problems in the South is well known. According to the World Health Organization, at least 600 million people live in urban areas with such a lack of basic services and with housing of such poor quality that their lives and health are continually under threat. However, the popular image of the uncontrolled growth of large numbers of mega-cities is at odds with reality.DocumentChemical Weapons Convention: Entry into Force Fact Sheet
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 1999The entry into force of the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention is unique in the history of arms control. This disarmament agreement both bans an entire class of weapons and simultaneously addresses chemical weapon proliferation concerns. This SIPRI Fact Sheet summarizes the process that led to conclusion of the convention.DocumentExternal debt statistics (selected data online)
Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1999OECD is the major source of creditor-based statistics on external debt. Debt stock and debt service statistics are available by category of debt, with world-wide coverage of non-OECD countries, for the period 1983 to 1995, as well as estimates of 1996 repayments on long-term debt.DocumentThe Habitat Agenda: Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements
United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 1999DocumentUrban Indicators Programme
United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 1999The UNCHS Indicators Programme has developed key indicators concerning urban and housing conditions for the development of government policy and strategies, as well as monitoring and evaluation. These indicators, collected from over one hundred countries, provide a well developed and significant contribution to the World’s Cities and Housing assessment.DocumentProblems of compiling internationally comparable agricultural statistics and estimation of missing data (FAO)
Faostat, FAO, 1999This "page" looks at some of the problems the FAO Statistics Division (ESS) faces in compiling agricultural statistics; it doesn't attempt to go into the problems facing the countries themselves - which are probably well known; it is not a guide to data collection in countries.Pages