International organisations

Finding Publications

LSE Library resources

• The LSE Library has a special collection of materials from key UK government and intergovernmental organisations. These include publications, statistics and reports from the United Nations, IMF, World Bank and Food and Agricultural Organisation. For further information on paper and electronic holdings see our specialist guides.
• We also subscribe to a number of key datasets which all contain indicators relating to the social, economic and political position of women worldwide. These include World Development Indicators
• For full information on our datasets and latest acquisitions see the Data Library pages.

Free Internet sites

An increasing number of organisations are offering free access to their statistics online.

• World Bank
  Free datasets website. This includes access to major resources including World Development Indicators, Health, Nutrition and population statistics, African development Indicators
• Genderstats
  Free access to statistics relating to gender from the World Bank - topics covered include demographics, education, health and political participation. United Nations Statistics on Men and Women website - in 6 fields of population, families, health, education, work and decision making
• Gender and Land Rights Database
  free access to information from the FAO
• Our African Studies Guide provides links to more resources