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Development Information from Government Sources
Guide to Government Publications Series
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
This guide provides an introduction to basic information sources located
in the Green Library Information Center, Social Sciences Resource Center
and Jonsson Library of Government Documents relating to the study of economic,
social and political development in countries and regions throughout the
world. In addition to the sources listed here, useful information can
be found in several other Stanford libraries, including the Jackson Business
Library and Hoover Institute Library.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The following annual publications of major international organizations
provide information on development trends at the global and regional levels.
- 1. Asian Development Outlook. Asian Development Bank, 1989--
- HC411 .A17 Green Stacks
- 2. Economic and Social Progress in Latin America. Inter-American
Bank for Development, 1972--
- HG3881 I45 A3 (latest Information Center--Statistics)
- 3.Economic Report on Africa. African Development Bank; Economic
Commission for Africa, 1984--
- HC800 .A1 .A353A Green Stacks
- 4. Human Development Report.Development Programme, 1990-
.
- HD72 .H85 (latest in Information Center--Statistics; full
set shelved in SSRC-DOCS as UNDP/Ser.Z/7/- )
- 5. Industry & Development, Global Report. UN Industrial Development
Organization, 1985--
- HC59.69 .I53 (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
- 6. Trade & Development Report. UN Conference on Trade and
Development, 1981--
- HF1008 .T7 (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
- 7. Trends in Developing Economies. World Bank, 1989- .
- HC59.69 T74 (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
- 8. World Bank Annual Report. World Bank, 1973/74--
- HG3881 I5 (latest in IC--Current Periodicals)
- 9. World Development Report. World Bank, 1978--
- HC59.7 W658 (latest in Information Center-Statistics; full
set in SSRC)
- All issues from 1978 to present are available on cdrom at
SSRC-Reception Desk
- 10. World Economic Outlook. International Monetary Fund,
1980--
- International HC10 W7979 (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
COUNTRY INFORMATION
- 11. Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications, 1989--
- JN106 Z85 (latest in Information Center)
The best source for concise economic, social and political background
information on individual countries.
The following monographic series provide in-depth information on particular
countries:
- 12. Area Handbook Series. US Dept. of the Army
- D 101.22:550- (various numbers) Green Library - Federal Documents
- Green Library Information Center (call no. varies)
- 13. World Bank Country Study. World Bank
- Green Library stacks (call no.varies)
Use "fin tp world bank country study and s [country name]" in Socrates
to get call number for studies on a particular country.
INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS
- 14. Academic Universe
Congressional Information Service, 1970--
- Internet : http://www.lexis-
nexis.com/universe
Web-based index to U.S. Congressional publications (committee hearings,
reports, documents, etc.) since 1970. A cdrom called Congressional
Masterfile covering the years 1789-1969 is available at the Library
CD-ROM Network
- 15. AccessUN.
New Canaan, CT: Newsbank, 1952- .
- Internet :
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/su_proxy_access_un
- Electronic index to UN masthead documents, official records and selected
sales publications including journal articles published since 1952.
Permits searching across multi-year time span on various subjects. Includes
full text resolutions, selected meeting records, and links to UN documents
on the web. Allows searching by various document numbers and for speeches
by representatives of various countries. Serves also as guide to the
corresponding microfiche collection shelvedin SSRC Microforms Room as
Microfiche 959. The URL for the AccessUN database is: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/su_proxy_access_un
- 16. Africa Index: Selected Articles on Socio-Economic Development.
Economic Commission for Africa, 1971- .
- E/ECA/LIB/Ser.E/-SSRC-DOCS
- 17. AID's Development Information System (CD-DIS). U.S. Agency
for International Development. 1984--
- CD-ROM shelved at SSRC Reception Desk
Index to AID-funded research studies, sector analyses, and special evaluations.
Source documents are held at UC Davis. Request at Jonsson reference
desk.
- 18. Asian Bibliography. Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific Library, 1952-- .
- Z3008 E2 U5 (latest in Information Center)
- 19. Industrial development abstracts. UN Industrial Development
Organization, 1971--
- UNIDO/LIB/Ser.B/- SSRC-DOCS
Index to UNIDO published and unpublished documents on industrialization
in developing countries.
- 20. PAIS International
New York: Public Affairs Information Service, 1972-
- Internet :
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/su_proxy_pais
- Web and print-based index to English and foreign language books, pamphlets,
journal articles, and government publications in the area of public
affairs and public policy. Print versions going back to 1915 are available
in the Green Library Information Center and several other library locations.
The web version is available at: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/su_proxy_pais
- 21. UNBISnet (United Nations Bibliographic Information System).
United Nations Library, 1979-
- Internet : http://unbisnet.un.org
Comprehensive official index to UN documents and publications. Provides
access by subject, country name, document number, agency and personal
name. Includes full text of UN resolutions and voting records. Also
includes an index of non-United Nations journal articles and monographs
on a wide variety of international policy environment topics.
STATISTICAL SOURCES
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International
- 22. Global Development Finance. World Bank, 1997-
- HJ8899 .W672 (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
- CD-ROM HJ8011.W921 SSDS
- 23. Handbook of International Trade & Development Statistics.
UN Conference on Trade and Development, 1967--
- HF1016 .U54A (latest in Information Center-Statistics)
- 24. Index to International Statistics. Congressional
Information Service, 1983--
- Z7552 .I53 SSRC
Index to the statistical publications of major international organizations
and agencies. Most of the publications described are available in
the corresponding microfiche collection in the Jonsson Library's
reference stacks. Also available for electronic searching on Internet
as Statistical
Universe.
- 25. World Development Indicators. World Bank, 1978--
- Library CD-ROM Network
- CD-ROM HC59.15 W656 SSDS
-
World Regions
- 26. African Development Report. African Development
Bank, 1989-
- HC800 A1 A354 Green Library Stacks
- 27. African Development Indicators. World Bank, 1989-.
- HC800 .A1 A356 (latest Information Center--Statistics
- CD-ROM HC800 .A5653 SSDS
- 28. African Statistical Yearbook. Economic Commission
for Africa, 1974--
- HA1955 .U5 (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
- 29. Survey of Economic & Social Conditions in Africa.
Economic Commission for Africa, 1981/82--
- HC800 .A1 S88 (latest in Information Center--Statistics;
copy 2 shelved as E/ECA/CM.14/- Green-Int'l Docs)
- 30. Economic & Social Survey of Asia & the Pacific.
Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1974--
- HC411 .U48 (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
- 31. Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries.
Asian Development Bank, 1970--
- HC411 A754a (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
- 32. Statistical Indicators for Asia & the Pacific. Economic
Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1977--
- HC411.S73 (latest in Information Center-Statistics; 1999-
Green Stks; earlier ST/ESCAP/Ser.Z/4/-Green-Intl-Docs)
- 33. Statistical Yearbook for Asia & the Pacific. Economic
Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1968--
- HA1665 .S73 (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
- 34. Economic Survey of Latin America & the Caribbean.
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1982--
- HC161 .U525 (latest in Information Center-Stats; copy
2 shelved as LC/G.1320/- Green-Int'l Docs)
- 35. Panorama Economico de America Latina. Economic Commission
for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1985--
- LC/G.1369/- SSRC-DOCS
- 36. Statistical Abstract of the Region of the Economic and
Social Commission for Western Asia. Economic and Social Commission
for Western Asia, 1970--
- E/ESCWA/87/27/- SSRC-DOCS
- 37. Statistical Yearbook for Latin America & the Caribbean.
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1985--
- LC/G.1337/- (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
- 38. Statistical Abstract of Latin America. UCLA Latin
American Center, 1955-
- HA935 S8 (latest in Information Center--Statistics)
- 39. Economic Survey of Europe in... Economic Commission
for Europe, 1953--
- E/ECE/Ser.Z/1/- SSRC-DOCS
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National
The Stanford Libraries collect statistical yearbooks from nearly
all countries. The latest issue from each country is shelved in the
SSRC Reading Room collection. The call numbers for the yearbook for
a particular country can be located in Socrates using the following
search:
"fin sp [country name]--statistics--periodicals"
DEVELOPMENT AID
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Multilateral
- 40. Development Aid. Butterworth's, 1988.
- HG3881 D43 IGO SSRC
Useful directory to multilateral and bilateral aid sources worldwide.
Annotations include description of each agency or government's objectives
and methods with regard to foreign aid funding.
- 41. Development Co-operation: Efforts and Policies of the
Members of the Development Assistance Committee. Organisation
for Economic Co- operation and Development, 1972--
- HC60 O688 (latest in Information Cntr--Int'l Stats)
- Statistical Annex Diskette HC59.8 O744 (SSDS)
- 42. Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing
Countries: Disbursements, Commitments, Economic Indicators.
OECD, 1960/64--
- HC60 O73d f Green Stacks
- 43. Register of Development Activities of the UN System.
UN, 1987--
- ACCIS/Ser.Z/2/- (latest in SSRC-DOCS)
Annual publication that provides information on development support
for countries and regions. Includes: types of activity; funding
source; executing agencies; years of operation; and amounts.
- 44. U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants and Assistance from International
Organizations. Agency for International Development, 1945/63--
- S 18.2:0v2/- Green-Federal Documents
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Bilateral
Countries with significant foreign assistance plans generally publish
annual reviews and other reports that document these flows. Foreign
documents are generally found in the Green Stacks and the Hoover Institute
Library. They are cataloged in Socrates. In order to locate them,
use a subject approach as in the following examples:
"fin sp economic assistance, british"
"fin sp economic assistance, canadian--africa"
"fin sp economic assistance, japanese--developing countries"
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT REPORTS
FAO-sponsored
Reports on projects funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization
are generally indexed in FAO- DOC Current Bibliography (shelved
in the SSRC). The project reports are available within the FAO comprehensive
microfiche collection at UC Davis. Stanford users can request documents
from this collection through Inter-library Services. Reports published
after 1997 are available on the FAO web site: http://www.fao.org.
UNDP-sponsored
Since 1966, the UNDP has funded a wide variety of projects worldwide
in agriculture, education and literacy, political/administrative development,
health care, urban planning, transportation, sanitation, manufacturing,
and other areas. Reports on UNDP-funded projects--including progress
reports and terminal or final reports--are sent to the UNDP library
in New York. Several hundred are published each year. Each project is
assigned a "project number" and any published reports are issued under
this number. UC Berkeley has the complete set of reports published between
1972-1998 on microfiche. The following two sources index the reports
and can be used to request copies from the Berkeley collection at Inter-library
Services. Note that full-text of current UNDP reports published after
1998 are available directly on the UNDP web site: http://www.undp.org
- 45. Compendium of Ongoing Projects as of... UNDP, 1983--
- International UNDP/SER. A/ (latest in Reference)
- 46.AccessUNDP.
Newsbank/Readex, 1972-1998.
- Internet: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/su_proxy_access_un
This web resource provides complete indexing to the microfiche collection
of project reports published by UNDP between 1972-1998 available through
direct loan arrangement with the UC Berkeley library. Searchable by subject,
country, region, executing agency, and language.
UNESCO-sponsored
UNESCO-sponsored development projects in the areas of literacy, communication,
education, and the other areas of its competency are described in reports
of the Field Offices. These reports are indexed in UNESBIB
which is available on cdrom in the SSRC and also on the internet at
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/unesbib.html.
All reports published between 1969-1994 are available on microfiche
in the SSRC Microforms collection as Mfiche 2415 (the collection is
arranged by UNESCO microfiche "fr" number which is indicated in the
UNESBIB record for the report). Reports published since 1995 are available
on the UNESCO web site.
World Bank-sponsored
The World Bank web page at http://www.worldbank.org
provides a searchable catalog of World Bank publications in addition
to a wealth of current information about Bank activities. The new Public
Information Center site includes full text or abstracts of project-related
documents published since 1994 including: Economic & Sector Reports;
Environmental Assessments; National Environment Action Plans; and much
more.
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
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National
The Stanford Libraries collect national development plans from
nearly all countries. References to the latest published plans can
be found in the following publication:
- 47. Guide to Official Publications of Foreign Countries.
CIS, 1990.
- Z7164.G7 G83 1990 IC and SSRC
In addition, the UC Berkeley Library receives national development
plans worldwide as republished on microfiche. The citations for these
plans can be found by searching the Melvyl catalog:
"fin su [country name]--social policy and su [country name]--economic
policy"
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Regions within Nations
- 48. Rural and Regional Development: Development Plans, Programmes,
and Projects. IDC, 1995-.
- Microfiche 2160 SSRC-FICHE
This collection of over 700 documents includes a significant number
of subnational development plans--both at the state or
province and regional levels. The citations for individual reports
can be found by performing an "Expert Search" in SOCRATES
using the following syntax:
se "rural and regional development" and su [country name]
A printed guide is shelved as HT395.D44 R87 1996 in the SSRC.
CENTRAL BANKS
The Jackson Business Library collects central bank publications from
all countries. In order to find these publications, verify the name
of the nation's central bank by looking in the following directory.
- 49. State Economic Agencies of the World. Longmans
- HD87.25 G68 1985b SSRC
After identifying the name of the bank, use an organization phrase search
in Socrates to identify relevant publications, as in the example:
"fin op Bank of Japan"
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Regional organizations are often rich sources of information relevant
to development issues. A few examples of such organizations include
the African Development Bank, Central American Common Market, Inter-American
Development Bank, Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference,
and the Economic Community of West African States. Information about
these and other organizations, including their membership, organizational
structure, activities, and publications, can be found in the Europa
World Year Book.
INTERNET SITES
- National Governmental Agencies
The following is a list of selected national agencies interested
in the field of development. A complete list of official foreign government
web sites-including sites for the nation's ministries of foreign affairs,
state, statistics, and finance--is available through the International
Documents Task Force web site courtesy of Northwestern University's
Government Publications Department at http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/idtf/foreign.html.
- International Governmental Organizations
The following is a list of selected IGO's interested in the field
of development. A complete list of igo web sites is available through
the International Documents Task Force web site courtesy of Northwestern
University's Government Publications Department at http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/idtf/igo.html.
- Additional useful sites
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
- 50. Documents on Education Development. IDC.
- Microfiche 2269 Cubberley Education Library
Over 600 development projects, research reports, conference papers,
statistical reports, etc. on the development of education in the Third
World, based on the bibliographies by Diana Clayton. Many of these publications
concern locally produced material regarded as grey literature and are
very difficult to collect. The citations for individual reports can
be found by performing an "Expert Search" in SOCRATES
using the following syntax:
se "documents on education development" and su [country name]
A printed guide is shelved as LC6205 D63 1996 in the SSRC and Cubberley
Library Reference collections.
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March 12, 2007
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