Some of my MSc classes do national-level vulnerability and capacity assessments as part of their coursework, and I suggest that they look at various datasets that are available to help them with this.
As well as the standard disaster impact datasets, I also suggest they use other indices (development, health, etc). The ones I normally suggest are listed below, but I was wondering if anyone could suggest others that might be useful and accessible (i.e. free and online).
thanks
UNDP, Human Development Report (socio-economic indicators) http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008/
UNICEF, State of the World’s Children (socio-economic indicators) http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_36587.html
World Bank, World Development Report (economic, social, environmental indicators) www.worldbank.org/wdr
World Health Organisation, World Health Statistics
http://www.who.int/whosis/en/index.html
World Wide Fund for Nature, Living Planet Index (biodiversity indicators) http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/living_planet_report/living_planet_index/index.cfm
Failed States Index (Fund for Peace) www.fundforpeace.org
Index of State Weakness in the Developing World (Brookings Institution) www.brookings.edu
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