Research Guides
Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Country Data & Reports
Starting point for research in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
LACS Data & Statistics
- Institutos Nacionales de Estadística en América LatinaLinks to national statistics and census programs by country
- LatinobarómetroLatinobarómetro contains annual public opinion survey data from 18 Latin American countries.
- LANIC Statistics PortalLinks to regional and country statistics for Latin America
- Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)Vanderbilt University's LAPOP grants unrestricted world-wide access to the AmericasBarometer surveys of public opinion. This includes reports and data sets.
See also:
Statistics
- ProQuest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
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Index to governmental and private statistical data. - International Financial Statistics (IFS) This link opens in a new windowStatistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance.
- OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new windowPublications and datasets by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development & affiliated agencies.
- Sage Data This link opens in a new window
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Social-science data and statistics from a variety of sources.
- World Bank dataDatasets, databases, and pre-formatted tables and reports by country, topic, and development indicators.
- UNDataA single entry point for a wide range of UN statistical databases. Find data on environment, health, human development, population, Millennium Development Goals indicators, and much more.
- World Development Indicators This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive database on development data.
IGOs and NGOs
- Policy Commons
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Access over a million documents from thousands of IGOs, NGOs, research centers and think tanks. - IGO search engineCustom Google search engine designed to search across hundreds of IGO websites.
- NGO search engineCustom Google search engine designed to search across hundreds of NGO websites.
Country & Regional Reports
- Europa World This link opens in a new window
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Political, social and economic information about countries and world regions.
- CIA's World FactbookRegional maps, flags, statistics, and guides
Future trends in Central America, the Caribbean and South America.
- Central America 2030
- The Caribbean 2030
- South America 2030
The Latin American 2030 reports examine five specific areas—transnational security challenges, institutional capacity, economic growth, demographics, and technology—and how they will shape politics, economic and U.S. relations by 2030.
- El Centro de Recursos para el Análisis de Conflictos (CERAC)CERAC is a private research center in Colombia specialized in analyzing violence and armed conflicts and their consequences on economic and human development. Primary focus on Colombia, but does extend to broader Latin America.
- Monitoring the Legal Response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the CaribbeanSince March 2020, a group of law librarians decided to closely monitor the rapidly developing legal response to the COVID-19 crisis in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Law & Government
- Guide to Foreign, Comparative, & International LawForeign, Comparative, & International Law (often abbreviated as FCIL) are actually three distinct areas of law, though they are often lumped together. (Guide by Gallagher Law Library)
- SIGLA (States and Institutions of Governance in Latin America)SIGLA is an online multilingual database that provides comprehensive information on legal and political institutions in Latin America.