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World Development Indicators CORE (New at Tulane)
World Development Indicators Online is a database of statistics from the World Bank's Data Group. It provides high quality national and international statistics for users worldwide and lets users assess what governments do by accessing reliable data.
Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe / Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
New York: United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America. 1973 to date. HA751.U5 LAL Reference
Annual compilation of tables on economic and social development in each country of Latin America and the Caribbean, including population and demographic characteristics, employment and occupational structure, poverty, consumption and nutrition, health, education, housing, national accounts, domestic prices, financing and external indebtedness, external trade, balance of payments, natural resources and production of goods, and infrastructure services.
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL, Naciones Unidas)
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, United Nations)
Estadísticas | Statistics
Publicaciones | Publications
Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Reports
Analysis of political and economic trends for more than 30 countries Central America, South America and the Caribbean. See also the the EIU Viewswire for country-specific forecasts and risk assessments. [Tulane Subscription]
Economist Intelligence Unit: Market Indicators & Forecasts
A database of of current information on industries, wages, markets, demographics, infrastructure and the environment for more than 30 countries Central America, South America and the Caribbean. [Tulane Subscription]
Economist Intelligence Unit: Viewswire
Country-specific forecasts and risk assessments for Central America, South America and the Caribbean. [Tulane Subscription]
Guide to Latin American and Caribbean Census Material: A Bibliography and Union List
Call Number: Z7553.C3G85 1990b Latin American Library Reference
Carole Travis, ed. London: British Library, 1990
Includes 700 pages of chronological descriptive bibliographies of all the censuses taken in each country of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Inter-American Development Bank
Provides statistical information on economic, social and institutional development-related issues.
Research & Data | Publications | Statistics
LAPOP (Latin American Public Opinion Project)
Full text of academic studies based on survey research conducted mainly in Latin America.
Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources
Based on the extensive collection on Latin American elections in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library at UC San Diego, this electronic publication, when complete, will provide a chronology of elections since independence at the municipal, state, and federal levels in eighteen Spanish-speaking Latin American countries and list sources of statistics for each election as identified.
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) (University of Texas at Austin)
Latinobarómetro
The Latinobarómetro is an annual study of public opinion in eighteen Latin American countries. With the goal of providing a representative survey of Latin American public opinion over time. Latinobarómetro provides annual measures of attitudes toward democracy, civic culture, economic issues, gender issues, the environment, inequality, social capital, and trade policy.
South America, Central America and the Caribbean
Call Number:
F1408.29.S68 LATEST EDITION AT LAL REFERENCE DESK
This print handbook provides an annually updated survey of the political and economic life of the region. Contains ten introductory articles on the region that focus on important trends and movements. Each country survey contains geographical, historical, economical and statistical essays, as well as a directory and bibliography. An excellent reference tool for developing a holistic understanding of trends and issues affecting the countries of the region.
Statistical Abstract of Latin America (1955-2002)
Call Number: HA755.S8 Latin American Library Closed Stacks
Annual 2-volume compilation of data on the Latin American countries, arranged in 12 parts: geography and land tenure; transportation and communication; population, health, education, and welfare; politics, religion, and military; working conditions and migration; illegal and legal industry; mining, energy, sea, and land production; foreign trade; financial flows; national accounts, government policy and finance, and prices; development of data; and guide to data.
