Data & Statistics: Aid, Development & Immigration

AidData tracks $40 trillion in funding for development, enabling anyone so assess who is funding what, where and to what effect.

The Center’s mission is to advise U.S. Pacific Command leaders; enable focused engagements, training and education; and increase knowledge of best practices and information to enhance U.S. and international civil-military preparedness for disaster management and humanitarian assistance. In doing so, the Center publishes a significant amount of guidance and research.

Available to read online only; select the "Read" icon to access. This annual publication provides comprehensive data on the volume, origin and types of aid and other resource flows to around 150 developing countries. The data show each country's intake of official development assistance and well as other official and private funds from members of the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD, multilateral agencies and other key donors. Key development indicators are given for reference.

Data provided from the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD-DAC) of the OECD.

USAID is the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential.

The Fund for Peace (FPP) works to prevent conflict and promote sustainable security globally by building relationships and trust across diverse sectors. One of their projects is The Fragile States Index, an annual ranking of 178 countries across 12 indicators of the risks and vulnerabilities faced by individual nations.

The Global Poverty Mapping Project seeks to enhance current understanding of the global distribution of poverty and the geographic and biophysical conditions of where the poor live. Additionally, the project aims to assist policy makers, development agencies, and the poor themselves in designing interventions to reduce poverty.

UNCTAD is a permanent intergovernmental body established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1964. Part of the UN Secretariat, UNCTAD reports to the UN General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council but has its own membership, leadership, and budget. It is also part of the United Nations Development Group.

The mission of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) is to advance human development. The goal is to contribute towards the expansion of opportunities, choice and freedom. The office works towards this goal by promoting innovative new ideas, advocating practical policy changes, and constructively challenging policies and approaches that constrain human development. The office works with others to achieve change through writing and research, data analysis and presentation, support to national and regional analysis and outreach and advocacy work.

Relevant indicators drawn from the World Development Indicators, reorganized according to the goals and targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

PovcalNet is an interactive computational tool that allows you to replicate the calculations made by the World Bank's researchers in estimating the extent of absolute poverty in the world. PovcalNet also allows you to calculate the poverty measures under different assumptions and to assemble the estimates using alternative country groupings or for any set of individual countries of the user’s choosing.

An annual report published since 1978 by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or World Bank. Each WDR provides in-depth analysis of a specific aspect of economic development

From the World Bank Group, DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them.

The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization devoted to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the US. Its mission is to provide immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.

A compendium of tables that provides data on foreign nationals who were naturalized, granted lawful permanent residence, admitted into the United States on a temporary basis, or applied for asylum or refugee status.

This 2015 statistical study provides estimates of the proportion of labour migrant workers among the total number of migrants worldwide. It outlines the regions and industries where international migrant workers are established and includes a specific focus on migrants in domestic work with updated numbers.

The Data Hub showcases the most current national and state-level demographic, social, and economic facts about immigrants to the United States; as well as stock, flow, citizenship, net migration, and historical data for countries in Europe, North America, and beyond.

Full-time statisticians in UNHCR's Field Information and Coordination Section track the number of displaced persons. These figures are released every year in Global Trends and Global Appeal reports.

An important part of the World Bank's work on migration and remittances involves efforts to monitor and forecast remittance and migration flows, and to provide timely analysis on topics such as remittances, migration, and diaspora issues.