The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Where Society and Human Development gets its data, on what terms, with what quality and with which known gaps.
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The Society and Human Development source register lists the datasets and records the platform draws on, such as World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, each with its producer, licence and permitted uses, quality and known gaps. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described, and data held by agreement is used under those terms and never republished.
Fig.How a finding is reviewed before it is published. Design, not a record.
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For source and data register, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on true-colour imagery, population density and land cover with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on Latin America and the Caribbean; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.
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Who produces the data and how.
Licence, restrictions and permitted uses.
Coverage, resolution, update frequency and known errors.
How the data reached the platform and what was changed.
What is missing and how the gap is handled.
| Source | What it gives | Terms | Used in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Now KeepItOn shutdown data | Internet shutdown incidents | Public, terms to check | Technology and social cohesion |
| ACLED conflict event data | Political violence and protest events | Free with registration, ACLED terms | Humanitarian risk |
| Afrobarometer, Latinobarómetro and other regional barometers | Public opinion on trust and governance | Free for non-commercial use, terms per survey | Technology and social cohesion |
| Bibliometric databases such as OpenAlex | Authorship and collaboration patterns | Open, CC0 | Inclusive research ethics |
| CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance | Collective rights in data | Public, GIDA terms | Inclusive research ethics |
| CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index documentation | A published method for combining census variables, for method reference | Public domain, US government | Urban social vulnerability |
| CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Health-related Research Involving Humans | Ethical guidance for research in diverse settings | Public, CIOMS terms | Inclusive research ethics |
| Committee to Protect Journalists data | Journalists killed and imprisoned | Public, terms to check | Media and information systems |
| Comprehensive School Safety Framework resources | Safe schools planning | Public, terms per publisher (to check) | Education and capabilities |
| DHS and MICS household surveys | Deprivations in health, education and living conditions | Free with registration, survey terms | Poverty and inequality |
| FAO Food Insecurity Experience Scale data | Experience-based food insecurity | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Human security and wellbeing |
| FEWS NET food security outlooks | Food security projections | Public domain, US government (to check current status) | Humanitarian risk |
| Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack | Attacks on education | Public, terms to check | Education and capabilities |
| Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings | Principles of fairness, respect, care and honesty | Public, terms to check | Inclusive research ethics |
| Household surveys with urban samples | Assets, insurance and coping | Licence per survey | Urban social vulnerability |
| Human Mortality Database and Human Fertility Database | Detailed mortality and fertility series for countries with good data | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Demographic transitions |
| IFRC and partner community feedback and rumour tracking guidance | Methods for listening to communities in crises | Public, IFRC terms (to check) | Media and information systems |
| ILO World Social Protection data | Coverage of social protection | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Poverty and inequality |
| Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analyses | Acute food insecurity classifications | Public, IPC terms | Humanitarian risk |
| Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Global Internal Displacement Database | Conflict and disaster displacement estimates | Public, IDMC terms (to check) | Humanitarian and displacement |
| International learning assessments such as PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS and regional assessments | Learning outcomes | Public results, terms per programme | Education and capabilities |
| IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix | Displaced populations, locations and needs | Public, IOM terms (to check) | Humanitarian and displacement |
| Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (World Bank and UNHCR) | Socioeconomic data on displaced people | Public, terms per dataset | Humanitarian and displacement |
| Local hazard maps | Flood, heat and other hazard zones | Licence per authority | Urban social vulnerability |
| National censuses and civil registration | Population counts and vital events | Licence per country | Demographic transitions |
| National censuses and small-area statistics | Population characteristics by neighbourhood | Licence per statistics office | Urban social vulnerability |
| OCHA Financial Tracking Service and Global Humanitarian Overview | Humanitarian needs and funding | Public, UN terms of use | Humanitarian and displacement |
| OCHA Global Humanitarian Overview and Humanitarian Needs Overviews | People in need and appeal requirements | Public, UN terms of use | Humanitarian risk |
| OCHA Humanitarian Data Exchange | Shared humanitarian datasets | Open, licence per dataset | Humanitarian risk |
| OECD How's Life and wellbeing data | Wellbeing indicators across countries | Public, OECD terms | Human security and wellbeing |
| OECD Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions | Trust in government and its drivers | Public, OECD terms | Technology and social cohesion |
| Pew Research Center global surveys | Attitudes toward technology and institutions | Public, terms per release | Technology and social cohesion |
| Reuters Institute Digital News Report | News use and trust across countries | Public report, terms per publisher | Media and information systems |
| UN World Population Prospects | Population estimates and projections by age and sex | Open, CC BY 3.0 IGO | Demographic transitions |
| UN World Urbanization Prospects | Urban and rural population | Open, CC BY 3.0 IGO | Demographic transitions |
| UN-Habitat urban data | Urban inequality and housing indicators | Public, UN-Habitat terms (to check) | Urban social vulnerability |
| UNDP and OPHI Global Multidimensional Poverty Index | Overlapping deprivations by country and region | Public, terms per publisher | Poverty and inequality |
| UNDP Human Development Reports and special reports on human security | Concepts and analysis of human security | Public, UNDP terms | Human security and wellbeing |
| UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report | Analysis of progress on education goals | Public, UNESCO terms | Education and capabilities |
| UNESCO Institute for Statistics | Enrolment, completion, learning and spending | Open, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO | Education and capabilities |
| UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists and World Trends in Freedom of Expression | Safety of journalists and media freedom | Public, UNESCO terms | Media and information systems |
| UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science | Principles on inclusion and equity in science | Public, UNESCO terms | Inclusive research ethics |
| UNHCR Refugee Data Finder | Refugees, asylum-seekers, stateless people and solutions | Public, UNHCR terms | Humanitarian and displacement |
| UNODC data portal | Homicide and crime statistics | Public, UNODC terms | Human security and wellbeing |
| Uppsala Conflict Data Program | Organized violence and conflict events | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Human security and wellbeing |
| WHO infodemic management resources | Methods for managing information in health emergencies | Public, WHO terms of use | Media and information systems |
| World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform | Poverty and inequality estimates from household surveys | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Poverty and inequality |
| World Inequality Database | Income and wealth distribution series | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Poverty and inequality |
| World Values Survey | Trust, values and participation across countries | Free for non-commercial use, terms to check | Technology and social cohesion |
| WorldPop | Gridded population estimates | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Demographic transitions |
Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Provenance | Information about the entities, activities and people involved in producing a record, used to judge its quality and reliability, in the W3C PROV model. |
| FAIR principles | Guiding principles that make data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable by people and machines. |
| Open licence | A licence that allows anyone to access, reuse and redistribute data, sometimes with attribution. |
| Data lineage | The traceable path of data from its origin through each transformation to its current form. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.