GCRI · Society and Human Development
Source and data register
Where Society and Human Development gets its data: each source with its licence, lineage, resolution, quality checks and known gaps.
01Register
Source and data register on the record.
Society and Human Development
- 01FieldsSociety and human development, Information and public trust
- 02STEM methods4 canonical methods applied
- 03Topics10 subject pages
- 04Counterparts2 platforms in shared fields
- 05PublisherThe Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
02What is recorded
Each source carries five facts.
01
Origin
Who produces the data and how.
02
Access terms
Licence, restrictions and permitted uses.
03
Quality
Coverage, resolution, update frequency and known errors.
04
Provenance
How the data reached the platform and what was changed.
05
Gaps
What is missing and how the gap is handled.
03Every source the topic
Every source the topic dossiers cite, with its terms.
| 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 | Organised 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 |
04Known gaps
Where the human development data record is thin.
- Data on people in informal settlements and camps.
- Disaggregated data by disability.
- Longitudinal data on recovery.
- Data from conflict-affected areas.
05Status
How the register grows.
Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.
06Sources
Where this page’s references lead.
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
07Questions
Questions and answers.
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