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Africa Development Indicators
Detailed collection of data on Africa, containing over 1,600 indicators, covering 53 African countries from 1961 to 2008. 

AID Data
Data on development finance from bilateral and multilateral agencies at the project level. Includes data visualization tools, articles on development aid and geo-coded data sets at the project level.  

Balance of Payments Statistics.
Balance of payments and international investment position data of individual countries and regions for major components of the balance of payments, updated monthly, from 1967 to the present from the IMF.

FAOSTAT
Data on agriculture, food supply, food security, prices, commodities, forest products, and fisheries from the FAO.

International Debt Statistics
Statistical data for countries reporting public debt to the World Bank. 

Human Development Report Statistics
Statistics from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 

OECD iLibrary
Leading International Organization for Foreign Aid data. Includes International Development Statistics.

UNCTADStat
From the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development. 

UN Data
Wide range of economic, social, cultural, and demographic indicators: population, environment, health, economics, technology, trade, refugees, and more.

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. International Investment Position
Detailed data on foreign direct investment involving the United States.

U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants (Green Book)
Loans and grants from the US government each fiscal year by purpose and country.

World Development Indicators
Time series data from 1960 for 207 countries in the areas of population, labour, education, economics, the environment and much more.

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