United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)

UNCDB is no longer active:

The UN Common Database has been replaced by a new system, UNdata, which was launched in February 2008.

See:

• http://ckan.net/package/read/un-data

Description

"UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas."

430 series as of 2007-11-25 (see http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/cdb_list_series.asp

Openness: NOT OPEN

• License: Non-Commercial restrictions. Specifically on main page states: > "Usage of the United Nations Common Database is free of charge for personal, individual, and private use. Requests for all other uses, namely commercial ones, should be addressed to permissions@un.org. The material contained in the United Nations Common Database is copyrighted and proper credits are required."
• Access: ok.
  • bulk: no.
  • web. yes. Note download link is to cached copyh on iquango site as they have already gone through hassle or scraping stuff out.