Research Guides: Latin American Studies: Statistics and Institutional Sources

Non-Governmental Organizations

Countries - World Bank Group
Provides World Bank publications by country.
Inter-American Development Bank
MERCOSUR
An economic organization of the nations of South America. Materials on this site are in Spanish and Portuguese only.
Organization of American States (OAS)
Website of the OAS, bringing together governments from across the Americas.
Political Database of the Americas (PDBA)
The Political Database of the Americas (PDBA) offers centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region.
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America / Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (ECLAC/CEPAL)

CEPALSTAT
Economic data and publications from the United Nations Economic Commission on Latin American and the Caribbean/Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (ECLA/CEPAL).

International Historical Statistics This link opens in a new window
Collection of statistical data from around the world, covering a wide range of socio-economic topics.
The collection includes data on the Americas and Europe, but also hard-to-find data on Africa, Asia and Oceania.

The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
LAPOP is a project of Vanderbilt University to systematically survey public political opinion in Latin America.

ANIDA: Atlas Nacional Interactivo de Argentina
Interactive atlas of Argentine geography from Argentina's Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN). In Spanish