Summary of resource: 

Supported by Oxford University and with the mission of ”research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems”, this database has a wide variety of statistics, graphs and diagrams on social, political & economic issues. It doesn’t catch every topic but it’s worth looking at when researching in these areas. Some areas it has comprehensive and useful data and statistics on include:

• Climate change
• Poverty
• Sanitation & water infrastructure
• International Development

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Pros:

• Graphs and diagrams can clearly explain specific issues
• Variety of reputable sources
• Generally up to date and adds new information regularly
• Can search for information on specific countries, or can browse by topic eg. Education and Knowledge, Health, Violence & War
• Free, reliable and easy to use

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Cons/ issues to take into consideration: 

• Sometimes you look for a topic you think would logically be there and it isn’t covered at all- so can be a bit hit and miss.

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Link: https://ourworldindata.org/