A great search engine from the UN for finding international data.

The United Nations Development Programme for Iraq reconstruction

Links from CICP for crime statistics internationally.

Difficulty of measuring and comparing international crime  data

This site presents the official data, definitions, methodologies and sources for the 48 indicators to measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.

The Human Development Report is an independent report. It is commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and is the product of a selected team of leading scholars, development practitioners and members of the Human Development Report Office of UNDP. Various measures of development along a series of themes.

UNIDO is the United Nations’ specialized industrial agency, mandated to promote industrial development and international industrial cooperation.

Publications, maps, and reports track UN food aid around the world. Very useful reports about food needs in various countries, and food issues and policies.

UNAIDS section on HIV/AIDS in Asia. Includes reports and limited data at http://www.unaids.org/epi/2005/doc/EPIupdate2005_html_en/epi05_06_en.htm.

This web site provides statistics and indicators on women and men in six specific fields of concern: population, families, health, education, work and politics and human rights. The data are compiled mainly from official national and international sources, as these are consistently authoritative and comprehensive. Other sources and estimates that have been subjected to peer review are used to supplement official sources. All sources are given at the end of each table, as are technical notes on the indicators presented.