Sustainable Development Practice

OECD.Stat includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.

Free and open access to global development data.

From the United Nations Development Programme

his platform provides access to data compiled through the UN System in preparation for the Secretary-General's annual report on "Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals" .

The Economic Research Service is a primary source of economic information and research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The ERS mission is to inform and enhance public and private decision making on economic and policy issues related to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development. Agency-published research reports, market analysis and outlook reports, economic briefs, and data products.

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.

FAO statistics collates and disseminates food and agricultural statistics globally. The division develops methodologies and standards for data collection, and holds regular meetings and workshops to support member countries develop statistical systems. Includes statistics on forestry, fisheries, and water and soil conditions.

Data collected by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to track the well-being of children in the United States

Statistics and reports about homelessness in American at the federal and state level. See also: http://www.endhomelessness.org/pages/interactive_tools_solutions

From the US Department of Health and Human Services.

From the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
Most sites include state homelessness statistics.

Find development reports at the global, regional, and national levels. The statistics section of the website allows you to create custom tables of development-related statistics.

Includes the Census Bureau poverty thresholds.

Find the World Development Indicators and annual World Development Reports.

This gender data portal offers gender information, catering to a wide range of users and providing data from a variety of sources. Data at the country level are organized under six thematic headings and the portal includes gender datasets from the United Nations as well as World Bank.

Data collected by Annie E. Casey Foundation to track the well-being of children in the United States.

An information portal of family social indicators by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Find cross-cultural information about family structure, the labor market position of families, government policies relating to family welfare, and child and maternal health.