Luciano Cohan

This dataset includes yearly information of the Social Unrest Index for multiple countries published in "Measuring Social Unrest Using Media Reports" by Philip Barret, Maximiliano Appendino, Kate Nguyen, and Jorge de Leon Miranda. The Social Unrest Index measures the risk of social conflicts in countries and is used to assess the level of vulnerability of a society to instability. It takes into account a range of factors, including economic inequality, poverty, social exclusion, and lack of effective governance. To access additional information and details regarding the methodology about the index, [read here](https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2020/07/17/Measuring-Social-Unrest-Using-Media-Reports-49573).

Miscellaneous - Global - Social Unrest Index

Global Economic Datasets

Alphacast

This dataset includes monthly information about the records of the votes cast in the United Nations General Assembly, which is the primary deliberative body of the UN. The data is published in Harvard Dataverse. This dataset includes the vote choice, roll-cad vote id, UN session and UN resolution number.
To access additional information and details regarding the variables, please refer to: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ/DYNZPA&version=29.0

Miscellaneous - Global - Harvard Dataverse - United Nations Voting

The Harvard University offers Harvard Dataverse, a repository for research data. The Harvard Dataverse Repository is a free data repository open to all researchers from any discipline, both inside and outside of the Harvard community, where you can share, archive, cite, access, and explore research data. 

Harvard Dataverse

This dataset includes yearly information of the Freedom Index for multiple countries, published by the Atlantic Council. The Freedom Index measures economic, political, and legal freedoms for nearly every country in the world. Scores range between 0 and 100 with higher values indicating more freedom. Countries on the Freedom Index are divided into four categories based on their overall score: those above a seventy-five-point score (Free), those with a score between fifty and 74.9 (Mostly Free), those with a score between twenty-five and 49.9 (Mostly Unfree), and those with score from zero to 24.9 (Unfree).

Miscellaneous - Global - Atlantic Council - Freedom Index

The Atlantic Council is a nonpartisan organization that galvanizes US leadership and engagement in the world, in partnership with allies and partners, to shape solutions to global challenges. The Council promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the Atlantic Community’s central role in meeting global challenges.

Atlantic Council

The dataset captures the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor; they have property rights; and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association. The variable ranges from 0 to 1 (most rights).

Miscellaneous - Global - Our World In Data (OWID) - Human Rights Index

Our World in Data (OWID) is a research organization that provides access to data and research on global development and long-term change. The organization's mission is to make data on global development easily accessible and to provide the evidence that is needed to understand and address the world's most pressing problems.

Our World In Data (OWID)

This dataset includes yearly information of patents applications, grants and in force published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by law to applicants for inventions that are new, non-obvious and commercially applicable. It is valid for a limited period of time (generally 20 years), during which patent holders can commercially exploit their inventions on an exclusive basis. In return, applicants are obliged to disclose their inventions to the public in a manner that enables others, skilled in the art, to replicate the invention. The patent system is designed to encourage innovation by providing innovators with time-limited exclusive legal rights, thus enabling innovators to reap the benefits of their innovative activity.

Miscellaneous - Global - WIPO - Total Patent

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the global forum for intellectual property policy, services, information and cooperation. It is a self-funding agency of the United Nations, with 193 member states.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 

This dataset includes yearly information of the homicide rates for multiple countries, published by Our World In Data (OWID).

Miscellaneous - Global - OWID- Homicide Rate

This dataset includes monthly information about the records of the votes cast in the United Nations General Assembly, which is the primary deliberative body of the UN. The data is published in Harvard Dataverse. This dataset includes the short description, the importance of the vote by US State Department and the searches in descriptions.
To access additional information and details regarding the variables, please refer to: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ/DYNZPA&version=29.0

Miscellaneous - Global - Harvard Dataverse - United Nations Voting Description

This dataset includes yearly information of class count in total trademarks published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). A trademark is a sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises. Trademarks are protected by intellectual property rights.

Miscellaneous - Global - WIPO - Class count in total trademarks

This dataset includes yearly information of the economic freedom index published by Fraser Institute, for multiple countries. The index measures the degree towhich the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom, in five major areas: [1] Size of Government; [2] Legal System and Security of Property Rights; [3] Sound Money; [4] Freedom to Trade Internationally; [5] Regulation. Comprehensive data are available only with a two-year lag, so the index itself has a two-year lag. Within the five major areas, there are 26 components in the index. Many of those components are themselves made up of several sub-components. In total, the index comprises 44 distinct variables.

To inquire further about the methodology of the index, see [here](https://www.fraserinstitute.org/economic-freedom/approach) and [here](https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/uploaded/2022/economic-freedom-of-the-world-2022-appendix.pdf)

Miscellaneous - Global - Fraser Institute - Economic Freedom Index

The Fraser Institute is an independent non-partisan research and educational organization based in Canada. 

Fraser Institute

Martina Mas

This dataset icludes the equal information contained in [dataset 39410](https://www.alphacast.io/datasets/miscellaneous-global-center-for-systemic-peace-political-regime-characteristics-transitions-39410) but the original variables where replaced with the description.
To access additional information and details regarding the variables and methodology, please refer to: https://www.systemicpeace.org/inscr/p5manualv2018.pdf

Miscellaneous - Global - Center for Systemic Peace - Polity Regime Variables

The Center for Systemic Peace (CSP) was founded in 1997. It is engaged in innovative research on the problem of political violence within the structural context of the dynamic global system, that is, global systems analysis. The Center supports scientific research and quantitative analysis in many issue areas related to the fundamental problems of violence in both human relations and societal-systemic development processes.

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Miscellaneous - Global - Social Unrest Index
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Global Economic Datasets

Miscellaneous - Global - Harvard Dataverse - United Nations Voting
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Alphacast /
Harvard Dataverse

Miscellaneous - Global - Atlantic Council - Freedom Index
Published in
Alphacast /
Atlantic Council

Miscellaneous - Global - Our World In Data (OWID) - Human Rights Index
Published in
Alphacast /
Our World In Data (OWID)

Miscellaneous - Global - WIPO - Total Patent
Published in
Alphacast /
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Miscellaneous - Global - OWID- Homicide Rate
Published in
Alphacast /
Our World In Data (OWID)

Miscellaneous - Global - Harvard Dataverse - United Nations Voting Description
Published in
Alphacast /
Harvard Dataverse

Miscellaneous - Global - WIPO - Class count in total trademarks
Published in
Alphacast /
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Miscellaneous - Global - Fraser Institute - Economic Freedom Index
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Alphacast /
Fraser Institute

Miscellaneous - Global - Center for Systemic Peace - Polity Regime Variables
Published in
Alphacast /
Center for Systemic Peace (CSP)

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Miscellaneous - Global - Social Unrest Index Published in Alphacast / Global Economic Datasets

Miscellaneous - Global - Harvard Dataverse - United Nations Voting Published in Alphacast / Harvard Dataverse

Miscellaneous - Global - Atlantic Council - Freedom Index Published in Alphacast / Atlantic Council

Miscellaneous - Global - Our World In Data (OWID) - Human Rights Index Published in Alphacast / Our World In Data (OWID)

Miscellaneous - Global - WIPO - Total Patent Published in Alphacast / The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Miscellaneous - Global - OWID- Homicide Rate Published in Alphacast / Our World In Data (OWID)

Miscellaneous - Global - Harvard Dataverse - United Nations Voting Description Published in Alphacast / Harvard Dataverse

Miscellaneous - Global - WIPO - Class count in total trademarks Published in Alphacast / The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Miscellaneous - Global - Fraser Institute - Economic Freedom Index Published in Alphacast / Fraser Institute

Miscellaneous - Global - Center for Systemic Peace - Polity Regime Variables Published in Alphacast / Center for Systemic Peace (CSP)