Soomo recently released a new assignment for our Comparing Governments collection, called “Developing Data.”  In this TED lecture presented at the U.S. State Department, public health professor Hans Rosling uses animated data on global health and development to explode common misconceptions about the developing world. In the assignment we also ask students to use  Rosling’s own data organizer, GapMinder, to pour through some statistics for a bit of first-hand experience. Feel free to review the new assignment and email Maureen at the PoliSci desk to have the assignment added to your course.

And we’re curious, what other good data sites do you use in your comparative politics courses?