unit 5 - oecd data + imf debt relief and development

According to an IMF Survey:

Debt Relief Yields Results in Niger Debt relief from multilateral and bilateral creditors is showing results in Africa. Lower debt service, budgetary aid, and higher domestic revenue mobilization is having an impact on spending in education, health, and the rural sectors.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2008/car012508a.htm

for general development data the oecd factbook 2007 :

http://oberon.sourceoecd.org/vl=8095824/cl=14/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/

this is focused on the top 30 "richest" economies but does make comparisons across a wide range of data