First time users of the databases are recommended to study the help information provided on the introductory menus, as very little help is available when searching. Please report any problems to Debbie Beer at the address below. Collection policy encompasses literature relating to economic and social development, both rural and urban, while specific areas of subject interest include amongst others, health, education, communication, industrial development, debt and adjustment, population studies, development theory, women and political development.
Material is in English or the major European languages only.
The BLDS is a depository library for UN publications. All book and journal article references are fully subject indexed using the 'UN Macrothesaurus for Information Processing in the Field of Economic and Social Development'.