Awesome Open Data Resources from the UN, World Bank, and Harvard University

"There is so much talk about open data and the data revolution, so you might think it will be really easy to jump right in and find some interesting data. Well, think again – it might be easy… if you know the lay of the open data landscape. But, if you’re anything like I was when I first started then you won’t know where to begin. This page is designed as a resource to help you quickly get the data you need. Keep in mind, I love environmental, development, and crisis response work – and so in keeping, most of the resources you will find here point in those directions. If you would like to use this page as a resource on your website or blog, please be my guest… but also please be sure to include the attribution link at the bottom of the page so that neither of us gets penalized by Google Search ..."