To provide a global subnational map of the prevalence of underweight children that can be used by a wide user community in interdisciplinary studies of health, poverty and the environment.

To provide a global subnational map of infant mortality rate estimates that can be used by a wide user community in interdisciplinary studies of health, poverty and the environment.

To provide a time series of raster data on population to facilitate data integration.

To provide a set of coastlines consistent with GPWv3 raster data for cartographic purposes.

To provide a time series of raster data on population projected to the year 2015 to facilitate data integration.

To provide a time series of raster data on population projected to the year 2015 to facilitate data integration.

To provide a time series of raster data on population density to facilitate data integration.

To provide a quantitative measure of the input resolution of administrative units used for GPWv3.

To provide a vector (point) version of the input administrative units used in GPWv3 for use in data integration.

To create a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability and to provide a mechanism for making environmental management more quantitative, empirically grounded and systematic.