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 data that can be used in global mangrove forest distribution modeling, land cover change analysis, global carbon accounting studies and to assist with policy-making in regards to human-environment interactions and future adaptive strategies.

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.