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Data Sources

Global Statistical Sources

Almanacs, Factbooks, Statistics, etc
Asian Development Bank-A multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific
BBC Monitoring - Country Profiles
CIA - The World Factbook
CIS Statistics- Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukrain
Country Comparison Statistics Labor
Economics Data- Lists of economic data resource links in several categories
FIRST (HUGE worldwide database - free but requires registration)
GenderStats - Gender Statistics for individual countries worldwide
GeoHive Global Statistics
Global Policy Network (GPN)- provides up-to-date analysis and statistics on labor market trends by correspondents for a growing list of developed and developing countries
Globastat - Country Rankings and World Statistics
IMF GDDS World Socio-Demographic Data
International Labor Organization (ILO)- Bureau of Statistics
(ILO)- Compendium of official statistics on employment in the informal sector
(ILO)- Key Indicators of the Labor Market (KILM)
(ILO)- Policy Integration Department
(ILO)- Statistics
International Monetary Fund, General Data Dissemination System (IMF GDDS)- Employment Statistics
(IMF GDDS)- Participating Countries Production index - manufacturing
(IMF GDDS)- Participating Countries Production index - non-manufacturing
(IMF GDDS)- Participating Countries Unemployment
(IMF GDDS)- Participating Countries Wages-earnings
International Statistics - IDB Data Access
International Trade Data System (ITDS)- International trade and transportation data
LABORSTA Internet- Data and metadata for over 200 countries or territories
LexisNexis Statistical Home Page (over 30,000 databases)
Migration Information Source
OECD International Statisics
OFFSTAT (Current Official Statistics on the Web)
Penn World Tables- The Penn World Table provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 179 countries
Social Science Data on the Internet (Data && Statistical Search Engine)
Social Science Information Gateway (information resource for all areas of social science)
Statistical Resources (WIDE variety of specific topics)
STAT-USA (US economic, trade data)- A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government
The International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (IMF DSBB) - World Economic and Financial Statistics
The Office of Trade and Economic Analysis- Trade Data
TradePort- 175 Country Profiles from World Trade Press
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (education, science, technology, culture, communication)
United Nations and International Statistics Programmes (comprehensive list of available statistical sites)
United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA)- The world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes. Site provides annual State of World Population Reports
US Census Bureau - Foreign Trade Statistics
US Census Bureau International Data Base (277 countries)
Welcome to World Bank Group - Data and Statistics (208 countries)
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)- The WHO Statistical Information System is the guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the WHO
World Bank World Development Indicators (5-year, 54-category preview of premier economic data source)
World Population Information
World Trade Organization- International Trade Statistics

By Region

Africa

African Development Bank
Afristat - Observatoire Economique et Statistique d'Afrique Subsaharienne
World Bank Group - African Statistics

Asia

Asian Development Bank Statistical Office
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Pacific Regional Database
Southeast Asian HIV and AIDS Statistics
Women in Development Network Asia and Pacific

Europe

Employment in Europe 2002 - report
EU Labor Market - April 2003
Europe - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
European Industrial Relations Observatory Online
European Trade Union Institute
Eurostat - Free Databases (Huge collection of data on wide range of topics)
Eurostat - Statistical Office of the European Communities
ILO Central and Eastern European Team
Industrial relations in the EU, Japan and USA, 2002
Social Science Data Archives - Europe (huge resource)

North America

AmeriStat - US Population Data
STAT-USA (US economic, trade data)
US - Economic Policy Institute (non-partisan NGO)
US - FedStats Home Page (access to over 100 US agencies)
US - PollingReport.com - Public Opinion Online
US - Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (and selected other countries)
US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page
USMEX DDViewer (data on over 200 comparable variables between US and Mexico)

Latin America

Caribbean Community Statistics
Inter-American Development Bank Research Dept.

South Asia

Asian Development Bank Statistical Office
Columbia South Asian Resource Access on the Internet (SARAI)
Golden Gate University South Asia Internet Resources
South Asian Research Network
Southeast Asian HIV and AIDS Statistics
University of Chicago Digital South Asia
Women in Development Network Asia and Pacific
World Bank South Asia Resources

By Country

Albania - Institute of Statistics
AmeriStat - US Population Data
Andorra - Ministry of Finances
Anguilla Statistics Unit
Argentina - National Census and Statistical Institute
Armenia - National Statistical Service
Australia - Bureau of Statistics
Austria - Statistics (complete data avail. only in German)
Azerbaijan - State Statistical Committee
Bangladesh - Bureau of Statistics
Barbados Government Information Service
Belgium - Statistics
Belize - Central Statistical Office
Bolivia - National Institute of Statistics
Brazil - Institute of Geography and Statistics
Brazil - Union site
Bulgaria - National Statistical Institute
Cambodia - National Institute of Statistics
Canada's national statistical agency
Cape Verde - National Statistical Institute
Chile - National Commission of Scientific and Technological Investigation
Chile - National Statistical Institute
China - National Bureau of Statistics
Columbia - National Dept. of Statistics
Costa Rica - Minster of Economy, Industry, Commerce
Costa Rica - National Statistical and Census Institute
Croatia - Central Bureau of Statistics
Cyprus - Dept. of Statistics and Research
Czech Republic Statistical Office
Denmark - Statistics
Djibouti - Minister of Finance
Dominican Republic - National Office of Statistics
Ecuador - National Statistical and Census Institute
El Salvado - Minister of Economy
Estonia - Statistics
Faroe Islands - Statistics
Finland - Statistics
France - National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies
Germany - Federal Statistical Office
Greece - National Statistical Service
Greenland - Statistics
Guatemala - National Statistical Institute
Honduras - National Statistical Institute
Hong Kong - Census and Statistics Department
Hungary - Central Statistical Office
Iceland - Statistics
Iceland Labour market
India - Census
Indonesia - Statistics
Ireland - Central Statistics Office
Israel - Central Bureau of Statistics
Italy - National Institute of Statistics
Jamaica Statistical Institute
Japan - Statistics Bureau
Jordan - Department of Statistics
Kazakhstan - Agency of Statistics
Kenya - Central Bureau of Statistics
Korea - National Statistical Office
Korean - Confederation of Trade Unions
Kuwait - Ministry of Planning
Kyrgyz Republic - National Statistical Committee
Latvia - Central Statistics Bureau
Lebanon - Central Administration for Statistics
Lithuania - Department of Statistics
Luxembourg - STATEC
Luxembourg Income Study
Macao - Economic Services
Macao - Statistics and Census Service
Macedonia - State Statistical Office
Madagascar - National Statistical Institute
Malawi - National Statistical Office
Malaysia - Department of Statistics
Maldives - Ministry of Planning and National Development
Malta - National Statistics Office
Mauritania - National Statistical Office
Mauritius - Central Statistical Office
Mexico - National Institute of Statistics
Micronesia
Moldova - Department for Statistics and Sociology
Morocco - Naitonal Statistical Office
Mozambique - National Statistical Institute
Netherlands - Central Statistics Bureau
New Zealand - Statistics
Nicaragua - National Statistical Institute
Norway - Statistics
Oman - Ministry of National Economy
Pakistan - Statistics Division
Palestinian Authority
Panama
Papua New Guinea - National Statistical Office
Paraguay - Statistics and Census
Peru - Institute of Statistics
Philippines - National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
Philippines - National Statistics Office
Phillippines - Bureau of labor and employment statistics
Poland - Central Statistical Office
Portugal - National Institute of Statistics
Romania - National Institute of Statistics
Russian Federation - Federal Service of State Statistics
Serbia and Montenegro - Statistical Office
Sierra Leone - Statistics
Singapore - Department of Statistics
Slovakia - Statistical Office
Slovenia - Statistical Office
South Africa - Central Statistics Office
South Africa - Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)!
Spain - Basque Statistics Office
Spain - National Statistics Institute
St. Lucia - Government Statistics Dept.
St. Lucia Labor Force Statistics
STAT-USA (US economic, trade data)
Sweden - Databases at SIPRI
Swiss - Federal Statistical Office
Taiwan - Council of Labor
Tanzania - National Website
Thailand - Labour Force Survey
Thailand - National Statistical Office
Trinidad and Tobago - Central Statistical Office
Tunisia - National Statistical Institute
Turkey - State Institute of Statistics
UK - National Statistics Online
Uruguay - National Statistical Institute
US - Economic Policy Institute (non-partisan NGO)
US - FedStats Home Page (access to over 100 US agencies)
US - PollingReport.com - Public Opinion Online
US - Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (and selected other countries)
US Census Bureau - Foreign Trade Statistics
US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page
Uzbekistan - Ministry of Microeconomy and Statistics
Venezuela - National Statistical Institute

By Category

Development

Africa Union
Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific - ADB.org
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Association of SouthEast Asian Nations
Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (Central Bank of West African States)
Banque des Etats de L'Afrique Centrale (Bank of Central African States)
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale (CEMAC) - Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Development Gateway
Directory of Development Organizations 2004
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
GenderStats - Gender Statistics for individual countries worldwide
HIV-AIDS Country Profile
Human Development Reports
Human Rights and Statistics Bibliography and Links to Sites and Documents
IMF GDDS World Socio-Demographic Data
Inter-American Development Bank
International LAbor Organization (ILO)- Compendium of official statistics on employment in the informal sector
International Monetary Fund, General Data Dissemination System (IMF GDDS)- Participating Countries Unemployment
International Monetary Fund, General Data Dissemination System (IMF GDDS)- Participating Countries Wages-earnings
International Statistics - IDB Data Access
International Statistics - IDB Data Access
League of Arab States
New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD)
New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD)
Sahel and West Africa Club Department
Small Island Developing States Network
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) secretariat
The Group of 77
The Major Cities and Agglomerations of the World - Overview
The World Bank Group
Transparency International
UC Atlas of Global Inequality
UC Atlas of Global Inequality- explores some aspects of inequality using online, downloadable maps and graphics.
UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Statistics Division
UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
UNDP Human Development Reports
UNICEF - Monitoring and statistics (economic and social stats, esp. about children)
United Nations Population Division World Population Trends homepage
Welcome to the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
Welcome to World Bank Group - Data and Statistics (208 countries)
WHO World Health Organization
World Bank Education Statistics Database
World Bank Group - Data and Research
World Bank World Development Indicators- 5-year, 54-category preview of premier economic data sources
World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy

Economic

B R E A D Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development
BBC Monitoring - Country Profiles
CIA - The World Factbook
Country Comparison Statistics Labor
Economics Data Collections
Economist.com Country Briefings
Economy Maps, Economy Maps of World, World Export Map, World Fuel Export Map
Eurostat - Free Databases (HUGE collection of data on wide range of topics)
FIRST (HUGE worldwide database - free but requires registration)
GeoHive Global Statistics
Globastat - Country Rankings and World Statistics
IMF DSBB - World Economic and Financial Statistics
IMF GDDS -- Employment Statistics
IMF GDDS -- Participating Countries Production index - manufacturing
IMF GDDS -- Participating Countries Production index - non-manufacturing
IMF GDDS -- Participating Countries Unemployment
IMF GDDS -- Participating Countries Wages-earnings
International Statistics - IDB Data Access
International Trade Data System
LABORSTA Internet
Main Macroeconomic Indicators
Natural Resources Maps, World Natural Resources Maps, Natural Resources Maps of World
OECD International Statisics
OFFSTAT (Current Official Statistics on the Web)
Political, Social, and Economic Data Archives (large collection of general and specifialized data sources)
Portals to the World from the Library of Congress (GREAT collection of information for countries worldwide)
The European Central Bank
The European Investment Bank
UNIDO - UNIDO Economy Environment Employment
United Nations and International Statistics Programmes (comprehensive list of available statistical sites)
US Census Bureau - Foreign Trade Statistics
Welcome to World Bank Group - Data and Statistics (208 countries)
World Bank World Development Indicators (5-year, 54-category preview of premier economic data source)
WTO International Trade Statistics
WTO Trade Statistics

Education

CIA - The World Factbook
GenderStats - Gender Statistics for individual countries worldwide
ILO - Key Indicators of the Labor Market (KILM)
IMF GDDS World Socio-Demographic Data
Political, Social, and Economic Data Archives (large collection of general and specifialized data sources)
Portals to the World from the Library of Congress (GREAT collection of information for countries worldwide)
UC Atlas of Global Inequality
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (education, science, technology, culture, communication)
World Bank Education Statistics Database
World Bank World Development Indicators (5-year, 54-category preview of premier economic data source)

Enviornment

Agreements on Environment and Development
Environmental Directories
EUROPA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Government Documents Library - Environmental Information
International Energy- Related Environmental Information
International Environment House
International Environmental Data - Agriculture and Food Supply Data
Standford University Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
The World Bank Group - The Environment
UN Statistics Division - Environment
United Nations University - Environmental Data Sources around the World
USGS Environmental Affairs Program
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy

Finance

Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific - ADB.org
Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (Central Bank of West African States)
Banque des Etats de L'Afrique Centrale (Bank of Central African States)
Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale (CEMAC) - Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
G8 Online
IMF -- International Monetary Fund Home Page
Inter-American Development Bank
International Monetary Fund, General Data Dissemination System (IMF GDDS)- World Economic and Financial Statistics
Main Macroeconomic Indicators
OECD International Statisics
OFFSTAT (Current Official Statistics on the Web)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Welcome to the European Investment Bank
Welcome to World Bank Group - Data and Statistics (208 countries)

Gender

Assocaition of College and Research Libraries - Women's Studies Section

Government

Chiefs of State and and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments

Health

CIA - The World Factbook
Development Gateway
Development Initiatives
GenderStats - Gender Statistics for individual countries worldwide
Global Health Council - World Health News
Government Agencies and International Organizations
IMF GDDS World Socio-Demographic Data
International Statistics - IDB Data Access
UC Atlas of Global Inequality
UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
UNDP Human Development Reports
US Department of Health and Human Services
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
WHO World Health Organization

Labor & Employment

Collective bargaining coverage and extension procedures
Corporate Data Environment [CDE]
Country Comparison Statistics Labor
ILO - Key Indicators of the Labor Market (KILM)
ILO Bureau of Statistics
ILO Compendium of official statistics on employment in the informal sector
IMF GDDS -- Employment Statistics
International Labour Organization - ILO Web site
LABORSTA Internet
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page
USBLS Foreign Labor Statistics Home Page

Population

Geostat - Historical Census Browser US and other states, 1790-1960
International Statistics - IDB Population Pyramids
Migration Information Source
PopNet - World Population Source
Population Demographics of South Asia
State of World Population 2003
The Major Cities and Agglomerations of the World - Overview
U.S. and World Population Clocks - POPClocks (up-to-the-minute population totals)
UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Population Division World Population Trends homepage
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
World Gazetteer population figures for cities, towns and places
World Population Information
World Population Prospects Population Database

Trade

Economy Maps, Economy Maps of World, World Export Map, World Fuel Export Map
Electronic Library on International Trade Law and the CISG
IMF -- International Monetary Fund Home Page
International Trade Data System
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
SICE - Trade Agreements
STAT-USA (US economic, trade data)
The World Bank Group
Trade Compliance Center - Making America's Trade Agreements Work for You!
Trade Data - The Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
TradePort Country Profiles from World Trade Press
US Census Bureau - Foreign Trade Statistics
US Census Bureau International Data Base (277 countries)
Welcome to World Bank Group - Data and Statistics (208 countries)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
WTO Trade Statistics



 
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