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- Basic economic and investment data for individual countries in Africa
- Guidance on investment procedure
- Budget request arranged by country with country economic information
included in rationale for development funding request
- Further editions available through its Publications
List
- Annotated regional and country links
- Subjects include business, economy, government, the press, and
society
- Organization of Pacific Rim nations promoting business development
- News releases and the full text of major publications
- Member nation profiles include brief descriptive information and
extensive links to economic and business web sites
- News monitors economic developments in Indonesia, Malayasia, Republic
of Korea, Philippines and Thailand
- Monthly and annual economic indicators (GDP, foreign exchange) and
social indicators (poverty line)
- Weekly business, political, economic, health, and environmental news for
the Middle and Far East beginning June 9, 1995
- Each issue ranks about 60 Asian and developed countries on basic
economic data such as GNP, GDP, consumer price index and foreign
debt
- Professorial course material explaining causes of the crisis
- Includes basic readings, articles, a chronology, and economic data
- Debate on exchange ranges
- Economic and social indicators for countries in the Middle East,
North Africa, and Central Asia
- Includes GDP and GNP, poverty rates, illiteracy, and child
malnutrition
- Background on British Commonwealth countries
- History, geography, social, economic, and statisticial
information
- Brief economic and economic policy forecasts
- Summary economic data for past four years (GDP, unemployment,
consumer prices)
- Lengthier summary of recent political history
- Current exchange rates
- References to lengthier EIU products, which must be purchased
separately
- Economic and political factors for U.S. citizens exporting to various
countries
- Includes laws, contacts, key imports and exports
- The most current guides are issued by the U.S.
Commercial Service
- State Department annual reports on economic policies of individual countries beginning
1993
- Key statistical indicators (GDP, prices, exchange rates, balance
of payments) for past three years
- List of free and commercial data bases, primarily for developing
countries in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Southeast Asia
- Includes national level economic data (prices, monetary),
individual firm level data, and household data (labor force, census,
public opinion, household budget)
- Browse by subject or country; search by keyword
- Multi-volume work by Angus Maddison includes annual gross domestic
product data for individual years, 1500-2001 in the HS series
- Available from Source OECD
Earth Trends (World Resources
Institute)
- Numerous statistical tables with country
data
- Population: projections to 2025, birth, death, health,
education
- Economic: gross national and domestic product,
prices, development assistance
- Environment: forestry, fisheries, water,
weather, marine and coastal resources
Eco5 (European Business
School)
- Excellent source for time series of financial data (stock market,
exchange rates, GDP, interest rates)
- Covers primarily the U.S., U.K., Japan, Germany and France but other
countries represented as well
- Some data begins with the 19th Century
- Summary statistical data for each country
- Includes demographics,
vital statistics, protein consumption, government finance, landuse,
employment, transportation, literacy
- ASCII and LOTUS formats
- Web site focused on policy
- Its Annual Statistical Yearbook (Docs. HA 4666 .A18) provides
country data in Arabic and English on population, industry, energy, and
transportation
- Web site includes African Economic Outlook
- Economic and social data for the region with some country
information
- U.S. population growth, 1800-1980, and data on the greenback dollar
- Various data on occupation by state during the late 19th Century
- Miscellaneous U.S. and European time series, including English
foreign exchange rates and Central European land ownership through
the early 20th Century
- Time series of data since 1990 with forecasts for five years for 60
countries
- Focus on economic indicators, such as GDP, sectoral contributions to
GDP, inflation rate
- Market growth, international trade, debt
- Includes social, demographic and health data (doctors per population,
life expectancy
- Income distribution by percentages, calorie consumption, retail sales
and consumption by sector
- Office space, telecommunications capacity, education, political risk
- Choose countries, variables, years and download as spreadsheet (xls)
- Campus subscription funded by Kresge Business Administration Library
- U.S. Overseas
Loans and Grants
- U.S. economic and military assistance to other countries, 1946 to
present
- Data given in historical (current) and constant dollars
- Search by country or program
- Default setting is ten year cumulations with individual years for
the past five
- Use custom setting to select one country for individual years,
1946+
- Other Countries
- Economic assistance/foreign aid from other countries is harder to
quantify. International sources tend to report it as development
assistance, which could be anything from outright donations to grants to
loans which must be repaid
- The best source may be the Development
Statistics web site of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
- Specific sources for foreign trade data, primarily U.S.
Gale Country and World
Rankings Reporter
- Ranks countries and regions on an extensive variety of demographic,
education, economic, health, political, marketing, and production data
- Countries are selected and vary with each table
- Sources include books, articles, and government publications
- Paper copy only; Graduate Library Reference Desk: HA 154
.G351
- Measures income inequality
- Ratio of the average income difference between
pairs of recipients in a geographical area to the average income
- World bank data base provides Gini ratios for countries in the world
from the 1960's to 1990's
- Data compressed; must be downloaded
- Excel, Lotus, and text formats
- World
Income Inequality Data Base (UNDP)
- Data base of Gini coefficients and income equality for 149 countries,
1950-1998
- Alternative data from numerous sources
- May be viewed on the screen or downloaded into Microsoft Access
- World Bank data for 197 countries with 217 series on various aspects of
national debt
- Data begins with 1970 and covers 10 years into the future
- Choose countries or groups of countries (e.g. low income,
- Choose series with the tree or alphabetical view
- Choose years
- Once you view the data, choose the orientation (columns or rows), scaling
options, display (chart, index, raw)
- Download into ASCII or Excel format
Global Edge (Michigan
State University)
- Impressive guide to international business, economics and marketing
- Annotated links to regional and country information, laws, statistics, trade
leads, trade shows, journals, and government sources
- Includes a list of key market indicators
- Business database with news and time series data on general
economics as well as the automotive, energy medical and pharmaceutical,
and telecommunications sectors
- For ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DATA, choose
DataInsight-Web on the lefthand side of the screen
- Under historical data, choose Global Economy, Financial Markets, US
Economy or US Regional Economy
- Select in a separate box the indicator , the geography, and source;
then choose frequency (e.g. monthly quarterly); then press GO
- Highlight the table of interest and note any INFORMATION in the
lower lefthand box (sometimes the spreadsheet doesn't identify a country
or other information
- Export the selected data
- Subjects include IMF, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments and
OECD main economic indicators
- US economic indicators include Daily Treasury Statements, housing,
prices, retail trade, industrial output, labor markets, national
accounts as well as state breakdowns for many of the indicators
- Some time series date back 40 years
- Sample search
- For Automotive, Energy, Healthcare and Telecoms, use the link
provided under MYINSIGHT SERVICES on the lefthand side of the main
screen to select options which will eventually appear on the lower part
of the lefthand side
- AUTOMOTIVE - production and sales by country and by
automotive company
- ENERGY - primarily country reports on oil, gas, electricity,
government policies, and political risks
- HEALTH CARE - country data on causes of death, health care
expenditures per capita, the pharmaceutical market; US FDA approved drug
list
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS - country data on land line and mobile
phone as well as internet users; market penetration by company
- Abstracts, index, and links to over 2500 online sources on
sustainable development
- Subject areas include agriculture, industry, environment, energy,
forestry, water use and demographics
- Rankings of countries of the world on statistical indicators found in
the CIA World Factbook
- Subjects include land area and elevation, population, life expectancy,
fertility, mortality, and AIDS
- Economics, poverty, income ratios, electricity use, GDP
- Communications, internet use, IP providers, televisions
- Transportation, military personnel and expenditures
- Annual tables from the World Development Report
- GDP by country in U.S. dollars and percent provided by value added to
agriculture, manufacturing, services, and industry
- 2000:
1998 and 1980
- 1998/99: 1997
and 1980
- Fortune
Magazine (UMich Only)
- Article entitled Boomtown Stats appeared in
November 23, 1998
- Provides 1998 gross city product and change between 1992 and 1998
- Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Austin, Phoenix, Portland (OR), San
Jose, Atlanta, Raleigh, Denver, and Grand Rapids
- Go through Info Trac, choose Reference
Center Gold, search Boomtown as subject,
November 23, 1998 as date, and
Fortune as magazine
- Does not appear to be retrievable using the ProQuest
version of the magazine
- Global
Urban Indicators Database (UN Center for Human Settlements)
- Detailed socioeconomic indicators for 237 cities in 110 countries,,
mostly in the Third World
- Data includes poverty level and percent in poverty, family income
distribution, per capital gross city product (under health), size of
school classrooms, per capita murder rates, home ownership,
land use
- Works with Internet Explorer only
- Economic profiles, GDP, foreign trade, energy use,
environment, agricultural and manufacturing data for over 100 countries
- Emphasis on OECD, European Union, Africa, and CIS nations
- Data for selected intervals since 1970 with annual figures since 1990
- Selected statistics on life expectancy and literacy
- Purchasing power of the U.S. dollar since 1665 and British pound since 1264
- Historic interest rates, price of gold, and GDP for both countries with many
series dating back 800 years
- U.S. and British exchange rates with 40 other countries for a minimum of 90
years
- Rates over 100 countries on economic freedom, with 1 being the most
and 5 being the least
- Factors include trade and price regulation, taxes, banking, and wages
- Includes explanatory text
- Current statistics on 185 countries
- Thirty-seven variables include: population, life expectancy,
fertility, school enrollment, illiteracy, homicides, motor vehicles, GDP
and labor force
- Carbon dioxide emissions, threatened species, and energy consumption
are among the environmental data
- Separate section on Twenty-One
Cities of the World focuses on population and
environment
- Basic social, economic, monetary and trade data for North and
South American countries accessed via a clickable map
- Approved projects by country
- Summary data on foreign investment in U.S. and U.S. investment
abroad
- Tables by country or by industrial sector
- Frequency varies; quarterly or annual
- Links to over 700 official publications of foreign national
governments with economic data
- Includes prices and price indexes, monetary reports, employment and
GDP
- Browsable by subject, country, title, and agency and searchable by
keyword
- Descriptions in English even though the web site may be in the
native language
- Emerging Markets Data Base provides daily and
weekly statistics on the stock market in developing countries
- Downloadable files on trends in private investment in development
countries
- List of IDA approved projects
- Country Reports
- Extensive analysis of economic and social developments in individual
countries
- Appendices include detailed statistical tables
- Reports in Adobe Acrobat format and may be over 1.4 MEG
- Web site also includes selected Working
Papers and World
Economic Outlook
- Extensive annotations for international and U.S. data sets
- Economic, political, social, environmental, and military variables
- Sources include data sets from articles and books which would be
otherwise difficult to locate
- Two letter abbreviation for countries arranged by abbreviation
- Useful for statistical manipulation and web site identification
- Links to the web sites for foreign government statistical
agencies
- No annotations
- Commercial data base of emerging markets
- Baltic States, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, China, India, Andean Region, Argentina,
Brazil and Colombia as of September 1997
- Financial news, company reports, market data, and selected legal
information
- Macroeconomic section includes production by industry, foreign trade,
foreign investment, and employment
- U-M access provided by the Kresge Business Administration Library,
William Davidson Institute, and Center for International Business
Education and International Affairs
- PDF version of the League's main statistical compendium, 1926-1944
- Divided by year and chapter for easy retrieval
- Country data on population, prices, employment, public finance,
industry, agriculture, and trade
- Text in French
- Forty-eight social and economic indicators for 197 countries annually,
1985-2000
- Includes carbon dioxide emissions, immunizations, AIDS, education,
illiteracy, mortality, malnutrition, forested lands, sanitation, water and
telephone lines
- Data accessed by name of country
- Create graphs, maps, and country rankings for a very broad range of
social, economic and cultural statistics
- Subjects include individual crimes, currency, sports, religion,
transportation, electoral system, budget, trade balance, health,
education, economics, marriage rate
- Countries may be ranked by region as well as worldwide from the top
100 to the bottom 5
- Sample: Papua-New Guinea has one of the lowest crime rates in the
world while Saudi Arabia has the largest car theft rate in the Middle
East
National Trade Data Bank
- Consolidates information needed by U.S. exporters, including foreign Market Research
Reports, regulations, foreign embassies, U.S. contacts (Export Yellow Pages), and foreign
contacts (Foreign Traders Index)
- Searchable CD-ROM version available in the Documents Center
- Internet access only through STAT-USA (Doc Cen
Password Only)
- Data for 174 countries
- Shows 40 leading exports, world market share, market stability and three
leading importers
- Example: India's primary export is precious stones; United States,
Hong Kong, and Belgium are leading importers
- Headquarters
- Current demographic, education, energy, environment and health
statistics for Western Europe and developed countries
- Text and Adobe Acrobat format
- Washington Office
- Demographic, economic, GDP, price, and interest rate data for OECD
countries (Western Europe and developed economies)
- Most files in Adobe Acrobat
- Time series of data (1900-2000) for individual Latin American
countries
- Covers demographics, education, labor force, foreign trade,
national accounts, conumer prices and commodity prices
- Choose data range, country, year, and subject
- Retrieve data in HTML or CSV format
- Time series data, 1950 to 1992, for 152 countries on 29 subjects,
most related to Gross Domestic Product
- Label codes must be used for multiple countries or subjects
- Names rather than labels can be used under "Retrieve a Single PWT
Series by Label"
- Another set on the web through the University
of Toronto
Regions
(Doc. Cen HA 1107.5 .A4 R33)
- Subnational graphs and data on social, economic and scientific subjects
for Western Europe beginning 2000
- Related to the Regio
Database, Regiomap, and the New Cronos database
- Book includes a CD-ROM
- Text discussing trade barriers in 34 non-European Union countries
- Trade statistics between the EU and those individual nations
- Very current information about employment, productivity, and GDP in
individual service industries and in the service industries of individual
countries
- Data and annotated web links by country, region or service sector
- Some data in spreadsheet or zip format
- Also includes developments in country laws and
regulations
- Statistical data bases and periodicals of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development
- In-depth time series of data for the Western European countries,
United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia
- Main Economic Indicators,
Historical
Indicators, and National Income and Product
Accounts appear under PERIODICALS/STATISTICAL PERIODICALS
- Economic Surveys are under PERIODICALS
- IMPORTANT USE INSTRUCTIONS
- When you access the web site, you will be recognized as a University
of Michigan user on the righthand side of the screen if you are eligible
to use it
- Use the search engine on the righthand side or the PERIODICALS or
STATISTICS links at the top of the page
- Thereafter you can navigate from the middle of the screen or the
lefthand frame
- Articles are in pdf format
- Data bases require you to choose series, countries, and dates
- Data can be downloaded in spreadsheet format
- Annotated guide to country and international data sites worldwide
- Extensive in subject and national coverage
- Arranged by continent and country
- Press releases on the European economy beginning 1996
- The full or partial text of selected publications in Adobe Acrobat
format
- Primary economic data (industrial production, prices, employment,
and trade) but some social statistics
- Indexes and abstracts federal government statistics since 1974;
business, association and state government data since 1980, and
international agencies since 1983
- Access through the Statistical Sources menu
- Delimiters include Boolean operators and numerous proximity
indicators, frequency, and comparative data (by city, by foreign
country, by age, by disease)
- Sample Search: gdp and by
foreign country
- About 15% of the abstracts link to full
text
- For items not hot-linked:
- Write down abstract number (e.g. ASI 1997 9391-7) and bring to
the Documents Center for the microfiche version
- Consult Statistical Universe
Guide for various web searching alternatives
and a Slide
Show for further details
- Click on "search interface" to access the data
- Brief descriptions of economic trends in World Bank borrowing countries
- Requires WAIS proxy under Netscape's "preferences" toolbar to
view
- See World
Bank for updated information
- Brief statistical data for 55 European and North American countries
- Latest population, life expectancy, trading partners
- Seven-year history of industrial output, employment, and
exchange rate
- GDP, per capita GDP, percent of GDP spent on education and health
care
- Hundreds of data elements for almost all countries, 1946+ present
- Subjects include agriculture, economics, health, prices, men and
women, education, labor, development assistance, environment
- Basic View allows
selection of single data series for up to 10 countries for 20 years
- Advanced View supports multiple series, years, and countries with
downloading capability into Excel, ASCII, or CSV formats
- Web site includes definitions, sources of the data, and a topical list
of
subjects
- To be replaced by UN Data
in July 2008
- Graphs and charts provide demographic, economic, and environmental
trends to the year 2050 on a worldwide and regional level
- The tour option provides accompanying text
- Users can also enter through a subject, scenario, or regional
approach
- Catalog of publications and CD-ROMS
- Many publications appear in its Digital
Library
- World Bank
Journals includes the full text of the World Bank
Research Observer since 1998 and the World Bank
Economic Review since 1997
- Policy
Research Working Papers provides abstracts and full text
in 10 subject areas, including macroeconomics and poverty
- Selected country economic and social data (latest gross national
product, life expectancy, adult literacy) from World
Development Indicators under name of country
- Country approach includes index to articles appearing in its
World Development Sources CD-ROM; direct web link
to article limited to registered users
- Prospects for
Development
- Monitors recent trends by country in GDP, direction of trade
- Projects financial developments for the next few years
- Commodity Price Data, known as the Pink
Sheets, provides monthly data on worldwide prices for foodstuffs,
rubber, oil, and mineral extractions
- World Development
Report provides detailed country economic data and trends
- Economic
Growth Research
- Indexes articles, working papers, and corresponding data sets
- Data must be downloaded to disk
- Sample topics include military spending, inflation, educational
attainment, finance
World Bank Africa
Database
- Provides 1154 variables for individual African countries, 1965 to
present
- Subjects include economics, population, labor, agriculture, social
characteristics, infrastructure, foreign trade and business
- Twice as detailed as World Development Indicators
- Data may be downloaded in various formats
- CD-ROM in Documents Center (DoX148) and on Documents CD-ROM LAN
- Ranks 46 countries on 225 competitive factors
- Factors include government, domestic economy, internationalization,
finance, people
- Web site provides summary ranking
- A paper copy of the Global Competitiveness
Report is available at the Business Administration
Library
- World Bank data base with 593 series of demographic, economic, and
environmental information for 226 countries
- Time series covers 1960 to present when annual data are available for a
given country
- Choose countries or groups of countries
- Choose series with the tree or alphabetical view
- Choose years
- Once you view the data, choose the orientation (columns or rows), scaling
options, display (chart, index, raw)
- Download into ASCII or Excel format
- For the University of Michigan, this replaces access provided by the dear
departed CITRIX server
- The Documents Center will maintain a CD-ROM for single workstation
access
- Full text of annual report addressing international economic issues
- Appendix of statistical tables provides country data with trends
- Subjects include poverty, income distribution, population, Gross
Domestic Product, foreign trade, finance, environment, education, and health
- Classifies countries into developing, most developed, etc.
- Adobe Acrobat format with tables and chapters segmented for easy
viewing
- Time series for country data on gdp, consumer prices, and
unemployment for last 10 years
- Data divided by developed and developing countries
- PDF format only
- Annual report on foreign direct investments and mergers since 1991
- Country Fact Sheets and Overviews available free
- Printed copy in Graduate Library as: HG 4538 .W67; current issue in
Documents Center
- Economic and socioeconomic indicators for 161 countries, 1972-92
- Arranged by topic and country
- Requires CIESIN client, downloadable from CIESIN home page
- World Tables also available in paper copy and in electronic form
on the Documents Center's Statistical Masterfile workstation
- Replaced by World Development Indicators on
CD and in paper (Documents Center) and by development section of
the World
Bank web site
- Table by country with corporate, personal, and value added tax
rates
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