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| Set of links to selected collections of official statistics. | |
| Set of links to selected collections of national statistics. | ||
| Database allowing comparison of statistical data between United Nations countries. Up to seven countries can be selected and combined with variables under the headings: geography, economy, population and social indicators. | ||
| General reference resource containing a fact file for every country of the world, with additional information available under the headings news and current events, history and culture, government and politics, and economy and development. Also offers language translation, currency exchange, and time zone services. | ||
| Detailed information on specific countries from around the world, covering subjects like economy, geography, people, national anthem lyrics, national flags, and current weather conditions. Additional Web resources of relevance are also identified. | ||
| Provides information on, and critical analysis of, World Bank and International Monetary Fund policy and reports. Offers briefings and reports on current issues, and features a quarterly newsletter of Bank and IMF initiatives. Also includes a glossary of key terms. | ||
| Founded in October 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. Now works to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural development, improve nutrition and the pursuit of food security. Includes access to FAOSTAT, a multilingual database of time series statistics in agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry and food control. | ||
| A metadata search system which enables users to identify databases, information systems, and other resources pertinent to the study of global environmental change, human interactions in the environment, and sustainable development. Thousands of entries of socioeconomic and natural science resources are available. The Gateway retrieves resource locators that have been registered at various sites throughout the Internet. | ||
| Report documenting the progress and success of USAID programs throughout the world. Covers economic growth and agricultural development, democracy and governance, human capacity development, population, health and nutrition, the environment, and humanitarian assistance. Full text of the report is available as a PDF file. | ||
| Links to sets of demographic data and macroeconomic data for various countries, with a content summary for many sources. | ||
| Data on 138 countries, between 1950 and 1992, for 29 variables. Subsets can be extracted using forms. Also known as the Summers Heston data. | ||
| Includes Hawaian and Pacific Rim economic data, information on business trends, economic outlooks, and an interactive economic report builder. | ||
| Large collection of links and original financial and economic data. | ||
| Set of links to selected collections of international statistics. | ||
| Basic map of the world, with useful information on the climate, economy, government, history, people, trade, flags and major cities of individual countries. Includes a concise list of all 192 nations of the world, 57 overseas territories and dependencies, and capital cities. | ||
| Report outlining the agency's plans for the next year. Goals relate to economic growth and agricultural development, democracy and governance, education and training, population and health, the environment, and political development. Includes a series of appendices and tables of statistical data and is available as a PDF file. | ||
| International data from creditor and market sources, on the external debt of developing and transition countries. Includes information on stock of debt and flow figures for the latest complete year. | ||
| Extensive reference work containing recent basic information about every country in the world, including details of geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources. | ||
| Index to sources of statistical data available on the Web. Sources are arranged by category, including agriculture, demographics, economics, environment, housing, politics and science. | ||
| Provides the latest available quarterly report from the IMF detailing their financial sources and transactions. Data describing the quota, available resources at start and end periods, extensions of credit, repayments of credit, and creditor positions are tabulated for each member country. | ||
| Collection of publications, reports, databases and mailing lists concerned with food production, trade and consumption. Uses maps, satellite images, population data, and information on food shortages, crop prospects, current and present agricultural situations and weather conditions to assess productivity throughout the world. Available in English, French and Spanish. | ||
| Online magazine of the World Economic Forum. Articles cover the areas of global business, geopolitics, third world development, international finance and investment, and issues of globalisation. | ||
| Presents a collection of comparative country rankings based on data in the CIA World Factbook. Broad categories comprise geography, people, government, economy, communications, transport, and the military. | ||
| Report providing a biannual assessment of the world economic situation. Areas addressed include Policy Responses to the Global Slowdown, Global Repercussions of the Crisis in Emerging Markets and Other Conjunctural Issues, International Financial Contagion, Chronic Unemployment in the Euro Areas: Causes and Cures. Full text of the 255 page report is available in PDF format, accompanied by tables and statistics. | ||
| For researchers and business people who want to research free trade and NAFTA issues online. The CSWHT page features a statistical database, IT IS, which searches imports/exports for 42 countries; trade publications; funded research projects and a contact list of trade experts. | ||
| Set of links to selected collections of statistics and to resources relevant to statistical analysis. | ||
| Basic worldwide reference information for businesses, tourists, and researchers on individual countries' economies, defence, government, weather, geography, and population, as well as links to material covering accommodation and local services. | ||
| Extensive collection of Internet sites of numeric social science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, financial and economic census files. | ||
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