World Bank’s Open Data at data.worldbank.org. In April, the World Bank announced their open data initiative and made all of their data products freely available in a new interface, which includes API access for developers, dramatically increasing the availability and reach of this information. A quick how-to guide to the new site. Overview information of…
Net Aid Transfers Data Set (1960-2005) A new measure of foreign aid flow Primary Investigator: David Roodman Publishing Organization: Center for Global Development (CDG) Citation: David Roodman, “An Index of Donor Performance,” Working Paper 67, Center for Global Development, August 2005.
Global Development Finance is a two-volume annual report from the World Bank. The first volume, usually titled “Analysis and Statistical Appendix” is available online from the World Bank web site, free for anyone to read. The second volume, “Summary and Country Tables” contains country data in time series back to 1970. The Carleton library subscribes…
U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants, Obligations and Loan Authorizations (Greenbook) The most comprehensive source for United States aid to foreign countries. “The Greenbook shows a complete historical record of United States’ (U.S.) foreign aid to the rest of the world by reporting all loans and grants authorized by the U.S. Government for each fiscal year.…
EconStats is one of my favorite places to look for global monetary and financial statistics. Types of statistics you can find at this site: Foreign exchange rates by day, week, month, quarter or year Global interest rates Global stock markets Macro variables from GDP and unemployment to money and quasi money Spot prices and futures
Microfinance Gateway Anyone looking for data on microfinance should look to this metasite that brings together current news, research, discussion groups, organizations, and publications. MicroLinks Another research gateway. This one is from USAID. There is quite a bit of literature on this site if you dig through the navigation on the left. Keywords: microfinance, microcredit,…
Migrant-Remittances The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) web site is a good place to look for remittance data such as: Remittances to select Latin American countries (by destination country) for 2005 and also annually back to 2001 Remittances from the US to Latin America (by source US state) for 2006 and 2004 See also the Remittances…
A: One good place to look is the IMF annual report, World Economic Outlook. The 2006 report can be viewed online as a full PDF report, chapter by chapter, or search the World Economic Outlook database. Not all tables from the report are in the database, though, so if you can’t find what you need…
NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research NBER is a privite nonprofit research organization focusing on economic research. Their goal is to support and disseminate research to decision makers of all kinds, whether public, private or academic. The page linked above lists data sources associated with NBER research. These data come from individual researchers, government…
Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP) A database of over 100 political, economic, social, and cultural indicators for 196 countries drawn from open sources. “The data set provides at-a-glance global overviews, issue-based perspectives and country performance measures. Currently, the data set includes measures of domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic…