Global Development Finance A World Bank publication from that contains analysis and comparative statistics for nations and regions. The text is downloadable as PDFs, but use the links on the left for “regional outlooks” to more reports, the tables and charts of which can be downloaded in Excel format.
Major official sources for Foreign Direct Investment: See the IMF and OECD’s document on How Countries Measure FDI. UNCTAD: Foreign Direct Investment Database FDI On-line (also called World Investment Directory Online) “Detailed statistics on foreign direct investment (FDI) and operations of transnational corporations (TNCs) in selected countries” FDI Statistics (from the Division on Investment, Technology…
International Financial Statistics (IFS) (Link works on the Carleton campus only) The principle data set of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Carleton now subscribes to the electronic version, but it is best used in concert with the print version, which is available in the library (in the monthly and yearbook issues). Good for: Macroeconomic, international…
Public Debt Around the World: A New Dataset of Central Government Debt. Released March 2006 by the Inter-American Development Bank. The web site provides a downloadable zip file that contains The working paper (see below) the data (both in STATA and EXCEL format) for public debt described therein Citation: Dany Jaimovich and Ugo Panizza (2006)…
American Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange Federation of European Securities Exchanges Numa Directory of Futures & Options Exchanges NASDAQ New York Stock Exchange Philadelphia Stock Exchange Google Stock Exchanges Directory Carleton students, faculty and staff can use the Journals List to access the Wall Street Journal online. See also metasites like Eco5.com (especially for historical…
State and Local Government Finances is just one section of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Federal, State, and Local Governments portal. The statistics here cover government financial activity in four broad categories of revenue, expenditure, outstanding debt and assets (cash and security holdings). Files can be downloaded or viewed in your browser. It can be helpful…
Maplecroft’s Global Maps series announced two new maps today. Maplecroft’s Global map of aid explores the contributions made by developed country governments and their role in development, specifically the Millennium Development Goals. It is intimately linked with the map of debt through the issue of debt relief, the advantages and disadvantages of which are discussed…
Statistical Abstract of the United States This compendium of statistics contains basic tables summarizing the vast amount of data collected by the U.S. Government agencies and other selected sources. Comparative international data are included as well. The library has print editions back the very first in 1878. The newest edition is in the Ready Reference…
If you have ever used the World Resources Series published by the World Resources Institute (in cooperation with the UNDP, UNEP, and World Bank) for its data tables, you will love the EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal. Well-documented, comparative data drawn from major sources on economic, demographic, political, resources and energy topics.
MEMDB contains five large data sets, three pertaining to currency exchanges and two pertaining to prices.