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…
One more reason you’ll be happier if you remember to look for working papers… As much as I emphasize using the indexes and abstracts of journal literature in the social sciences, it is also important, especially when looking for emerging research, to look at the research being published by the major NGOs, IGOs and think…
New Data on African Health Professionals Abroad Estimates of African-born doctors and professional nurses working in developed countries. Good for: students investigating international labor mobility and global development Primary Investigator: Michael Clemens Publishing Organization: Center for Global Development (CGD) Related Publication: CGD working paper 95 Time period: 2000
Local data (i.e. state-level or county-level) can be found from the national source, in this case the BEA, or from a local demographer’s office. Local Source County Level Income Data for Minnesota, 2005 The state demographer’s office of Minnesota prepares and publishes reports and data subsets like this one for the state of Minnesota. When…
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…
World Development Indicators The World Bank’s statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2006 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. The link above is to the library’s subscription version of the database. Much of it is also available…
One good place to find sub-national statistics is the OECD’s Territorial Database (TDB). Below is the metadata from the database’s home page. The page opens in frames that can be rather confusing. I’ve found it most convenient to follow the link in the lower frame, then click the image that says “query.” See the TDB…
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.
The ILO’s Bureau of Statistics makes statistics available on its LABORSTA Internet. View and download data and metadata on employment, wages, consumer price indices, employment by sex, economically active population, occupational injuries, and more for over 200 countries. Topical collections can also be accessed online on child labor, labor force surveys, labor migration, and social…