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)…
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…
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…
Transparency International is an important source of information on corruption in countries around the world. It is a non-partisan, civil society organization composed of a network of 90 local chapters that fight corruption through advocacy campaigns, lobbying, and promotion of transparency in elections, public adminstration, procurement and business. Perhaps the most important publication is the…
The World Bank’s Governance Site provides full access to the Governance Indicators: 1996-2004 dataset used in the 2005 paper “Governance Matters IV: Governance Indicators for 1996-2004” by D. Kaufmann, A. Kraay, and M. Mastruzzi. The site offers several means of interactively accessing the data along with download in Excel format. Especially useful to students in…
Unlike most of the publications on the SourceOECD web site, this compendium of statistics collected by the OECD is free. It provides easy access to current OECD statistics and a good way to learn what types of data are collected by this organization and where to find them. The 2006 edition is expanded from the…
New print compendium of statistics on China, its regions and municipalities
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…
The ILO web site provides access to their Working time database, which can be browsed or searched by country, region, subject or free text. “The working time database is a searchable database providing information on the working time laws of more than 100 countries around the world. It covers laws that protect the health and…
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.