The Human Development Reports (HDR) from the UNDP are now freed from their pdfs. At the newly redesigned HDR site, you can find statistical data and their documentation, either in published table format or in animated graphics. You can also create your own tables for download. What I like best is the ability to browse…
These directories contain listings by country of major statistical agencies. Organizations like the OECD and UN collect much of their data directly from country agencies. Going directly to those agencies is a good way to find data collected on a regional rather than country level or in more detail than is provided by international compilations.…
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…
Just out from the International Labor Organization is the 2004/2005 World Employment Report. This annual report highlights trends in global labor productivity. This year’s report particularly emphasizes the working poor. Download the report in pdf as well as the supporting data sets. The web site linked here also contains reports back to 1995.