International Monetary Fund
International
Financial Statistics
Monthly data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international
banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international
transactions, government accounts, and national accounts.
Direction of Trade Statistics
Annual, monthly and quarterly data on the value of merchandise imports and exports for over 156 countries. Also includes trade flow data for the world and specific areas.
Government Finance Statistics
Data on central government revenue, expenditure, grants, financing and debts. Includes some financial data on state and local governments.
Balance of Payment Statistics
Data on the balance of payments among countries and geographical areas
of the world. Includes data on assets, liabilities, current accounts,
income, investments and more for approximately 170 countries.
The above resources are also available in print in the Harvard Libraries. Please check the HOLLIS catalog for call number information.
Global Financial Stability Report
Assesses global financial markets and provides information on emerging markets.
International Labour Office
Key
Indicators of the Labour Market (International Labour Organisation)
A collection of information from several major international statistical sources which contains information relevant to labour force participation, employment, unemployment, educational attainment, wages and compensation cost, productivity and labour cost, as well as poverty and income distribution. This is now also available online for downloading.
Laborsta
Information for over 200 countries on employment, unemployment, hours
of work, wages, consumer price indices and more. There is information
on certain variables from 1969-2008 and employment projections through
2020.
Yearbook of Labour Statistics
Contains data relating to the international labor market, including employment, unemployment, wages, hours worked, etc.
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Measuring
Globalisation: The Role of Multinationals in OECD Economies (HOLLIS
E-Resource)
Data indicative of the industrial activity of multinational firms under
foreign control in Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,
Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Focuses particularly
on the areas of production, employment, international trade and research
from 1983 to 2002. Previously published as "Activities of Foreign Affiliates
in OECD Countries." This resource is also available in print.
SourceOECD
(HOLLIS E-Resource)
There are over 25 databases available in this resource. Databases include
Education, Globalisation, Indicators of Industry and Services, International
Migration, Main Economic Indicators, National Accounts, Revenue, and Social
Expenditure. Most databases contain time series data from 1980-present.
A few databases have data from 1960-present.
United Nations
UN Data Access System/United Nations
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has a new internet based data service for the global user community. It brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point. Topics included are agriculture, education, employment, energy, environment, industry, national accounts, population, trade and tourism.
Statistical Yearbook (United Nations)
Complete contents of the fifty-first issue of the Statistical Yearbook
in both database and book format.
FAOSTAT
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) (HOLLIS
E-Resource)
On-line and multilingual database containing over 1 million time-series
records covering international statistics in the areas of Production,
Trade, Food Balance Sheets, Food Aid Shipments, Fertilizers and Pesticides,
Land Use and Irrigation, Forest Products, Fishery Products, Population,
Agriculture Machinery and Agriculture Production. Chronological coverage
extends from 1961 to the present and offers some projections.
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
The UNDP produces many data related reports and some are available on
the website including the Human Development Reports and Democratic Dialogues
in Latin America and the Caribbean. Other UNDP publications available
throughout the Harvard library system include the Arab Human Development
Report and the China Human Development Report. To find more UNDP publications,
search HOLLIS.
Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Provides access to major publications including Foreign Investment in
Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean in the
World Economy and Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean.
United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
While UNCTAD mainly focuses on trade and development, they also provide a wealth of information relating to country finance, technology, investment and sustainable development. There are many UNCTAD databases available throughout the Harvard library system (in CD-ROM format), as well as on the UNCTAD website.
Millenium
Indicators Database
Provides data relating to the eight goals developed by the United Nations Secretariat and IMF, OECD and the World Bank to combat universal problems (hunger, education, gender inequality, child mortality, maternal health, environmental sustainability, AIDS/HIV and other diseases, and partnerships for development). There are over 40 variables available with most data ranging from 1990-present.
National
Accounts Main Aggregates Database
National accounts data for over 200 countries from 1970-present. Over 20 national accounts variables with data available in %, US dollars and national currency. Downloadable to .csv format that can be opened with MS Excel.
World Bank
Global
Development Finance (GDF Online) (HOLLIS E-Resource)
Formerly World Debt Tables. Contains 218 time-series indicators (country
and summary tables), for the years 1970 onward.
World
Development Indicators (WDI Online) (HOLLIS E-Resource)
WDI (World Development Indicators) Online contains statistical data from
the World Bank for almost 600 development indicators and time series data
from 1960 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes
social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.
Results can be scaled, indexed against a particular year, viewed by percentage
change, and charted. Data can be exported in Excel.
World Development
Report
These thematic reports are published annually. Recent topics have included sustainable development, poverty and health.