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Evaluating
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American FactFinder
Gateway to U.S. Census Information on your community, population and
housing facts, census bureau products, maps, and industry and business facts.
Defense Almanac
A welcome replacement for the Almanac issue of Defense Magazine. Contents
include data on defense agencies, the combatant commands, DOD organization
charts, facilities, budget, and more.
Energy
Information Administration (U.S.)
Statistics, domestic and international forecasts for all major energy sources
FAOSTAT
FAOSTAT provides time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and
agriculture for some 200 countries. The national version of FAOSTAT, CountrySTAT,
is being developed and implemented in a number of target countries, primarily in
sub-saharan Africa. It will offer a two-way data exchange facility between
countries and FAO as well as a facility to store data at the national and
sub-national levels.
globalEDGE™
Created by the International Business Center at
Michigan State University (IBC),
globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business
professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning
resources on global business activities. Partially funded by a U.S. Department
of Education Title VI B grant, globalEDGE™ is your source for global business
knowledge.
Internet World Stats:
Usage and Population Statisitics
CLICK on each world region name for
detailed regional usage information.
International Food Policy
Research Institute
Many Statistical databases and indicators related
to food and food security issues.
International Monetary Fund
The IMF publishes a range of time series
data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.
Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in
member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.
OECD
in Figures(Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development)
OECD in Figures
contains key data on OECD countries, ranging from economic growth and
employment to energy, trade and migration.
Statistical Abstract
of
the United States. 2009 edition.
BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2009
The Review has grown from a seven-page document distributed among BP
employees in 1951 into one of the most
widely respected and authoritative documents
in the field of energy economics.
Professionals in the media, academia, world
governments and energy companies tell us
they value the Review as a comprehensive and
reliable reference. It now has a circulation
of 60,000 printed copies delivered
worldwide. The online version has been
available since 1996. This online edition
contains all the charts and tables found in
the printed edition, plus a number of extras
including: Historical data from 1965 in
Excel for many sections and additional data
for natural gas, coal, hydroelectricity,
nuclear energy and renewables. In addition
to viewing, data from the website can be
downloaded and charted using the charting
tool.
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics On-line
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides the statistical data essential
for the analysis of the world trade, investment, international financial
flows and development. This database provides the opportunity to disseminate
the economic, demographic and social series which serve as a fundamental
support for UNCTAD´s research tasks, intergovernmental dialogue, and
technical assistance.
UNCTAD Trade and
Development Index (TDI)
"The trade and development index is an
attempt by the UNCTAD secretariat to capture the complex interaction between
trade and development and, in the process, to monitor the trade and
development performance of countries… The TDI is designed as a mechanism for
monitoring the trade and development performance of countries, a diagnostic
device to identify factors affecting such performance, and a policy tool to
help stimulate and promote national and international policies and actions." The estimates and corresponding ranking of
the Trade and Development Index (TDI) for the whole sample of 110 countries
are shown in the following table.
U.N. Data
This site allows anyone to access the
United Nations Data Access System. This online, easy-to-use database was created
by the UN in order to provide current, relevant, and reliable statistics to the
whole world, for free. Using UN Data, you can access statistical information on
populations, demographics, trade, commodities, agriculture, employment, the
environment, industry, education, tourism, and much more. Provides data on Key Global Indicators, Millennium Development, Goals
Indicators, Gender Statistics and many other stats.
U.S. Federal
Government Statistics
(FedStats) Professor Erickson recommends this site as “one-stop shopping for U.S. Federal
Government statistics.”
World Bank Development Data and Statistics
As part of the international statistical system, the
Data Group works with other organizations on new statistical methods, data
collection activities, and statistical capacity-building programs.
World Gazetteer
Population data worldwide.
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