Economics

Journal Articles :

Statistics:

  • World Development Indicators,Ref Area, 2nd fl. HC59.15 .W656 or CD-ROM 693 the World Bank's annual compilation of data about development. Includes more than 800 indicators in 83 tables organized in 6 sections. (see also www.worldbank.org)
  • Econdata.net www.econdata.net
  • FAO (Food & Agriculture) statistical yearbook, Ref Area, 2nd fl. HD1421 .F363.  Also at faostat.fao.org 3 million time-series records.
  • IMF Publications, incl. World Economic Outlook (online or print Ref Area, 2nd fl. HC10 .W7979)
  • STAT-USA– access State of the Nation and/or GLOBUS & NTDB (National Trade Data Bank)
  • U. of Michigan Statistical Sources www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Key U.S. Government Data Sites:

International Data:

  • Bread http://chd.ucla.edu/dev_data Developing countries data
  • globalEDGE globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
  • The Europa world year book, Ref Area, 2nd fl.  D2 .E8Covers over 250 countries. Provides economic and demographic statistics and surveys of recent history that are particularly useful. References to over 1,650 international organizations.
  • STAT-USA– National Trade Data Bank (NTDB): provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports and other programs.

Depending on how developed a country is, numerous statistical data may be found on a country’s website.

 

 

Web Guides/Directories/Specialized Search Engines:   

Specialized Search Engines:  

Economic, Country & Industry Reports:

  • CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
  • CQ Researcher – Informational reports with references to sources and organizations. Examples, include: “Exporting Jobs,” “Ending Poverty.”
  • Financial Times (London) – produces approximately 200 Reports a year on countries, industrial sectors and financial/business topics. An index of reports may be seen at http://news.ft.com/ftreports. Access reports via Proquest Newstand , select Publications tab, enter Financial Times. Look up survey by publication date (from index) or search within publication by “surveys edition” AND keyword (example: Defense Industry).

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