Globalization [SIB-101]: Sources of Statistics & Data

Also available via: IMF Statistical Databases Contains balance of payment data for 160 countries and international investment position data for 40 countries.

Also available via: IMF Statistical Databases. Provides the value of imports and exports for 184 countries.

Also available via: IMF Statistical Databases. Provides data on revenue and expenditures of central governments.

Also available via: IMF Statistical Databases. Provides statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance, such as data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, interest rates, prices, production, and international transactions.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on the economic developments and policies of member countries, developments in international financial markets, and the global economic system. Includes tables, charts, and a statistical appendix.

Provides information on GDP, employment, production, prices, productivity, international trade, money supply, and interest rates. Most data tables present 30 years of annual data and four years of monthly data.

The annual publication of the Commodity Research Bureau, which publishes data on the worldwide supply/demand & production/consumption of commodities and futures.

Provides the value of imports and exports for 184 countries. Current volumes (1998 - present) available online via the International Monetary Fund.

Online access to the 2010-11 GCR via the World Economic Forum A publication of the World Economic Forum and Oxford University Press. Includes competitiveness indexes, regional analyses, country profiles, and data tables with country rankings.

Provides country snapshots, and rankings of countries according to various performance measures.

Topics include: population and migration, macroeconomic trends, prices, public policy, and quality of life. This title is also available online, 2005-present, at the OECD iLibrary.

United Nations publication that provides data at the world, regional and national levels "on the world economy, its structure, major trends and current performance, as well as on issues such as population and social statistics, economic activity and international economic relations."

Analysis of trends and outlooks for the world economy produced by the Secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In addition to analysis and trends, each volume focuses on specific issues. The Trade and Development Report 2007 regional cooperation.

The World Development Report series, published annually by the World Bank, provides scholarship on the economic and social state of the world.

Annual survey published by the United Nations. "Covers current trends and policies in the world economy. Part I contains the forecasts of short-term global and regional growth and trade and finance trends. Part II provides a broad discussion of vulnerabilities, such as in trade and finance, that hinder the catch-up modernization process of many developing countries and economies in transition."

Euromonitor's "unique compilation of hard-to-get political and economic information on 204 countries of the world." Each country is treated with a textual overview and statistical information.

A trilingual (English, French and Spanish) annual publication of the International Labour Office. "This annual resource provides the principal labour statistics for over 190 countries, areas and territories, with tables providing detailed data from the last ten years." Topics include "the economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labour costs, consumer prices, occupational injuries, and strikes and lockouts."