Session 3b: International Statistical Infrastructure

1.      UN Statistics Division, main site, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/

2.      UN Statistics Division, public use products

a.       Millennium Indicators, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mi/mi_goals.asp

                                                                                       i.      Definitions, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mi/mi_def_list.asp

                                                                                     ii.      Sources, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mi/mi_sources_list.asp

b.      Social Indicators, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/

3.      UN Statistics Division, licensed products

a.       Common Database, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/cdb_help/cdb_quick_start.asp

b.      Cornell documentation, http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/modelun.html

c.       Methods and Classifications, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods.htm

4.      Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

a.       Member countries, http://www.oecd.org/document/58/0,2340,en_2649_201185_1889402_1_1_1_1,00.html

b.      OECD Statistics Portal, http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/0,2639,en_2825_293564_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

c.       Licensed products available in Economist Intelligence Unit Country Data, http://countrydata.bvdep.com/cgi/template.dll

5.      World Bank/IMF

a.       International Financial Statistics (IFS) database, http://ifs.apdi.net/imf/ifsbrowser.aspx?branch=ROOT

b.      General statistics and documentation, http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/