Development Databases

Development Databases

General, searchable databases that contain data on multiple variables from which datasets can be compiled by country/year/variable. Searchable databases that only contain certain types of variables, e.g. on education or health, are listed here and under their respective topic.

GENERAL DATABASES:

World Economic Outlook Database (IMF)

Selected macroeconomic data on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade, and commodity prices. Data available from 1980, and projections are given for the next two years.

United Nations Common Database (UN)

Selected data series from numerous specialised international data sources for all countries

Penn World Table 6.2 (University of Pennsylvania)

Purchasing power parity and national income accounts (basic macroeconomic data) converted to international prices for 188 countries for 1950-2004

International Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

80 samples of census microdata from 26 countries containing records for 202 million individuals. Researchers can apply for customs extracts from the international IPUMS.

World Bank Working Paper Datasets (World Bank)

Datasets compiled for World Bank Research Papers by area.

Asian Development Bank Statistical Database System (ADB)

Provides economic and social data for Asian countries from 1988 onwards.

CEPALSTAT Latin America and the Caribbean Statistics (ECLAC)

Economic and social indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean from 1950 onwards.

AGRICULTURAL DATABASES:

EDUCATION DATABASES:

Education Statistics Database - EdStats (To access data click on "Data Query" in left menu bar) (World Bank)

Education Statistics by Country (UNESCO-UIS)

FDI DATABASES:

FDI Database by Country & Year (UNCTAD)

World Bank Doing Business Database by Country & Year (World Bank)

Bilateral investment treaty database (UNCTAD)

GOVERNANCE:

DataGob Database (IDB)

Governance Surveys Database (World Bank)

HEALTH DATABASES:

Health, Nutrition and Population Database (Click "Data Query System" in left menu bar) (World Bank)

DHS STATCompiler (USAID)

INEQUALITY DATABASES:

World Income Inequality Database V 2.0b (WIDER)

Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEDLAS)

Transmonee Database - Income Gini Coefficients for Transition Economies (UNICEF)

MIGRATION DATABASES:

Global Migrant Origin Database for circa 2000 (DRC)

Migration Policy Institute Migration database (MPI)

International Labour Migration Database (ILO)

POPULATION DATABASES:

Health, Nutrition and Population Database (Click "Data Query System" in left menu bar) (World Bank)

PRIVATE SECTOR DATABASES:

Doing Business Data (World Bank)

Enterprise Surveys (World Bank)

Privatization Database (World Bank)

Entrepreneurship Database (World Bank)

TRADE DATABASES:

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