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International Statistical Agencies
- AFRISTAT: Observatoire Economique et Statistique d'Afrique Subsaharienne (Harvard University)
- This
international agency promotes the development of statistical research
in its 18 member states. Site is in French, but a few key documents are
available in English.
- Center
for International Development (CID) (Harvard University)
- Lists, information, and links to American and
international statistical sites.
- Center for International Earth Science Information
Network (CIESIN)
(Columbia University)
- CIESIN was established in 1989 as a non-profit,
non-governmental organization to provide information that would help
scientists, decision makers, and the public better understand their
changing world. CIESIN specializes in global and regional network
development, science data management, decision support, and training,
education, and technical consultation services.
- Data
and Program Library Service (DPLS) (U
of Wisconsin - Madison)
- DPLS was founded in 1966 to provide access to
machine-readable data files to the social science community of the U of
Wisconsin - Madison campus and to disseminate locally-generated files to
scholars at other institutions.
- Eurostat
(Europa)
- Eurostat, the official statistical office of the
European Communities, collects data from the national statistical
institutes of each of the 15 member states of the European Union, then
consolidates and harmonizes the data to take into account each country's
specific characteristics, so that they can be used either globally or
comparatively.
- Food and
Agriculture Organization (United Nations)
- The
FAO was founded in October 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of
nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural
productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. The
Organization offers direct development assistance, collects, analyses
and disseminates information, provides policy and planning advice to
governments and acts as an international forum for debate on food and
agriculture issues.
- Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- ICPSR, located within the Institute for Social
Research at the University of Michigan, is a membership-based,
not-for-profit organization serving member colleges and universities in
the United States and abroad. ICPSR provides access to the world's
largest archive of computerized social science data, training facilities
for the study of quantitative social analysis techniques, and resources
for social scientists using advanced computer technologies.
- International
Labor Organization (ILO) (United Nations)
- The
ILO is the UN specialized agency promotes social justice and
internationally recognized human and labor rights. It was founded in
1919 and is the only surviving major creation of the Treaty of Versailles, which brought the League of Nations into being, and it became the first specialized agency of the UN in 1946.
- International
Programs Center (IPC) (U.S. Bureau of
the Census)
- The IPC, part of the Population Division of the
U.S. Bureau of the Census, conducts demographic and socioeconomic
studies and strengthens statistical development around the world through
technical assistance, training, and software products. Its work is
commissioned and funded by federal agencies, international
organizations, non-governmental organizations, private businesses, and
other governments.
- National
Science Foundation (NSF)
- NSF is an independent U.S. agency established by
Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science and engineering.
- Organisation
for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
- The OECD, based in Paris, France, is a unique
forum permitting governments of the industrialised democracies to study
and formulate the best policies possible in all economic and social
spheres.
- Population
Reference Bureau (PRB)
- This private agency provides analytical
reports and customized statistics on the many countries.
- UN
Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE)
- UN/ECE
was set up in 1947 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) to develop economic activity and strengthen economic relations
among European countries and between them and other countries of the
world. By publishing extensive economic analysis and statistics, UN/ECE
encourages the exchange of views and the sharing of experience leading
to greater mutual understanding and contributing to policy convergence.
UN/ECE Statistics are available primarily through the following divisions:
- United Nations Population Information Network
- This
decentralized community of population institutions strives to make
international, regional and national population information,
particularly information available from United Nations sources, easily
available to the international community.
- United
Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
- The
United Nations Statistics Division provides a wide range of statistical
outputs and services for producers and users of statistics worldwide.
By increasing the global availability and use of official statistics,
this work facilitates national and international policy formulation,
implementation and
monitoring. - World
Bank Group
- The
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, commonly
referred to as the World Bank, is the world's largest source of
development assistance, providing nearly $16 billion in loans annually
to its client countries. The World Bank Evelopmental Data Group provides high quality national and international Data and Statistics, mostly compiled from the statistical systems of member countries.
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