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Nepalese Economy
Nepalese Economy
- Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) [Data on national accounts, manufacturing, agriculture, population, price level, various surveys]– WB’s link here
- Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) [Monetary data from the central bank]
- Aid Management Platform [Aid data by the MoF]
- National Planning Commission, Nepal
- Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce & Industries (FNCCI)
- Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI)
- Ministry of Finance, Nepal [check out the Economic Surveys!]
- Ministry of Industry, Nepal [check out the official industrial policy and SMEs]
- Ministry of Commerce & Supplies, Nepal [Check out info on trade treaty, bilateral trade & investment agreement and more]
- Ministry of Local Development, Nepal
- Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Nepal
- WTO & Nepal (Ministry of Commerce, Nepal)
- Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperatives, Nepal
- Ministry of Tourism, Nepal
- Ministry of Education, Nepal
- Ministry of Labor Reform & Management, Nepal
- Digital Himalaya [Archive of ethnographic materials, University of Cambridge]
- Trade & Export Promotion Centre, Nepal
- TradeEPoint, Kathmandu
- Handicarft Association of Nepal
- Department of Customs, Nepal
- Garment Association of Nepal
- Nepal Economic Forum
- Nepal Food Security Monitoring System
Indian Economy
Indian Economy
- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- RBI data warehouse
- Ministry of Finance, India
- National Planning Commission, India
- Directorate General of Commerce Intelligence & Statistics
- Ministry of Labor, India
- Labor statistics, India
- Census Bureau, India
- National Consortium on NREGA
- NREGA audit
- National Sample Surveys (NSS)
Economic data
Economic data
- UN database [Data on pretty much everything…plus metadata also available]
- ADB database [Data on Asian economies covering various indicators]
- World Development Indicators (WDI) [The database covers more than 900 indicators for 210 economies with data back to 1960.]
- Penn World Tables [PWT 6.3]
- World Economic Outlook (WEO) database
- IMF database [WEO, IFS, DOTS, FSI, GFS, BOPS)
- UNESCO database [The Data Centre contains over 1,000 types of indicators and raw data on education, literacy, science and technology, culture and communication.]
- Remittance inflows database
- Asian Productivity Organization (APO) database [Data on productivity and growth in Asia]
- Global Development Finance (GDF) [The database covers more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for the 128 countries with data from 1970 to 2016, where available.]
- Global Economic Monitor (GEM) [It provides daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions along with direct access to high frequency data that is refreshed daily.]
- Total Economy Database [A comprehensive database with annual data covering GDP, population, employment, labor quality, capital services, labor productivity, and total factor productivity for 123 countries. It complements Angus Maddison’s GDP database.]
- Google Public Data Explorer [Publicly available data in Google]
- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) [Progress made in achieving the 8 MDG targets so far]
- LABORSTA [ILO labor statistics]
- OECD database [OECD and G20 countries covered; aid by DAC and multilateral agencies]
- Aid data (data on aid flows; for more also see OECD’s CRS database)
- Doing Business Indicators [Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business.]
- Investing Across Borders [Indicators of FDI regulation]
- Actionable Governance [Global Integrity Index (GI), Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA), Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA), Open Budget Index (OB), Doing Business (DB), Enterprise Surveys (ES), Statistical Capacity Index (SC)]
- Gender Statistics [ Data on gender dimensions related to demographics, education, health, labor force, and political participation.]
- Education Statistics [Education Statistics database provides data on education from national statistical reports, statistical annexes of new publications, and other data sources.]
- Governance indicators
- WB governance database
- Corruption Perception Index (CPI) [Transparency International’s popular indicators]
- Index of Economic Freedom [Heritage Foundation]
- Freedom in the World [Freedom House]
- Global Peace Index [Ranks countries by their peacefulness and identifies the drivers of peace]
- CIRI Human rights [Dataset contains information about government respect for a wide range of human rights: physical integrity rights, civil liberties, worker’s rights, women’s rights]
- Ibharim Index [African countries]
- Institutional Profile database [Indicators from Ministry of Finance, France]
- Open Budget Index (See which governments do not account for spending!)
- Living Standard Measurement Survey:
Trade & Investment data
Trade & Investment data
- Interactive trade indicators
- UN Comtrade [Data on International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) and the work of the International Merchandise Trade Statistics Section (IMTSS) of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)]
- KOF Index of Globalization
- Non-tariff barriers datasets
- World Trade Indicators
- WTO database
- WTO’s Preferential Trade Arrangements database
- UNCTAD database
- UNESCAP database [monthly and quarterly database of Asia and the Pacific region]
- WITS database [bilateral trade data between countries based on various product classifications, product details, years, and trade flows]
- WTO Global Trade Related Technical Assistance Database [Trade related technical assistance database, EIF information and more]
- ITC Trade Map [Based on the world’s largest database COMTRADE, Trade Map presents import/export values and quantities, growth rates, market shares and market access information.]
- ITC database [Various issues related to trade]
- ITC Country map [Developed by the International Trade Centre – UNCTAD/WTO, Country Map presents profiles of 184 countries and territories on ITC’s web site]
- ITC Market Access Map [Market Access Map is an interactive online application, presenting tariffs for 169 countries on a bilateral basis.]
- Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) [IMF’s database]
- OECD Stat [exports from and imports by OECD countries to other countries; also, many other indicators included]
- Institute for International and Development Economics [training materials and data sets on trade]
- Global Trade Analysis Project [Purdue University’s GTAP database]
- US International Trade Commission
- Agricultural Market Access Database [AMAD database on trade]
- RIKS Regional Integration Database
- UNU Regional Integration Studies
- ADB Asia Regional Integration Center (ARIC)
- SAARC Trade Info
- World Trade Point Federation
- Global Trade Alert [Real-time information on trade restrictions imposed after the financial crisis]
- Eurostat
- Currency Information (A site for looking up the name of the currency used by any country and for obtaining exchange rates. The site has over 180 currencies in over 250 geographical locations.)
- FDI Net [It is a unique investor-focused portal that combines investment opportunities with business – geared resources backed by World Bank Group research and analysis.]
- Investment Compass [Specially designed for policy advocacy in developing countries, the Investment Compass is an interactive tool developed by UNCTAD for analysing the main economic and policy determinants that affect the investment environment.]
- Investment Gateway [The Investment Gateway is an online content management system for the exchange of information among parties involved in the investment process. The country specific gateways contain: investment opportunities; information on potential investors; the investment conditions; and organized information and contacts for technical assistance to support and facilitate the investment process.]
- World Customs Organisation (WCO)
- List of DEVELOPMENT DATA
Poverty & Aid data
Poverty & Aid data
- Poverty and inequality database
- WB PovertyNet [Data on $1.25 a day and other poverty indicators for almost all the countries]
- OECD aid database
- Development Seed (aid database)
- AidData (aid database)
- Quality of ODA
- Commitment to Development Index
- MDG Monitor
- Key Indicators of the Labor Market
Google Sites
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