Data Sources

Databases

• Penn World Tables (cross-country time series data on various macro aggregates like GDP, consumption, investment, prices, exchange rates etc.)
• World Bank Database
• International Financial Statistics (IMF)
• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information (database provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission)
• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ FRED database (historical U.S. economic and financial data)
• NBER Online Databases (numerous macro and micro databases)
• GeoInvestor.com (a global economic and financial database, covering more than 40 countries)

International Organizations

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• European Central Bank
• European Union
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
  • Research Department
  • Economic and Social Progress in Latin America (IPES): Annual reports focusing on important public policy issues
• International Finance Corporation
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • IMF Working Papers (available online starting with WP/97/01).
  • World Economic Outlook (latest issue from October 1998 available online)
  • Finance and Development (an economic policy review published quarterly by the IMF and the World Bank; available on line)
• IMF website by the Hoover Institution (provides information and debates about the IMF’s role)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization (WTO)