- Women in 2010 have more access to labour market, but are subjected to different forms of violence
- I. Berevoescu; E. Go; L. Hooper / Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2010
- This UN report about women in the world highlights the differences between the status of women and men in various areas of contemporary life. The paper finds that progress in ensuring the equal status of women and men has been made in...
- The Global Gender Gap Report 2010
- R Hausmann; L Tyson; S Zahidi / World Economic Forum, 2010
- The Global Gender Gap Index was introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, as a framework for capturing and measuring gender based disparities and tracking their progress. It seeks to highlight those countries that are role model...
- Labour markets will continue to struggle despite signs of economic growth
- International Labour Organization, 2010
- Even though the global economy appeared to start growing again during the closing months of 2009, labour markets showed little sign of improving. The number of unemployed persons is estimated at 212 million in 2009, representing an in...
- German Council for Social and Economic Data / Rates für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
- The German Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD) is an independent body of empirical researchers from universities, colleges, and other independent research institutions as well as representatives of important data producers and service centres. Working papers series deal primarily with the organisation of Germany’s official statistical system, government agency research,...
- Producing internationally comparable statistics on the information economy
- United Nations Asian Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Develo, 2009
- The demand for statistics on information and communication technologies (ICT) is continuously increasing as more countries seek to design, monitor and review national policies. This manual has been prepared to assist developing e...
- Using administrative records, health measurements and nursing home statistics to improve research on ageing
- H. Jürges / German Council for Social and Economic Data / Rates für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten, 2009
- This report reviews recent trends in the collection of multidisciplinary and longitudinal data in the area of ageing research, both in Germany and internationally. It describes a selection of important national and international datab...
- The Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon
- Business school in the United States
- Gapminder
- Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels. Gapminder is an operating foundation that provides sevices as defined by the board, s...
- Is incorrect data misrepresenting the true number of elderly in Brazil?
- M.M. Forte Gomes; C.M. Turra / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 2009
- The Brazilian population is rapidly aging. As a result, the number of centenarians has grown steadily, about 77 per cent between 1991 and 2000. Although expected, the authors argue that the increasing number of centenarians may be exa...
- Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
- The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) is a cross-national data archive located in Luxembourg. The LIS archive contains two primary databases. The LIS Database includes income microdata from a large number of countries at multiple points in time. The newer LWS Database includes wealth microdata from a smaller selection of countries. Both databases include labour market and demographic data as wel...
- Labour markets will continue to struggle despite signs of economic growth
- International Labour Organization, 2010
- Even though the global economy appeared to start growing again during the closing months of 2009, labour markets showed little sign of improving. The number of unemployed persons is estimated at 212 million in 2009, representing an in...
- Producing internationally comparable statistics on the information economy
- United Nations Asian Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Develo, 2009
- The demand for statistics on information and communication technologies (ICT) is continuously increasing as more countries seek to design, monitor and review national policies. This manual has been prepared to assist developing e...
- Using administrative records, health measurements and nursing home statistics to improve research on ageing
- H. Jürges / German Council for Social and Economic Data / Rates für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten, 2009
- This report reviews recent trends in the collection of multidisciplinary and longitudinal data in the area of ageing research, both in Germany and internationally. It describes a selection of important national and international datab...
- Is incorrect data misrepresenting the true number of elderly in Brazil?
- M.M. Forte Gomes; C.M. Turra / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 2009
- The Brazilian population is rapidly aging. As a result, the number of centenarians has grown steadily, about 77 per cent between 1991 and 2000. Although expected, the authors argue that the increasing number of centenarians may be exa...
- Emergence of the green employment market
- M. Renner; S. Sweeney; J. Kubit / International Labour Organization, 2008
- Amidst a visible period of transition with trade unions, employers’ organisations, the private sector and the UN allying themselves to low-carbon and sustainable thinking, this paper reports on the emergence of a “green ec...
- Statistical principles for evidence based policy recommendations and the production of human development reports
- J. Puri; A. Gaye; S. Kurukulasuriya / Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2007
- The human development approach represents a simple yet powerful idea: putting people at the centre of development. It is about enlarging people’s choices and freedoms to live a long and healthy life, have access to knowledge and...
- Obtaining socio-economic data for development.
- United Nations [UN] Statistics Division, 2005
- Detailed demographic and socio-economic data have become indispensable in economic and social policy analysis, development planning, programme management and decision-making at all levels. Consequently, policy-makers and other stakeho...
- More than one in three Kenyan adults are illiterate: survey findings
- UNESCO Nairobi Office, 2007
- This report presents the findings of a 2006 baseline survey on the status of literacy in Kenya. The survey used self reporting together with direct assessments of literacy competency skills, and was designed to assist in the developme...
- Data collection and statistical analysis: findings on the capacity of African Education Ministries
- S. Bodo / Association for the Development of Education in Africa, 2007
- This report presents the results of a survey to gauge the capacity levels of Anglophone African Education Ministries’ statistics offices. It presents information provided by statisticians, planners and computer specialists from ...
- Have global refugee numbers been falling?
- United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2006
- This UNHCR report highlights the state of the world's refugees,asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, and stateless persons. Highlights from the report include: inclusion of internally displaced persons (I...
- Department of Economics, Strathclyde University
- University department. Research interests in the Department are wide-ranging, with particular emphasis on Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Regional Economics and Energy Economics.
- Revista de Educação e Pesquisa em Contabilidade (RePEc)
- Open access journal on education and research in accounting.
- German Council for Social and Economic Data / Rates für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
- The German Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD) is an independent body of empirical researchers from universities, colleges, and other independent research institutions as well as representatives of important data producers and service centres. Working papers series deal primarily with the organisation of Germany’s official statistical system, government agency research,...
- The Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon
- Business school in the United States
- Gapminder
- Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels. Gapminder is an operating foundation that provides sevices as defined by the board, s...
- Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
- The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) is a cross-national data archive located in Luxembourg. The LIS archive contains two primary databases. The LIS Database includes income microdata from a large number of countries at multiple points in time. The newer LWS Database includes wealth microdata from a smaller selection of countries. Both databases include labour market and demographic data as wel...
- Development Data
- Development information and statistics portal
