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Statistical Databases Available at KSE

( Please contact EERC Library Director Tamara Russkykh at trusskykh@eerc.kiev.ua for access unless otherwise specified )

  1.   International Statistical Yearbook edition 2003, campus/institute license. DSI, Rheinberg. Medium: DVD/ CD-ROM and Internet. Publication date: September 2003. ISBN: 392949857X.

    Unique collection of the most interesting economic databases from various national and international sources all over the world. First published in 1990 it has been updated once per year on a regular basis.

    1,800,000+ monthly, quarterly and annual time series;
    updated once per year: August ;
    historical time span from 1960 onwards;
    built-in data retrieval and analysis software;
    available for Windows(TM) 3.x, 95/98, NT, 2000.


    ISY covers a wide range of economic and socio-economic themes: short term economic indicators, general economic statistics, industry statistics, national accounts statistics, financial statistics, social statistics, communications statistics, transport statistics, demographic statistics et al.

    Database Sources:

    • Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat): European and national short term indicators (EUROIND); Short Term Economic Indicators (Eurostatus); Main Economic Indicators (Eurostatistics); EU Economic Data Pocketbook; Competitiveness Indicators (COMPET; European Business Trends – Short Term Statistics (EBT); Structural Business Statistics (Industry, Construction, Trade and Services)(SBS); Regional data from Structural Business Statistics (Industry, Construction Trade and Services)(SBS); National Accounts Historical Data (HIST); Int. Trade in Services, Foreign Direct Investment, Balance of Payments (BOP); National Accounts by Institutional Sector (SECTORS); Government Sector (GOV); Demography (DEMO); Communications (COINS); Tourism (TOUR); Railway Transport (RAIL); Road Transport (ROAD); Inland Waterways Transport (INLANDWW); Air Transport (AVIATION); Regional data (REGIO) on agriculture, demographic statistics, economic accounts, education statistics, health statistics, community labour force survey, migration statistics, science and technology(research & development, patents), structural business statistics, tourism statistics, transport and energy statistics, unemployment, environment statistics.

    • Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD): MEI, Main Economic Indicators

    • International Monetary Fund (IMF): International Financial Statistics

    • United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO): Industrial Statistics, Industry Balance Statistics

    • German Federal Reserve Bank: Monthly reports; Banking Statistics: Capital Market Statistics; Balance of Payments Statistics: Seasonally Adjusted Business Statistics, Exchange Rates Statistics.

    • German Statistical Office: National Accounts

    • German Institute for Economic Research (DIW): Quarterly National Accounts; Quarterly Financial Asset Accounts (historical series).

  2. Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. Countries in Transition 2003: WIIW Handbook of statistics: CD-ROM. MS Excel tables + PDF( + manual)

    The wiiw Handbook of Statistics is published annually and contains each year revised, updated and expanded annual and monthly statistics on the transition economies. It covers key economic data on twelve countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Ukraine. The 2003 edition covers the period 1990 to September 2003.

  3. Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. WIIW Industrial Database Eastern Europe: Patterns of industrial development and restructuring at a glance (as of June 2003, 2004): CD-ROM in Excel 5.0 files.

    This unique annual databases reveals transition progress through shifts in industrial structures by manufacturing branch. The database facilitates comparisons over time (1989-2003-2004) as well as across countries and industries.

    Coverage: The database contains more than 8000 time series on industry in the Central and East European countries (CEECs). The eleven countries currently covered are: Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. The data relate to the period 1989-2004 and are arranged according to NACE rev. 1 sections of industry and 14 subsections of manufacturing (C, D, E; DA, DB ... DN). For Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovenia we provide even more disaggregated data of manufacturing at the level of NACE rev. 1 divisions (15, 16 ... 37) comprising 23 industries which are identical with industries at the 2-digit level of the ISIC rev. 3 code.
    Information is presented by country, year and industry. More than twenty economic indicators are covered, focusing on production, employment, wages and trade.

    Sources: national statistical sources supplemented by wiiw interpolations, and international statistical sources.

  4. Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. WIIW - WIFO Database on Foreign Direct Investment in CEECs and the Former Soviet Union - with Special Attention to Austrian FDI Activities / by Gabor Hunya (wiiw), Jan Stankovsky (wifo). Series: wiiw-wifo Data on FDI, July 2002, February 2003, July 2003. Hardcopy.

    Established and maintained jointly by The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (wifo)
    Coverage: Updated twice a year in February and July, wiiw-wifo Data on FDI give a systematic overview on foreign direct investment in the CEE and NIS countries, shedding light on the regional investment climate, with special attention on Austrian FDI in the region. The July issue focuses on the preceding year, the February issue on mid-year results.
    Sources: The national banks, national foreign investment agencies and national statistical offices of the respective countries; international organizations; scholarly publications; daily newspapers and journals appearing in the countries covered - combining overlapping parts of the two institutes' FDI data with commentary by wiiw and wifo economists.

  5. Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. WIIW - WIFO Database on Foreign Direct Investment in Central, East and Southeast Europe: Opportunities for Acquisition and Outsourcing / by Gabor Hunya, Monika Schwarzhappel. Series: wiiw-wifo Data on FDI, May, 2005. (CD-ROM in MS Excel file with hardcopy).

    An analysis of recent developments and prospects of FDI is included. It tackles all major issues brought forward by the latest statistics: FDI inflows and outflows, inward and outward stocks, forms of FDI and trends in FDI-related earnings, and changes in FDI by home country and by economic activity. This analysis is followed by Tables I (total flow and stock data according to the respective countries' National Banks) and Tables II (more detailed FDI data by economic activities and by countries, based on information from the National Banks or from statistical offices and investment promotion agencies). We included the most recent updates and backward revisions of data. Austrian FDI is covered in the way the receiving countries report it.

    Countries covered: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro; Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine.

  6. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. International Direct Investment Statistics, 1980-2000. 2001 Edition. CD-ROM Windows/1-10 users. OECD, Paris, July 2002. ISBN: 9264098755.

  7. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. International Direct Investment Statistics, 1980-2003. 2004 Edition. CD-ROM Windows/1-10 users. OECD, Paris, July 2004. ISBN: 9264008543.

    This annual publication gathers detailed historical statistics on international direct investment to and from the OECD area. Data are broken down by geographical zone and industrial sector for direct investment flows and stocks. For some countries this information may go as far back as 1980. The OECD has published international direct investment statistics since 1993.

    The data series are provided by national experts according to the joint OECD-EUROSTAT statistical questionnaire. The data are based for the most part on balance of payments statistics published by the Central Banks and Statistical Offices following the recommendations of the IMF Balance of Payments Manual, Fifth Edition and the OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment , Third Edition. However, some of the data relate to other sources such as notifications or approvals.

  8. World development indicators 1997: CD-ROM. 1st ed. Washington, DC: World Bank, [1997]. ISBN: 0821337025.

    The World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. WDI is organized in six sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. The tables cover 152 economies and 14 country groups-with basic indicators for a further 55 economies. WDI offers time series data from 1960 and onwards.

  9. World development indicators 1999. CD-ROM. Washington, DC: World Bank, [1999].

  10. World development indicators 2003. Book. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2003. 391 p. ISBN: 0821354221.

  11. World Development Report, 1978-2003 with selected World Development Indicators 2002: Indexed Omnibus CD-ROM Edition. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2003. ISBN: 0821351990.

  12. World Bank Atlas 2003. 35 th ed. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2003. 81 p. ISBN:0821354256.

  13. World Data 1995: Socio-economic information from the World Bank: World Bank indicators on CD-ROM. With Version 3.0. of the “Stars” retrieval system. 1995. Network version.

  14. Global Development Finance 1999 : CD-ROM. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1999.

    With analysis spanning the range of flows from sophisticated market transactions to emergency aid, Global Development Finance is unique in its breadth of coverage of the issues related to international development finance. In putting all development-related flows in a consistent framework, the publication will allow government officials, economists, investors, financial consultants, academics, bankers, and the entire development community to better understand, manage, and promote the key challenge of financing development.

    Global Development Finance includes a comprehensive set of tables with statistical data for 138 countries that report debt under the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, as well as summary data for regions and income groups. It contains data on total external debt stocks and flows, aggregates, and key debt ratios, and provides a detailed, country-by-country picture of debt. Includes more than 200 historical time series from 1970 to 1997 .

  15. Global Development Finance 2003 : Striving for Stability in Development Finance. CD-ROM. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2003. ISBN: 0821354302.

  16. Global Development Finance 2003 : Striving for Stability in Development Finance. Book. 2 vols. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2003. Vol.1. Analysis and Statistical Appendix. 237 p. ISBN: 0821354280. Vol.2. Summary and Country Tables. 611 p. ISBN: 0821354299.

  17. KILM: Key indicators of the labour market . Geneva: International Labour Office,1999. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in CD-ROM edition.

    Biennial KILM examines 18 key indicators of the labour market, including Labour force participation rate, Employment-to-population ratio, Status in employment, Employment by sector, Part-time workers, Hours of work, Informal sector employment, Unemployment, Youth unemployment, Long-term unemployment, Unemployment by educational attainment, Time-related underemployment, Inactivity rate, Educational attainment and illiteracy, Manufacturing wage trends, Hourly compensation costs, Labour productivity and unit labour costs, Poverty and income distribution.

    In KILM there are six major groupings of economies, based on a combination of level of development and geography. There are two developmental groupings - developed (industrialized) economies and transition economies - and four geographic groupings - Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa.

  18. McDougall, R.A., A. Elbehri, and T.P. Truong (1998). Global Trade Assistance and Protection: The GTAP 4 Data Base , Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University. CD-ROM.

    Combines detailed bilateral trade, transport and protection data characterizing economic linkages among region s, together with individual country input-output (I/O) data bases which account for intersectoral linkages within region s. The version 4 data base has 45 regions covered.

  19. International Monetary Fund. International Financial Statistics. Pbk. Washington, DC: IMF, 1997-2002. ISSN: 0020-6725.

  20. International Monetary Fund. International Financial Statistics Yearbook. Pbk. Washington, DC: IMF, 1998-2001, 2003-2005. ISSN: 0250-7463.

    The IFS is a standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports, for most countries of the world, current data needed in the analysis of problems of international payments and of inflation and deflation, i.e., data on exchange rates, international liquidity, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts. Information is presented in country tables and in tables of area and world aggregates. Appoximately 840 pages each monthly issue.

  21. International Monetary Fund. Directions of Trade Statistics. Pbk. Washington, DC: IMF, 1997-2002. ISSN: 0252-306X.

    Quarterly issues of DOTS provide, for about 156 countries, tables with current data (or estimates) on the value of imports from and exports to their most important trading partners. In addition, similar summary tables for the world, industrial countries, and developing countries are included. The Yearbook provides, for the most recent 7 years, detailed trade data by country for approximately 186 countries, the world, and major areas.

  22. International Monetary Fund. Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook. Pbk. Washington, DC: IMF, 1997-2002. ISSN: 0252-3035.

    Issued in three parts BOPSY contains balance of payments and international investment position data. Part 1 provides detailed tables on balance of payments for approx. 165 countries and international investment position for 81 countries. Part 2 presents tables of regional and world totals of major balance of payments components. Part 3 contains description of methodologies, compilation practices, and data sources used by reporting countries.

  23. International Monetary Fund. Government Finance Statistics Yearbook. Pbk. Washington, DC: IMF, 1999-2001. ISSN: 0250-7374.

    GFSY provides detailed data on revenue, grants, expenditure, lending minus repayments, financing and debt of central governments and indicates the amounts represented by social security funds and extra-budgetary operations. Also provided are data for state and local governments, and information on the institutional units of government.

  24. State Statistical Committee of Ukraine. Ukraine in figures in 2001, 2004 (hardcopy) .

  25. State Statistical Committee of Ukraine. Statistical Yearbook of Ukraine. [in Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Derzhkomstat. 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. CD and hardcopy).

  26. GESIS. Election Studies from Eastern Europe: 1898 - -2002. Data and Documentation. Release 2004/1. (CD-ROM).

  27. GESIS. International Social Survey Programme: 1985-2002. Data and Documentation. (CD-ROM).

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  29. Äåðæêîìñòàò Óêðà¿íè. Áþëåòåíü Óêðà¿íè „Ïðî ñîö³àëüíî-åêîíîì³÷íå ñòàíîâèùå Óêðà¿íè” çà 1999-2004 ðð.(óêð).

  30. Äåðæêîìñòàò Óêðà¿íè. Îáëàñíèé áþëåòåíü Óêðà¿íè „Ïðî ñîö³àëüíî-åêîíîì³÷íå ñòàíîâèùå Óêðà¿íè” çà 2001-2004 ðð. (27 ðåã³îí³â) (óêð).

  31. Ukrainian News Information Agency : Online access to news issues, 2003-2006. www.ukranews.com

  32. FENIX database. Kyiv: Legis+, 2003. MS Excel files with financial indicators for 30 000 Ukrainian enterprises, 1999-2001 .

  33. JSC database (PFTS): database on open joint stock companies (approximately 18 000 firms), installed at EERC Intranet server - - // prioris//publicdatabases…

  34. Registry of Ukrainian Firms. Kyiv: Legis+, 2003. Balance sheet financial statements, employment information for 206 000 firms, 2000-2001, 2001-2002; MS Access files.

  35. Sales of the ZAZ, VAZ, Daewoo new passenger cars in Ukraine, 2001: by models, by regions. [ In Ukrainian] Kyiv: AUTO-consulting, 2003. MS Excel file.

  36. State Statistical Committee of Russian Federation. Regions of Russia: key characteristics of the Russian Federation subjects; socio-economic indicators: [in Russian]. 1997-2002.

  37. Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS). Kyiv: EROC . [ Restricted use . 2 year embargo on UMLS data for outsiders except for joint projects' participants. Please contact EROC Director Prof. Tom Coupé at tcoupe@eerc.kiev.ua )

    The ULMS panel data set, similar to the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, is conceived as a statistically representative sample of the Ukrainian population aged between 15 and 72 years, comprising 4,000 households and approximately 8,500 individuals. The household questionnaire contains questions on the demographic structure of the household, its income and expenditure patterns, as well as living conditions. Individual survey data include primary and secondary employment, search activities, non-employment and participation in labor market programs in the reference week, education and skills, the ownership structure and its evolution at workers' firms, spatial mobility, health status, and political and environmental attitudes, wage arrears, payments in kind, unpaid leave, etc.; an extensive retrospective part tracks workers' labor market involvement at specific points in the past.