Maintained by William Easterly and Hairong Yu and sponsored by the World Bank, this resource provides data sets on a number of issues relating to global development. The files are offered in a number of formats. The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research archive is the world's largest collection of computerized social science data. 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, international banking, 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.
The Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System is a comprehensive and integrated system of information about the employment, educational and demographic characteristics of scientists and engineers in the United States. Provides a vast amount of social science data available to a wide range of types of users, varying from experienced researchers seeking data for advanced research, to undergraduates writing term papers, to citizens seeking numerical answers to specific questions. Provides daily updated information, including full text of bills starting in 1989, public laws starting in 1988, committee reports starting in 1990, House and Senate documents starting in 1995, Congressional Record starting in 1985, Federal Register starting in 1980, National Journal starting in 1977 and other government information. The GPO Monthly Catalog database comprises bibliographic records representing the entries in the U.S. Government Printing Office's monthly catalog of United States Government Publications from July 1976 to the present time. The Tri-Colleges are select depositories for government publications.