The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) has just published the “Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2009.” This annual publication is one of the leading sources of statistical information on the region and contains social, economic and environmental data.
The report is divided into four sections, which focus on:
-Demographic and social aspects, with [...]
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Eurostat has just published its report, “Youth in Europe: A Statistical Portrait.” Overall, young people represented just under a fifth of the EU population: 95 million people aged between 15 and 29 years. Statistics confirm that there are discrepancies in the behavior of youth between Member States.
What, for example, is the average age [...]
Do you ever wonder which sectors have grown in importance in the EU economy over recent years? Or, alternatively, what proportion of those employed in the EU have a second job? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in the Eurostat Yearbook, just published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the [...]
Employment, one of the main sources of concern during times of crisis, is the focus of the OECD’s new FAQ web service. According to the OECD’s latest projections, the OECD-area unemployment rate is projected to continue rising through 2010, approaching close to 10 percent. In order to keep people updated on employment trends, the OECD [...]
The Inter-Agency Group on Economic and Financial Statistics has launched a new web site covering economic and financial data of the G-20 economies. Its aim is to facilitate the monitoring of economic and financial developments for these systemically important economies during the on-going financial and economic crisis. The web site is hosted by the IMF, [...]
The new OECD Factbook, an annual digest of economic, social and environmental statistics, is focused on inequality. How wide are the differences in economic performance between regions? To what extent do government benefits and taxes reduce poverty?
You can find all the data needed to answer those questions, and many more, on the over 160 major [...]
Eurostat has just published the second edition of its report, “Panorama of Energy: Energy Statistics to Support EU Policies and Solutions” The report offers an overview of the energy situation in Europe based on the most recent official data published by Eurostat. It places special emphasis on recently-enacted legislation and the implications for reaching the [...]
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization has just published its Annual Report. It outlines how UNIDO worked in 2008 to encourage the growth of industry in the fight against poverty by advancing sustainable industrial development and international industrial development. The report describes a number of innovations undertaken over the past year to ensure that UNIDO [...]
The OECD has launched OECD eXplorer, an interactive graphical tool for analyzing OECD regional statistics. It combines maps with other visual presentations for selecting the groups of regions of interest to the user. The new version:
presents the full set of OECD regional statistics with interactive maps.
offers the possibility to explore trends over time (time animation).
enables [...]
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has just published the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2008. It’s one of the leading sources of statistical information on the region, and contains social, economic and environmental data from the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It comprises four chapters: [...]
