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Census and Identityby David I. Kertzer; Dominique Arel; Frances Goldscheider; Dennis P. Hogan; Jack Caldwell; Andrew Cherlin; Tom Fricke
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 25.00Many countries pigeon-hole people within racial, ethnic, and language categories - with important implications for people's own identities and life chances, and for national political and social processes. This book reviews categorizing efforts by the state, illustrating the case with studies from a range of countries. more...
The Economic Competitiveness of Congoby Philip M. Parker
ICON Group International Inc. 2006; US$ 210.00Is Congo competitive? With the globalization of markets, the increased mobility of corporate assets, and the need for productive human resources, this question has become all the more complex to answer. This report was prepared to tackle this question by focussing on certain fundamentals: financial performance and labor productivity. more...
World Economic Historical Statisticsby Carlos Sabillon
Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 34.95Since the earliest of times, human beings have endeavored to uncover the causes of prosperity. History is the best tool that society possesses for identifying and analyzing the factors that contribute to economic growth; yet economic statistics that lend more...
The SAGE Dictionary of Statisticsby D Cramer; D Howitt
Sage Publications Ltd. 2004; US$ 18.00`The authors make excellent use of illustrative examples' - Reference Reviews. The SAGE Dictionary of Statistics provides students and researchers with an accessible and definitive resource to use when studying statistics in the social sciences, reading research reports and undertaking data analysis. Written by leading academics in the field of methodology and statistics, the Dictionary will be an essential study guide for the first-time researcher as well as a primary resource for more advanced study. more...
OECD in Figures 2006-2007by OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 20.00OECD in Figures 2006-2007 is OECD's handy pocket data book containing key data ranging from economic growth and employment to education and migration. There are comparable tables on the environment, science, public finances, and on every theme the organisation is working on. For added perspective, OECD in Figures includes a selection of graphs, highlighting key challenges, such as youth unemployment, climate change, development aid to water and road crashes. more...
Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbookby OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 56.00The OECD Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook contains guidelines and recommended best practice for the presentation of statistical data and metadata disseminated by national agencies and international organisations in various dissemination media. The Handbook brings together in one publication relevant presentation guidelines embodied in existing international statistical standards where they exist. The Handbook also presents for the first time a standard set of terminologies and guidelines for the presentation of growth rates, indices and seasonally adjusted data developed by the OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party. more...
Pocket World in Figures 2008by The Economist Newspaper Ltd
Profile 2007; US$ 10.99Offers facts and figures about the world we live in. This title contains facts on more than 200 topics, data on 182 countries and profiles of more than 65 of the world's major economies, together with profiles on the Euro Zone and the World. more...
OECD Glossary of Statistical Termsby OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 147.00This OECD Glossary contains a comprehensive set of over 6 700 definitions of key terminology, concepts and commonly used acronyms derived from existing international statistical guidelines and recommendations. In the main, the definitions are quoted word for word from these sources and a detailed reference is provided to enable the user to refer to the complete source document to obtain further information where needed. more...
Pocket World in Figures 2009by The Economist Newspaper Ltd
Economist Books 2008; US$ 25.00Offers facts and figures about the world we live in. This title contains facts on more than 200 topics, data on 182 countries and profiles of more than 65 of the world's major economies, together with profiles on the Euro Zone and the World. more...
OECD Factbook 2009by OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2009; US$ 50.00OECD Factbook 2009 is the fifth edition of a comprehensive and dynamic statistical annual from the OECD. More than 100 indicators cover a wide range of areas: economy, agriculture, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health and quality of life, industry, information and communications, population/labour force, trade and investment, taxation, public expenditure and R&D. This year, the OECD Factbook features a focus chapter on inequality. Data are provided for all OECD member countries with area totals, and in some cases, for selected non-member economies. For each indicator, there is a two-page spread. A text page includes a short introduction followed by a detailed definition of the indicator, comments on comparability... more...









