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

1. World Economic Factbook 2008. 15th ed. London: Euromonitor International, 2007. A unique compilation of hard-to-get political and economic information on 204 countries of the world.
2. World Economic Factbook 2005/2006. 13th ed. London: Euromonitor International, 2005. A unique compilation of hard-to-get political and economic information on 204 countries of the world.
3. The Enlarged European Union: A Statistical Handbook 2003. 1st ed. London: Euromonitor International, 2003.
4. The Global Competitiveness Report 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2007-2008. Geneva: World Economic Forum, [2004, 2004, 2007].
5.  International Statistical Yearbook edition 2003, 2005 campus/institute license. DSI, Rheinberg. Medium: DVD/ CD-ROM and Internet. 

   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.
   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.

6. Inyternational Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2005. Vienna: United Nations Industrial Development Organizations, 2005. 566 p. ISBN:1845422015.

7. Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. Countries in Transition 2003: WIIW Handbook of statistics: CD-ROM. MS Excel tables + PDF( + manual).
8. Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. Countries in Transition 2004: 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. 
9. 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. 

10. 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) it  gives 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.

11. 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).

12. 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, 2006. (CD-ROM in MS Excel file with hardcopy).

    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. 
13. 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.
14. 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.

15. 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.

16. World development indicators 1999. CD-ROM. Washington, DC: World Bank, [1999].
17. World development indicators 2003. Hardcopy. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2003. 391 p. ISBN: 0821354221.
18. World development indicators 2004. Hardcopy. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2004. 386 p. ISBN: 0821357298.
19. World development indicators 2005. Hardcopy. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2005. 403 p. ISBN: 082136071X.
20. World development indicators 2008. Hardcopy. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2008. 418 p. ISBN: 0821373866.
21. World Development Report, 1978-2003 with selected World Development Indicators 2002: Indexed Omnibus CD-ROM Edition. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2003. ISBN: 0821351990.
22. World Bank Atlas 2003. 35 th ed. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2003. 81 p. ISBN:0821354256.
23. 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.
24. 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 .

25. Global Development Finance 2003 : Striving for Stability in Development Finance. CD-ROM. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2003. ISBN: 0821354302.
26. 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.
27. KILM: Key indicators of the labour market . Geneva: International Labour Office,1999. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in CD-ROM edition.
28. KILM: Key indicators of the labour market . Geneva: International Labour Office, 2005. ISBN: 9221133811
29. 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. The version 4 data base has 45 regions covered.
30. International Monetary Fund. International Financial Statistics. Pbk. Washington, DC: IMF, 1997-2002. ISSN: 0020-6725.
31. 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.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. State Statistical Committee of Ukraine. Ukraine in figures in 2001, 2004 (hardcopy) .
36. State Statistical Committee of Ukraine. Statistical Yearbook of Ukraine. [in Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Derzhkomstat. 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. (CD and hardcopy).
37. GESIS. Election Studies from Eastern Europe: 1898 - -2002. Data and Documentation. Release 2004/1. (CD-ROM).
38. GESIS. International Social Survey Programme: 1985-2002. Data and Documentation. (CD-ROM).
39. FENIX database. Kyiv: Legis+, 2003. MS Excel files with financial indicators for 30 000 Ukrainian enterprises, 1999-2001 .
40. 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.
41. State Statistical Committee of Russian Federation. Regions of Russia: key characteristics of the Russian Federation subjects; socio-economic indicators: [in Russian]. 1997-2002.
42. 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.