Databases

UMI Proquest (article database, only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
JSTOR (article database/archive: only accessible from UNU-MERIT )
ScienceDirect (article database: Elsevier journals, only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
DOAJ (article database: Directory of Open Access Journals, free access)
EconLit (reference database, only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (reference database, only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center reference database : only
accessible from UNU-MERIT)
SourceOECD (full-text books, periodicals and statistics from the OECD, only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
World Investment Report (UNCTAD) (free access)
WTO Documents Online (WTO documentation from 1995 onwards and updated daily, free access)
World Bank Documents & Reports (WB full-text database including WB Technical Papers, WB Policy Research Papers, WB Discussion Papers, IFC Working Papers etc., free access)
World Bank e-Library (World Bank publications database: only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
World Development Indicators Online (World Bank development data: only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
Global Development Finance Online (World Bank financial data: only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (IMF financial data: only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
IMF Balance of Payment Statistics (IMF financial data: only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
IMF International Financial Statistics (IMF financial data: only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
Aggregated Trade Statistics (ITC) (free access)
Economist Intelligence Unit Web (general information and statistics, only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
Davidson Data Center and Network (macro/national and micro data: free access)
LABORSTA (ILO labor statisticss, free access)
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online (UNSD) (information and statistics, only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
UNCTAD FDI Database (investment statistics, free access)
UNCTAD-TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System) (trade statistics, free access)
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics (free access)
UNESCO Statistical Yearbook Online (free access)
UNSTATS Common Database (UNSD) (provides selected series from 30 specialised international data sources for all available countries and areas, only accessible from UNU-MERIT)
COMTRADE (UNSD) (Contains trade data (export import) of the defined commodities (SITC Rev.1, . HS2002) for almost every country in the world. Comtrade contains world trade data since 1962 until now, only accessible from MERIT)
Africa Live Database (World Bank) (statistics on Africa, excel presentation, free access)
EUROSTAT (European Union statistics: free access)
World Income Inequality Database (WIID) (data on income distribution, free access)