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Global Development Network Growth

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Macro Time Series

Micro Time Series

Social Indicators and Fixed Factors

Government Finance

 

Macro Time Series

 

Series

 

Source
GDP at market prices (current US$) GDF & WDI
GDP at market prices (current LCU) GDF & WDI
GDP, PPP (current international $) GDF & WDI
Real GDP Per Capita in constant prices (Ref. year 1996, Laspeyres and Chain (2)) Penn 6.1
GDP growth (annual %) GDF & WDI
GDP Per Capita Growth GDF & WDI
Population, total GDF & WDI
Population growth (annual %) GDF & WDI
Urban population (% of total population) GDF & WDI
Terms of trade adjustment (Constant LCU) GDF & WDI
Total trade (imports+exports) (% of GDP) GDF & WDI
Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) GDF & WDI
Exports of goods and services (% GDP) GDF & WDI
Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) GDF & WDI
Imports of goods and sevices (% of GDP) GDF & WDI
External debt (Current US $) GDF & WDI
Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) GDF & WDI
Black Market Premium (%; 0 means zero)

 

Levine and Renelt; World's Currency Yearbook (for 1985, 1990-93); Adrian Wood, Global trends in real exchange rates: 1960-84, WB Discussion paper no. 35. 1988 (filling in missing observations); Global Development Finance & World Development Indicators

 

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) GDF & WDI
Real interest rate (%) GDF & WDI
Money and quasi money (M2) as % of GDP GDF & WDI
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP), formerly gross domestic fixed investment GDF & WDI
Central Government Debt (% of GDP) GDF & WDI
Foreign Direct Investment GDF & WDI
Present Value of Debt (% of GNI) GDF & WDI
Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) GDF & WDI
Aid (% of GNI) GDF & WDI
Public investment (% of GDP)

 

Guy P. Pfeffermann, Gregory V. Kisunko, and Mariusz A. Sumlinski, "Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries:Statistics for 1970-97". Missing data filled in from Easterly, Rodriguez, and Schmidt-Hebbel "Public Sector Deficits and Macroeconomic Performance." (Statistical appendix) 1994 and Bruno and Easterly JME 1998.

 

Private investment (% of GDP)

 

Guy P. Pfeffermann, Gregory V. Kisunko, and Mariusz A. Sumlinski, "Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries:Statistics for 1970-97" (for public investment and private investment)

 

Real Overvaluation

 

Dollar 1992 "Outward- oriented developing economies really do grow more rapidly: evidence from 95 LDCs, 1976- 1985" (for overvaluation index); Global Development Finance & World Development Indicators (for Real effective exchange rate index calculation)

 

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Micro Time Series

 
   
Series Name Source
Capital per worker

 

Summers and Heston

 

Capital per worker (using disagg. Inv.) Easterly, W. and Ross Levine (1999)
Capital per worker (using agg. Inv.) ibid.
Capital stock (using disagg. Inv.) ibid.
Workers ibid.
Output per worker ibid.

 

Social Indicators and Fixed Factors

 

Series Name

 

Source
Social Indicators  
School enrollment, primary (% gross) Global Development Finance & World Development Indicators
School enrollment, secondary (% gross) ibid.
School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) ibid.
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) ibid.
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) ibid.
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) ibid.
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) ibid.
Telephone mainlines per employee ibid.
 
Fixed Factors
Transition Economies
region The World Bank
region: East Asia and Pacific ibid.
region: East Europe and Central Asia ibid.
region: Middle East and North Africa ibid.
region: South Asia ibid.
region: West Europe ibid.
region: North America ibid.
region: Sub Sahara Africa ibid.
region: Latin America and Caribbean ibid.
landlock
ethnic fractionalization
longitude
latitude
area
income level The World Bank
low-income countries ibid.
lower-middle income countries ibid.
upper-middle income countries ibid.
high-income OECD countries ibid.
high-income non-OECD countries ibid.
developing countries ibid.
legal origin: British
legal origin: French
legal origin: Socialist
legal origin: German
legal origin: Scandinavian
tropical
exporters of manufactures World Development Report
exporters of nonfuel primary products ibid.
exporters of fuels (mainly oil) ibid.
exporters of services ibid.
diversified exporters ibid.
not classified by export category ibid.

 

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Government Finance

 

 

Series Name

 

Source
80. OVERALL DEFICIT/SURPLUS IMF, GDF
81. TOTAL REVENUE & GRANTS ibid.
81A. TAXES ON INCOME, PROFITS, & CAPITAL GAINS ibid.
81B. SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS ibid.
81C. TAXES ON PAYROLL OR WORK FORCE ibid.
81D. TAXES ON PROPERTY ibid.
81E. DOMESTIC TAXES ON GOODS & SERVICES ibid.
81F. TAXES ON INTL TRADE & TRANSACTIONS ibid.
81G. OTHER TAXES ibid.
81Y. TOTAL REVENUE ibid.
81YA. TAX REVENUE ibid.
81YB. NONTAX REVENUE ibid.
81YC. CAPITAL REVENUE ibid.
81YD. CURRENT REVENUE ibid.
81Z. GRANTS ibid.
82. TOTAL EXPENDITURE ibid.
82A. GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICES ibid.
82AC. PUBLIC ORDER & SAFETY (B3) ibid.
82B. DEFENSE (B2) ibid.
82C. EDUCATION (B4) ibid.
82D. HEALTH (B5) ibid.
82E. SOCIAL SECURITY & WELFARE (B6) ibid.
82F. HOUSING & COMMUNITY AMENITIES (B7) ibid.
82G. RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL, & RELIG AFFAIRS (B8) ibid.
82H. ECONOMIC AFFAIRS & SERVICES (B9 TO B13) ibid.
82HB. AGRI, FORESTRY, FISHING, & HUNTING (B10) ibid.
82HC. MINING & MINERAL RESOURCES, MANUF, & CONSTRUCTION (B11) ibid.
82HD. FUEL & ENERGY (B9) ibid.
82HI. TRANSPORTATION & COMMUNICATION (B12) ibid.
82HL. OTH ECONOMIC AFFAIRS & SERVICES (B13) ibid.
82K. OTH EXPENDITURES (B14) ibid.
82N. CURR EXPENDITURE ON GOODS & SERVICES (C1) ibid.
82NA. WAGES & SALARIES; EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS (C1.1 + C1.2) ibid.
82NP. OTH PURCHASES OF GOODS & SERVICES (C1.3) ibid.
82NX. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS (C1.2) ibid.
82PA. INTEREST PAYMENTS (C2) ibid.
82PJ. SUBSIDIES & OTH CURR TRANSFERS (C3) ibid.
82PK. SUBSIDIES (C3.1) ibid.
82PM. TRANSFERS TO OTH LEVELS OF NATL GOVT (C3.2) ibid.
82PP. TRANSFERS ABROAD (C3.5) ibid.
82PT. TRANSFERS TO NONPROFIT INSTS & HHLDS (C3.3 4 + C3.4) ibid.
82R. CURRENT EXPENDITURE (C.III) ibid.
82V. CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (C.IV) ibid.
82VA. ACQUISITION OF FIXED ASSETS (C4) ibid.
82Z. EXPEND & LENDING MINUS REPAYMENTS (C.I; OR C.II + C.V)

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