ESDS International
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ESDS International is a JISC/ESRC funded service which provides the UK academic community with free online access to the major databanks produced by international governmental organisations such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the United Nations. The service also supports the use of these databanks in teaching and research through the provision of a helpdesk for user queries, comprehensive documentation and training.
ESDS International also provides access to a range of international survey datasets including the European Social Survey and Eurobarometer
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The service aims to promote and facilitate increased and more effective use of international datasets in research, learning and teaching across a range of disciplines.
Databases hosted by ESDS International include the major statistical publications of:
ESDS International also provides access to a range of international survey datasets including the European Social Survey and Eurobarometer
Eurobarometer
Eurobarometer is a series of surveys regularly performed on behalf of the European Commission since 1973. It produces reports of public opinion of certain issues relating to the European Union across the member states...
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The service aims to promote and facilitate increased and more effective use of international datasets in research, learning and teaching across a range of disciplines.
Databases hosted by ESDS International include the major statistical publications of:
- International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
- World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
- International Energy AgencyInternational Energy AgencyThe International Energy Agency is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1974 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis...
- OECD
- United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
- EurostatEurostatEurostat is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in Luxembourg. Its main responsibilities are to provide the European Union with statistical information at European level and to promote the integration of statistical methods across the Member States of the European Union,...
- International Labour Organisation
- UK Office for National StatisticsOffice for National StatisticsThe Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Overview :...