GCRI · Economic Development
Source and data register
Where Economic Development gets its data: each source with its licence, lineage, resolution, quality checks and known gaps.
The workspace for source and data register.
Evidence grading
Source and data register · Review wave 1 · Example interface, not a record
Certainty by criterion
0 low to 100 high
Higher is more certain. Values are examples.
Review queue
- R-1Real GDP growthsecond reviewer6 d
- R-2Employment ratesecond reviewer4 d
- R-3Export concentrationsecond reviewer3 d
Economic Development · Evidence grading. Evidence grading: example names and illustrative values, not a record.
Each source carries five facts.
Origin
Who produces the data and how.
Access terms
Licence, restrictions and permitted uses.
Quality
Coverage, resolution, update frequency and known errors.
Provenance
How the data reached the platform and what was changed.
Gaps
What is missing and how the gap is handled.
Every source the topic dossiers cite, with its terms.
| Source | What it gives | Terms | Used in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILOSTAT | Employment, informality, labour share and wages | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Inclusive productivity, Employment and technology |
| Alliance for Affordable Internet affordability data | Broadband prices relative to income | Public, terms to check | Digital economy and inclusion |
| Atlas of Economic Complexity (Harvard Growth Lab) | Product space and diversification analysis | Open, licence to check | Industrial policy and upgrading |
| FAOSTAT food price and food security data | Prices and cost of a healthy diet | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Food energy water economics |
| Global Data Lab subnational indicators | Subnational development indicators from surveys | Open, licence to check | Regional economic development |
| Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery disaster risk finance resources | Instruments and practice for disaster risk financing | Public, World Bank terms | Public finance and risk |
| GSMA State of Mobile Internet Connectivity and Mobile Gender Gap reports | Coverage, usage gaps and gender gaps | Public reports, GSMA terms | Digital economy and inclusion |
| IBNET utility data | Water tariffs and cost recovery | Public, World Bank terms (to check) | Food energy water economics |
| ILO World Employment and Social Outlook and World Social Protection Report | Labour market and protection trends | Public, ILO terms | Employment and technology |
| IMF fossil fuel subsidy estimates | Explicit and implicit energy subsidies | Public, IMF terms | Food energy water economics |
| IMF International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments data | Reserves, flows and external accounts | Public, IMF terms | Trade and external shocks |
| IMF World Economic Outlook and Government Finance Statistics | Debt, revenue and spending | Public, IMF terms | Public finance and risk |
| ITU Facts and Figures and ICT indicators | Internet use and connectivity by country | Public, ITU terms (to check) | Digital economy and inclusion |
| KNOMAD remittance data | Remittance flows and costs | Open, World Bank terms | Trade and external shocks |
| Malaria Atlas Project accessibility maps | Travel time to cities | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Regional economic development |
| NASA Black Marble and VIIRS night lights | Night-time light as a proxy for activity | Open, NASA data policy | Regional economic development |
| National census and household surveys | Regional demographics and poverty | Licence per survey | Regional economic development |
| National consumer price indices | Food and energy inflation | Public records, licence per statistics office | Food energy water economics |
| National labour force surveys | Employment structure | Licence per survey | Employment and technology |
| New Industrial Policy Observatory (IMF and partners) | Tracking of industrial policy measures | Public, terms to check | Industrial policy and upgrading |
| OECD and partners Global Revenue Statistics | Tax revenue by country | Public, OECD terms | Public finance and risk |
| OECD industrial policy and subsidies databases | Government support to industry | Public, OECD terms | Industrial policy and upgrading |
| OECD Productivity Statistics | Productivity by country and industry | Public, OECD terms | Inclusive productivity |
| OECD Regional Statistics | Regional economic, social and environmental data | Public, OECD terms | Regional economic development |
| Online Labour Index (Oxford Internet Institute) | Online freelance labour activity | Open, licence to check | Employment and technology |
| PEFA assessments | Public financial management performance | Public, PEFA terms | Public finance and risk |
| Penn World Table (Groningen Growth and Development Centre) | Output, inputs and productivity across countries | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Inclusive productivity |
| Tracking SDG 7 report | Energy access by country | Open, CC BY 3.0 IGO | Food energy water economics |
| UNCTAD digital economy statistics | E-commerce and ICT trade | Public, UNCTAD terms | Digital economy and inclusion |
| UNCTAD State of Commodity Dependence | Commodity dependence by country | Public, UNCTAD terms | Trade and external shocks |
| UNCTAD World Investment Report | Investment flows and policies | Public, UNCTAD terms | Industrial policy and upgrading |
| UNIDO industrial statistics and Competitive Industrial Performance data | Manufacturing structure and performance | Public, UNIDO terms | Industrial policy and upgrading |
| UNU-WIDER and GGDC Economic Transformation Database | Sectoral employment and value added | Open, licence to check | Inclusive productivity |
| World Bank Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet) | Monthly commodity prices | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Trade and external shocks |
| World Bank Debt Sustainability Analyses | Debt risk assessments for low-income countries | Public, World Bank terms | Public finance and risk |
| World Bank Enterprise Surveys | Firm performance, constraints and practices | Free with registration, World Bank terms | Inclusive productivity |
| World Bank Global Findex Database | Account ownership and digital payments | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Digital economy and inclusion |
| World Bank International Debt Statistics | External debt of low and middle-income countries | Open, CC BY 4.0 | Trade and external shocks |
| World Bank studies on technology and jobs in developing countries | Evidence on automation and digital work | Public, World Bank terms | Employment and technology |
Where the development data record is thin.
- Subnational economic data.
- Firm-level data on shock effects.
- Informal sector measurement.
- Timely household welfare data.
How the register grows.
Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.
Where this page's references lead.
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
Questions and answers.
Can I suggest a data source?
Contribute evidence from this page.
Reports is the Consortium's quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.
- EmailGateway GW-GCRISend it from this pageEvidence, a correction, a case, a method, a review, a translation or profile input. It arrives tagged with this page, so the editor who owns it receives it.
- ZenodoOpen depositDeposit it and submit to the communityPublish your own record on Zenodo with your ORCID iD, then submit it to the Reports community there. Curators review it; the DOI stays yours.
- ReportsGCRISee every way to contributeThe contribution types, how each is reviewed, what credit you receive, the licence and what is never accepted.
Never send personal data, sensitive infrastructure detail or anything you have no right to share. A contribution is reviewed before use; sending it confers no authorship or editorial rights, and sponsorship never buys a finding.
Bring a method, a dataset or a question.
Information and enquiries are open today. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.
Legal documents.
Maps, data and figures on this site are shown for context and general information. They are not advice, forecasts or warnings; the limits of the information are set out in the Disclaimers and Data Notices.