The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Where Economic Development gets its data, on what terms, with what quality and with which known gaps.
Source and data register · Review wave 1
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The Economic Development source register lists the datasets and records the platform draws on, such as Penn World Table (Groningen Growth and Development Centre), each with its producer, licence and permitted uses, quality and known gaps. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described, and data held by agreement is used under those terms and never republished.
Fig.How a finding is reviewed before it is published. Design, not a record.
For source and data register, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on true-colour imagery, night lights and land cover with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on Africa; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.
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For source and data register, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on true-colour imagery, night lights and land cover with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on Africa; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.
Layers and dates
Who produces the data and how.
Licence, restrictions and permitted uses.
Coverage, resolution, update frequency and known errors.
How the data reached the platform and what was changed.
What is missing and how the gap is handled.
| 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 |
Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Provenance | Information about the entities, activities and people involved in producing a record, used to judge its quality and reliability, in the W3C PROV model. |
| FAIR principles | Guiding principles that make data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable by people and machines. |
| Open licence | A licence that allows anyone to access, reuse and redistribute data, sometimes with attribution. |
| Data lineage | The traceable path of data from its origin through each transformation to its current form. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. 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.