Some places where you can search for data

1. Institutions and development

Transition countries

EBRD Transition report http://www.ebrd.com/country/sector/econo/stats/index.htm

BEEPS enterprise survey http://info.worldbank.org/governance/beeps/

More countries

World Bank Data and research

World Bank – Governance & Anti-Corruption www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance

Institutions and governance

Worldwide governance indicators: 1996-2006. Source: World Bank, for more details please click here: www.govindicators.org

Sample: 213 countries and territories; 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002-2006 years

Indicators: 6 dimensions of governance

Database on political institutions

http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/0,,contentMDK:20649465~pagePK:64214825~piPK:64214943~theSitePK:469382,00.html

Measuring corruption

Transparency international (TI) at www.transparency.org

Surveys and indices http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices

2. General economic indicators

World development indicators (WDI)

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20398986~menuPK:64133163~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html

United Nations

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/databases.htm

OECD

http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/0,3352,en_2825_293564_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

EuroStat

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1090,30070682,1090_33076576&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

3. Some selected topics

International trade, geography, and distances (New Economic Geography will be offered in the Mini Term III January-March 2008)

CEPII

http://www.cepii.fr/anglaisgraph/news/accueilengl.htm

World integrated trade solution

http://wits.worldbank.org/witsweb/

To be continued…