Development Studies: Development Statistics

Formerly AusAID - absorbed into the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2013.
The Australian aid program now focuses more clearly on the Indo-Pacific region. The purpose of the aid program is to promote Australia’s national interests by contributing to sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction.

Trade and economic fact sheets for countries and regions provided by DFAT showing an economic snapshot of selected countries and regions.
Also available is more information on countries and regions with details about their land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy and foreign relations

The Australian Data Archive (ADA) provides a national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data and to make these data available for secondary analysis by academic researchers and other users. Data available for research includes opinion polls, electoral studies, education, youth studies, social welfare and social attitudes.

The Asian Development Bank's Economics and Research Department disseminates recent key economic, financial, and social indicators compiled from developing member countries and other international sources.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region. The Statistics Division is one of eight divisions within this secretariat. The core areas of the Division's work include implementing programmes for capacity building in statistics; collecting and analysing data on the region; and publishing statistical and analytical publications

SPC is an international organisation that works in public health, geoscience, agriculture, forestry, water resources, disaster management, fisheries, education, statistics, transport, energy, ICT, media, human rights, gender, youth and culture to help Pacific Island people achieve sustainable development.

Australia's official statistical organisation. Freely available data for social, health, economic and demographic research and census data for 1996-2006. Links to other statistical agencies via the ABS subject themes page.

Full-text for all OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications, useful for economic, social data and analysis.

World Bank Open Data (1960 -)
Includes World Bank Development Indicators: 900 indicators organised in six sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. Click Data Catalog > Databank.

Time series database produced by the International Monetary Fund. It provides statistics for a wide range of economics and financial indicators. Data covered includes: national accounts, balance of payments, interest rates, government finance, exchange rates &commodity prices. (Australian and global information). The International Financial Statistics, Balance of Payment Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, and Direction of Trade Statistics online databases are now freely accessible online.