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Data Sources Home Multi-Sector Agriculture Communications Crime Education Environment Finance Gender Governance Health Industry Informtion Technology Labour National Accounts Population Trade Transportation Urban/Rural Water/Sanitation Author Contact Us Data Issues Disclaimer Software/Tools Training	Purpose of this site This site has been developed to help government officials, students, researchers and others interested in development issues to find free online sources of national economic and social data as well as online sources of relevant free software applications.  The site will also examine some of the data problems which must be solved by anyone wishing to combine data available from the different databases. New World Bank and FAO Data Policies In April 2010 the World Bank announced that access to all of its online databases is now free of charge. The Bank has made existing databases available with a common interface, giving access to more than 2,000 social and economic indicators for more than 200 countries. Depending on the database, historical time series cover the period from 1960 to 2009 and at least one database includes population indicators projected to 2050.  More extensive information on the revised World Bank data bases is provided in the Multi-Sector  section of this web site. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has also announced that full-service access to its FAOstat database will be free after July 1, 2010. Given the major changes implied by the World Bank and FAO decisions, all of the pages in this web site are being reviewed and revised.
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