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1 ERF ST Data Base Version 1.0 April 2017 Prepared by: ERF Data Team OPEN ACCESS MICRO DATA INITIATIVE (OAMDI) for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey
2 ERF ST Data Base Secral-Level Data Sources: (1) National Accounts Main Aggregates Database (UNSD)* (2) International Labour Organization (ILO) LABORSTA & ILOSTAT (3) Groningen Growth and Development Center Database (GGDC)* (4) World Input-Output Database (WIOD) (5) Supporting Economic Transformation (SET) (6) UNIDO Industrial Statistics Database (INDSTAT) (7) UNIDO Industrial Demand-Supply Balance Database (IDSB) Non-Secral-Level Data Sources: (8) Total Economy Database (TED) (9) Penn World Table (PWT)* * Sources used by: McMillan, M., D. Rodrik and I. Verduzco-Gallo Globalization, Structural Change, and Productivity Growth with an Update on Africa. World Development Vol. 63, pp
3 (1) National Accounts Main Aggregates Database (UNSD) Overview Presents a series of analytical national accounts tables. The database is updated in December of each year with newly available national accounts data for all countries and areas country Free access in Excel country Algeria Comoros Egypt Iraq Kuwait Libya Oman Palestine Sudan Syria Turkey Yemen Bahrain Djibouti Iran Lebanon Morocco Qatar SA South Sudan Tunisia UAE - Value Added by Economic Activity - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Per capita GDP - GDP growth rate - GDP, Implicit Price Deflars. - GDP by kind of Expenditure. - Gross National Income (GNI) - Per capita GNI - Exchange rates - Population 1. Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing (ISIC A-B) 2.Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities (ISIC C-E) 3. Manufacturing (ISIC D) 4. Construction (ISIC F) 5. Wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels (ISIC G-H) 6. Transport, srage and communication (ISIC I) 7. Other Activities (ISIC J-P)
4 (2) International Labour Organization (ILO) - LABORSTA & ILOSTAT Overview All countries Free access in Excel or Xml LABORSTA is no longer available however its data is still accessible on UNDATA To country Algeria Egypt Kuwait Oman SA 23 country Algeria Comoros Egypt Iraq Kuwait Libya Morocco Qatar Somalia Syria Turkey Yemen Bahrain Iran Morocco Qatar Syria Bahrain Djibouti Iran Lebanon Mauritania Oman Saudi Arabia Sudan Tunisia UAE Employment by sex - Employment by sex (ILO estimates) 17 secrs (ISIC classification) Agriculture (Broad secr) Industry (Broad secr) Services (Broad secr)
5 (3) Groningen Growth and Development Center Database (GGDC) Overview The GGDC 10-Secr Database provides a long-run internationally comparable dataset on secral productivity performance in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 42 country; Including 11 countries in Africa, 11 countries in Asia, 2 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, 9 in Latin-America, the USA and 8 European countries. Free access in Excel & Stata country Egypt Morocco Persons engaged Gross value added at current national prices Gross value added at constant 2005 national prices Economic activities distinguished (ISIC rev. 3.1 code)
6 (4) World Input-Output Database (WIOD) Overview There are two releases WIOD 2013 covers 3 pics: I) World Input-Output Tables II) Socio Economic Accounts III) Environmental Accounts o o o 40 country; Including 27 EU countries and 13 other major countries in the world Free access in Excel & Stata and the environmental accounts on Excel only One country Turkey Annual time-series of world input output tables Employment (number of workers and educational attainment) Capital scks Gross output Value added at current constant prices Industry energy use CO2 emissions and emissions air. Data for 35 secrs are classified according the International Standard Industrial Classification revision 3 (ISIC Rev. 3).
7 WIOD 2016 covers two pics I) World Input-Output Tables II) Socio Economic Accounts: Expected be published in the summer of 2017 o o o 43 country; Including 28 EU countries and 15 other major countries in the world Free access in Excel & Stata & R One country Turkey Annual time-series of world input output tables Figures in millions of us dollars Data for 56 secrs are classified according the International Standard Industrial Classification revision 4 (ISIC Rev. 4).
8 Overview (5) Supporting Economic Transformation (SET) The SET portal provides analysis on various types of data, relevant for analyzing economic transformation, in select low-middle income and middle-income countries. The data is comprised of both macro-economic and micro-economic data, as well as trade data. To measure economic transformation, they depend on three types of data: 1. Economic structures 2. Trade 3. Household and firm-level data 28 country Free access in Word & Excel country Somalia Sudan West bank and Gaza Yemen - Economic structures (8 inds, 5 by secr- listed below) GDP, employment and relative productivity levels Relative productivity and changes in employment shares by secr Decomposition of labour productivity change Productivity gaps Employment by sex - Facr productivity at firm level (2 inds, 1 by secr) Dispersion in productivity across firms by secr - Trade in value added (8 inds, 5 by secr) Compound annual growth rate of DVA embodied in gross exports by secr Secral DVA as a share of tal DVA Compound annual growth rate of FVA embodied in gross exports by secr Secral FVA embodied in exports as a share of secral gross exports Secral FVA as a share of tal FVA - Wages by occupation - Trade (11 indicars by product and market) - Trade Diversification (at SITC 1d levels) - Revealed comparative advantage (by HS section) Agriculture Mining & utilities Manufacturing Construction Wholesale, retail, hotels Transport, srage, comms Other Agriculture Electrical and Machinery Financial Intermediation and Business Activities Fishing Food & Beverages Hotels and Restaurants Metal Products Mining and Quarrying Other Manufacturing Petroleum, Chemical and Non-Metallic Min.Products Post and Telecommunications Textiles and Wearing Apparel Transport Transport Equipment Wood and Paper
9 (6) UNIDO Industrial Statistics Database (INDSTAT) Overview There are three versions INDSTAT2 o Manufacturing secr only o More than 40 years o 170 country o Includes the index numbers of industrial production ~ the real growth of the volume of production o Classified by 2-digit of ISIC Rev. 3. o Licensed- Free upon registration on the ERF Data portal in SPSS & Stata o country Algeria Bahrain Egypt Iran Iraq Kuwait Libya Morocco Oman Qatar Palestine SA Sudan (including South Sudan) Syria Tunisia Turkey UAE Yemen Number of establishments Employment Wages and salaries Output Value added Gross fixed capital formation Number of female employees The data are arranged at the 2-digit level of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 3 pertaining the manufacturing secr, which comprises 23 industries.
10 INDSTAT4-Rev.3 o Manufacturing secr only o 1985 onwards o 138 country o Classified by 3-4-digit of ISIC Rev. 3. o Licensed- Free upon registration on the ERF Data portal in SPSS & Stata o country Algeria Bahrain Egypt Iran Iraq Kuwait Lebanon Morocco Oman Qatar Palestine SA Sudan (including South Sudan) Syria Tunisia Turkey UAE Yemen Number of establishments Employment Wages and salaries Output Value added Gross fixed capital formation Number of female employees The data are arranged at the 3- and 4-digit levels of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 3 pertaining the manufacturing, which comprises more than 150 manufacturing secrs and sub-secrs.
11 INDSTAT4-Rev.4 o Manufacturing secr only o 2005 onwards o 79 country o Classified by 3-4-digit of ISIC Rev. 4. o Licensed- Free upon registration on the ERF Data portal in SPSS & Stata o country Egypt Oman Palestine Tunisia Turkey Number of establishments Employment Wages and salaries Output Value added Gross fixed capital formation Number of female employees The data are arranged at the 3- and 4-digit levels of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4 pertaining the manufacturing, which comprises more than 160 manufacturing secrs and sub-secrs.
12 (7) UNIDO Industrial Demand-Supply Balance Database (IDSB) There are two versions IDSB-Rev.3 o Manufacturing secr only o 1990 onwards o 120 country o Classified by 4-digit of ISIC Rev. 3. o Licensed- Free upon registration on the ERF Data portal in SPSS & Stata o country Algeria Egypt Iraq Kuwait Morocco Qatar SA Turkey Bahrain Iran Lebanon Oman Palestine Tunisia Yemen (1) Domestic output. (2) Total world imports (= 5 + 6). (3) Total world exports (= 7 + 8). (4) Apparent consumption (= ). (5) Imports from developing and emerging industrial economies. (6) Imports from industrialized economies. (7) Exports developing and emerging industrial economies. (8) Exports industrialized economies. The data are arranged at the 4-digit level of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 3 pertaining the manufacturing secr, which comprises 127 manufacturing categories.
13 IDSB-Rev.4 o Manufacturing secr only o 2005 onwards o 74 country o Classified by 4-digit of ISIC Rev. 4. o Licensed- Free upon registration on the ERF Data portal in SPSS & Stata o country Egypt Oman Palestine Turkey (1) Domestic output. (2) Total world imports (= 5 + 6). (3) Total world exports (= 7 + 8). (4) Apparent consumption (= ). (5) Imports from developing and emerging industrial economies. (6) Imports from industrialized economies. (7) Exports developing and emerging industrial economies. (8) Exports industrialized economies. The data are arranged at the 4-digit level of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4 pertaining the manufacturing secr, which comprises 137 manufacturing categories.
14 (8) Total Economy Database (TED) - Non-Secral data Overview TED is published every year in May, including projections for the ongoing year. 123 countries Free access in Excel and txt formats country Growth in GDP, Labor quality, To Algeria Bahrain Capital services 2016 Egypt Iran Contributions of Labor quality, Iraq Capital services GDP growth Kuwait Morocco Total facr productivity Oman Qatar Population SA Sudan Employment Syria Tunisia Employment hours Turkey UAE Per Capita Income and Labor Yemen Productivity
15 (9) Penn World Table - Non-Secral data Overview PWT is a database with information on relative levels of income, output, input and productivity. 182 countries Free access in Excel, Stata formats and provides an online access ol To country Algeria Comoros Egypt Iraq Kuwait Morocco Qatar SA Syria Turkey Yemen Bahrain Djibouti Iran Lebanon Oman Palestine Sudan Tunisia UAE Real GDP Employment Population levels Current price GDP Capital sck TFP National accounts-based variables Exchange rates Shares in CGDPo Price levels, expenditure categories and capital
16 Aggregated Availability Matrix (All sources) Indicar Source Year # of ERF Secral All Countries secrs Comments Value added UNSD GGDC Egypt and Morocco WIOD Turkey UNIDO X Manufacturing only Employment ILO Broad, Agriculture, Industry and services secrs WIOD Turkey only SET By sex: Somalia, Sudan, WB & Gaza, Yemen GGDC Egypt and Morocco UNIDO X Manufacturing only TED X PWT X Capital sck/formation WIOD Turkey only UNIDO X Manufacturing only PWT X Output WIOD Turkey only UNIDO X Manufacturing only (INDSTAT) UNIDO X Manufacturing only (IDSB)) Productivity SET Somalia, Sudan, WB & Gaza, Yemen TED X Input-output table WIOD Turkey only Trade (value added) SET Somalia, Sudan, WB & Gaza, Yemen UNIDO X Manufacturing only (IDSB)) GDP* UNSD X SET Somalia, Sudan, WB & Gaza, Yemen TED X PWT X GNI UNSD X Population UNSD X TED X PWT X Exchange rate UNSD X Wages SET X Somalia, Sudan, WB & Gaza, Yemen UNIDO X Manufacturing only TED X * GDP growth, Per capita, by kind of expenditure, price deflar
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