| U208 Third World Development Open University 1999 Additional
resources for this tutorial:
Recommended additional reading:
R.Rojas: Development Studies: Researching for the big bosses?
R.Rojas: Notes on development and dependency
R.Rojas: Making sense of development studies (notes)
General Information:
| 1997 |
GDP US$ million |
% |
Labour Force million |
% |
Value Added per Worker US$ |
Population million |
% |
| Low Income |
717,238 |
3 |
1,171 |
32 |
613 |
2,048 |
35 |
| Lower Middle Income |
2,658,209 |
9 |
1,491 |
41 |
1,783 |
2,285 |
39 |
| Upper Middle Income |
2,503,695 |
9 |
361 |
10 |
6,935 |
571 |
10 |
| High Income |
22,321,937 |
79 |
621 |
17 |
35,945 |
926 |
16 |
| World |
28,157,012 |
100 |
3,644 |
100 |
7,727 |
5,829 |
100 |
Source: World Development Indicators 1998 (World Bank)
See also:
World Bank:
Clasification of economies by income, 1997-1998 Africa
Clasification of economies by income,1997-1998-World Bank, Asia
Clasification of economies by income, 1997-1998, Americas
Clasification of economies by income, 1997-1998, Europe/Central Asia
Topics in Development
Publications
Africa
East Asia and the Pacific
Europe and Central Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East and North Africa
South Asia
OED Precis (Operation Evaluation Department)
International Monetary Fund:
Publications
Joint World Bank/IMF Library
News
The IMF Institute
Finance and Development
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Research and studies
Basic texts
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Economic Commission for Africa(ECA)
International statistical resources:
Economic Growth
Resources.....................University of Oxford
Penn World Data Tables......................................Biz/ed
CIA World Factbook.................................U.S. Government
The Centre for Cooperation with the Economies in Transition...OECD
Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade.... ..U.S. Government
Statistics
and Quantitative Analysis Unit.....................IADB
Research and Statistics.......................................IADB
Development Indicators............Development Assistance Committee
Statistical Reporting System......Development Assistance Committee
Central Banks on the WWW.......................................BIS
Statistical Resources.......................University of Michigan
OneWorld News Service:
Africa
Asia
The Pacific
Europe
South America
Central America
North America
Middle East
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