International Statistics Intoduction

Let's get acquainted Anatoly Sidenko, Dr. Sc. (Ec.), professor of the Statistics Chair, Plekhanovs Russian Economic Academy and Patrice Lumumba University Contacts Mobile +7(925) or simply Site: Different files for students are placed at sites: for our additional files

Let's get acquainted Sites: for our additional files; you can send your tasks to or upload them to the folder International Statistics. In the second case your files should have unique names and you should register at the portal If you send your tasks to , Ill upload them to the folder myselfhttp://reameo.mylivepage.ru

Textbooks There are practically no textbooks in Russian on sale. International Statistics as well as Statistics itself was invented in the USSR by Soviet statisticians and as far as I know it is not delivered to students abroad with the same contents

Textbooks My first textbook on International Statistics was published in 1999 in co-operation with Valentina Matveeva and Boris Bashkatov

Textbook published in 1999

Textbooks In 2000 it was republished without the part of Mr. Bashkatov. There were other textbooks, for example by Irina Eliseeva published in Minsk in 1999 etc.

The book published in 2000

Textbooks Now I prepare a new edition of the textbook for my Russian students. Of course it is possible to make a textbook in English but the number of possible buyers is too small

Textbooks, Lessons & Exam You should attend lessons, read presentations and fulfill your personal tasks. We shall meet four times on lessons, on the fourth meeting you will get your marks for this short course

Programme of work As far as I have understood, you wish to work on computers, to be trained in calculations by Excell. Therefore we shall visit various sites of the international statistical organizations, compile data and calculate different indicators by the means of Excell

Programme of work Your final mark will be based on the results of these exercises. The students missing our lessons, should execute the same cycle of works independently, and during final lesson will present results of their calculations

List & Ratings You can find the file MBA.xls on my personal site, the route: => For my special guests speaking English and studying International Statistics at MBA => International Statistics => List&Ratingshttp://oknedis.narod.ru/For my special guests speaking English and studying International Statistics at MBAInternational Statistics List&Ratings

Your presence at lessons and other successes will be marked in that file, in particular, the fulfillment of 5 tasks. To get the maximal final mark you should gain 100 points in your rating

List & Ratings Since the rating is made as a countdown system you should eliminate 100 points and get a zero or make the quantity of points negative

List & Ratings You should download this file, find your name there and write me a letter with the Subject Task1 and attached Word format file by on

Task1 1. Make correction of your name if any. 2. Tell me about yourself. 3. Describe your knowledge of statistics, skills of work in the Internet and Excell. 4. Give an address and contact phone number. 5. Reserve a country for investigation

Task1 6. Reserve an international organization to describe its site. 7. Tell about your preferences: lectures or practical work on computers

Personal number Each student has got a personal number. Each student sending me a message by e- mail should specify his personal number for easier identification

Task1 1. Choose a free country in the IMF list for investigation. Visit the site of the International Monetary Fund the route: Data and Statistics=> World Economic Outlook Database, April 2009=> By Countries (country-level data)=> All countrieswww.imf.orgWorld Economic Outlook Database, April 2009 By Countries (country-level data) All countries

Task1 You can find the same list of countries in the file MBA.xls

Task1 There are 182 countries in the list. Your preferences while choosing a country may be based on any reason, but you should take into account that most developed countries have better statistics. Tell us about your choice and Oksana will fix it in the List of students

Country of investigation & Tasks 2-3 Each student should have a separate country to: -compile a national database; -analyse the data; -make a forecast (Task 2); - describe the site of national statistical service (Task 3)

Country of investigation The chosen country will be noted in the list of students

Sites to visit – Task 3 Within the course we shall visit sites of international organizations anyhow dealing with statistics. The group of 51 sites is given below. Now you should choose one site and make its description at home. Maybe next Wednesday we shall listen your brief story about your site

Sites to visit – Task 3 If the site has a statistical part you should give a list of non-statistical items and describe as much as possible the resources of statistical pages

Sites to visit – Task 3 Concerning statistical part of your site you should mention the availability of statistics, number of indicators, years, the possibility to compile an Excell file by the means of the site etc. Should we pay for statistics or it is given free of charge

Sites to visit – Task 3 If the site has no statistical pages you should give as much as possible information about it

Sites to visit – Task 3 You also should visit the site of the national statistical department of the chosen country and describe it as much as possible. The description of both sites should be done in Microsoft Word Office format and sent to

Sites to visit The United Nations Organization UNO

Sites to visit The UNO General Assembly

Sites to visit The UNO Security Council

Sites to visit The UNO Economic & Social Council ECOSOC

Sites to visit The UNO International Court of Justice

Sites to visit The Council of Europe

Sites to visit The International Monetary Fund IMF

Sites to visit The International Monetary Fund IMF databases

Sites to visit The European Union

Sites to visit The European Parliament

Sites to visit The European Court of Human Rights

Sites to visit The International Labour Organization ILO

Sites to visit The International Labour Organization ILO Databases & statistics ics/lang--en/index.htm ics/lang--en/index.htm

Sites to visit The International Labour Organization ILO laborsta:

Sites to visit The World Health Organization WHO

Sites to visit United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO

Sites to visit The UNESCO Institute for Statistics UIS

Sites to visit United Nations Industrial Development Organisation UNIDO

Sites to visit United Nations Industrial Development Organisation UNIDO industrial statistics:

Sites to visit The UNO Statistical Division UNSD

Sites to visit Economic Commission for Africa ECA

Sites to visit African Statistical Organization Afristat only French language page available

Sites to visit Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Statistics Division ESCAP

Sites to visit Economic Commission for Europe ECE

Sites to visit Economic Commission for Europe ECE, Statistics Division

Sites to visit Eurostat (European Union)

Sites to visit Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECLAC

Sites to visit Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECLAC, Statistics Division ?idioma=INhttp:// ?idioma=IN

Sites to visit Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ESCWA

Sites to visit Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ESCWA, Statistical Division division=sdhttp:// division=sd

Sites to visit The International Statistical Institute ISI

Sites to visit The Federal State Statistics Service of Russia

Sites to visit Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS

Sites to visit Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

Sites to visit Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD Statistics Directorate _33715_1_1_1_1_1,00.htmlhttp:// 2649_33715_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

Sites to visit Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Sites to visit Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange

Sites to visit Joint Vienna Institute JVI

Sites to visit World Economic Forum

Sites to visit The World Bank

Sites to visit Inter-American Development Bank

Sites to visit Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Sites to visit Food aid (World Food Programme)

Sites to visit World Trade Organization WTO

Sites to visit International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC)

Sites to visit United Nations Development Programme UNDP

Sites to visit International Energy Agency

Sites to visit United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network

Sites to visit United Nations Centre for Human Settlements UNCHS (Habitat)

Sites to visit World Meteorological Organisation WMO

Sites to visit Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC

Sites to visit – Task 3 The mark for Task 3 will depend on the quality of your work and the number of pages prepared. English and Russian versions are invited. You can find description of most sites and scientists at my site

Sites to visit – Task 3 I recommend to follow the stile of most pages saved at 3 folders there – International Organisations, National Statistical Services and Scientists. The Statistics Chair will celebrate the 100 th anniversary in 2 or 3 years, we are planning to prepare a book devoted to this anniversary

Additional tasks If a student misses any of three classes (I hope that the final fourth session will be attended by all students), the tasks executed in the classroom can be fulfilled at home. You can also take an additional task

Additional tasks Since the translation of my Russian presentations is at the very beginning, you can help me in translating from Russian into English and in editing English texts

The end Thank you!