International Statistics Intoduction. Let's get acquainted Anatoly Sidenko, Dr. Sc. (Ec.), professor of the Statistics Chair, Plekhanovs Russian Economic. - презентация

1 International Statistics Intoduction

2 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

3 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

4 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

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

6 Textbook published in 1999

7 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.

8 The book published in 2000

9 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

10 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

11 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

12 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

13 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

14 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

15 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

16 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

17 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

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

19 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

20 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

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

22 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

23 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)

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

25 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

26 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

27 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

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

29 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

30 Sites to visit The United Nations Organization UNO

31 Sites to visit The UNO General Assembly

32 Sites to visit The UNO Security Council

33 Sites to visit The UNO Economic & Social Council ECOSOC

34 Sites to visit The UNO International Court of Justice

35 Sites to visit The Council of Europe

36 Sites to visit The International Monetary Fund IMF

37 Sites to visit The International Monetary Fund IMF databases

38 Sites to visit The European Union

39 Sites to visit The European Parliament

40 Sites to visit The European Court of Human Rights

41 Sites to visit The International Labour Organization ILO

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

43 Sites to visit The International Labour Organization ILO laborsta:

44 Sites to visit The World Health Organization WHO

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

46 Sites to visit The UNESCO Institute for Statistics UIS

47 Sites to visit United Nations Industrial Development Organisation UNIDO

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

49 Sites to visit The UNO Statistical Division UNSD

50 Sites to visit Economic Commission for Africa ECA

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

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

53 Sites to visit Economic Commission for Europe ECE

54 Sites to visit Economic Commission for Europe ECE, Statistics Division

55 Sites to visit Eurostat (European Union)

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

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

58 Sites to visit Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ESCWA

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

60 Sites to visit The International Statistical Institute ISI

61 Sites to visit The Federal State Statistics Service of Russia

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

63 Sites to visit Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

64 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

65 Sites to visit Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

66 Sites to visit Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange

67 Sites to visit Joint Vienna Institute JVI

68 Sites to visit World Economic Forum

69 Sites to visit The World Bank

70 Sites to visit Inter-American Development Bank

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

72 Sites to visit Food aid (World Food Programme)

73 Sites to visit World Trade Organization WTO

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

75 Sites to visit United Nations Development Programme UNDP

76 Sites to visit International Energy Agency

77 Sites to visit United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network

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

79 Sites to visit World Meteorological Organisation WMO

80 Sites to visit Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC

81 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

82 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

83 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

84 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

85 The end Thank you!