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    Selected African Statistics Sources

    Indexes
    Individual Countries
    General
    Social Indicators, Demography, Labor, Women
    Trade and Production
    Historical Statistics


    INDEXES

    Lexis Nexis Statistical. Online. Includes Index to International Statistics: A Guide to Statistical Publications of International Intergovernmental Organizations (IIS). 1983-. Monthly, quarterly, annual, and multi-year cumulations. 016.31 IN3 DOCUMENTS. See microfiche collection for most of the IIS publications indexed from 1993 onwards.

    Westfall, Gloria. Guide to Official Publications of Foreign Countries. 1997. Q.011.53 G941 1997 DOCUMENTS and Z7164.G7 G9464 1997 LAW


    INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES

    Africa South of the Sahara. 316 Af8 AFRICANA, REFERENCE
    See statistical section for each country.

    Country Profile, annual and Country Report, quarterly. Online.

    Published by The Economist Intelligence Unit, London.

    UIUC Online Catalog . Check under the name of the country as a subject: [Country]-Statistics.

    Middle East and North Africa. 315.6 M584 AFRICANA, REFERENCE, UNDERGRAD Ref.
    See statistical section for each country.

    Statistical Abstracts. Current volumes in AFRICANA.


    GENERAL

    Note: Locations below are for latest editions; older editions usually in STACKS.

    African Development Indicators. With CD-ROM. Irregular. 330.960021 Af83 BEL

    African Development Report. Q.330.96 Af8322 AFRICANA Published by African Development Bank.

    African Statistical Yearbook. 330.96 UN35S1 Several volumes. AFRICANA

    Published by the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa. Generally at least several years late.

    Morrison, Donald George, et al. Black Africa: A Comparative Handbook. 1989. Q.309.167 B561 1989 AFRICANA, REFERENCE, Stacks
    Good discussion of methodologies, but not up-to-date. Includes 187 tables.

    Notes d'Information et Statistiques. 1965-2003. Monthly. 330.9661 B22N STACKS
    Published by Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest.

    Statistical Yearbook. 310 UN3S DOCUMENTS
    United Nations statistics.

    World Economic Outlook. Semi-annual. 330.904 W893 BEL and Online
    IMF statistics for industrial, oil exporting and non-oil countries; five-year scenarios.


    SOCIAL INDICATORS, DEMOGRAPHY, LABOR, WOMEN

    Demographic Yearbook. UN.ST/ESA/STAT/Ser.R DOCUMENTS and Q.312 D396 REFERENCE
    U.N. statistics on population, births, marriages, divorce, migration, plus a special topic each year.

    Human Development Report 1990-. UNDP/S30 DOCUMENTS, Online

    SIPRI Yearbook of World Armaments and Disarmament 1989/1969-. 341.67 St6 EDUCATION-ARMS Control, STACKS

    Statistical Yearbook. 370 UN3S ACES Ref.
    Unesco statistics on population, education, science and technology, culture and communications.

    Survey of Economic and Social Conditions in Africa. UN.E/ECA/SER.2B STACKS
    Published by the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa.

    World Development Report. Annual. 338.9 W893 ACES Ref, Online
    Much quoted report from the World Bank.

    Wistat: Women's Indicators and Statistics Database CD-ROM. DOCUMENTS

    World Labour Report. Annual. Q.331.1 W8932   BEL
    A statistical annex of 50 tables and 10 graphs presents international data on the structure of the economically active population, income distribution in select countries and the cost of social security.

    World Military and Social Expenditures. 1974-. Annual. 336.39 Si9W REFERENCE, EDUCATION-ARMS CONTROL


    TRADE AND PRODUCTION

    Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook. 382 IN875d a1a BEL

    FAO Production Yearbook. 338.1 P9451 REFERENCE, BEL, ACES Ref. Stats.

    UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics. Annual. UN.TD/82a DOCUMENTS

    International Trade Statistics Yearbook. UN.ST/ESA/STAT/SER.G1 DOCUMENTS
    v.1 by country, v.2 by commodity.

    UNCTAD Commodity Yearbook. UNTD/S5a DOCUMENTS


    HISTORICAL STATISTICS

    African Statistics on Microfiche MFICHE 316 AF83 REFERENCE

    Annual Reports on the Colonies. Published by the Great Britain Colonial Office.

    Index, 1889-1939, MFICHE 325.341 G798A

    Basutoland, 1890-1938, MFICHE 316.861 G798A

    Bechuanaland, 1889-1938, MFICHE 316.81 G7982A

    Gambia, 1890-1938, MFICHE 316.651 G798A

    Gold Coast, 1895-1939, MFICHE 325.342 G792AG

    Kenya, 1904-1938, MFICHE 325.342 G792AK

    Nigeria, 1897-1938, MFICHE 325.342 G792AN

    Northern Rhodesia, 1924-1938, MFICHE 325.342 G792AR

    Nyasaland, 1904-1938, MFICHE 354.689709 G798

    Swaziland, 1906-1938, MFICHE 316.834 G7982A

    Uganda, 1904-1938, MFICHE 316.761 G798A

    Annual Statement of the Trade of the U.K. 1871-1969. 382 G792 STACKS. 1970-1975 382.G7921 STACKS
    Published by the Great Britain Customs and Excise Dept. Statistical Office. Vols. 1 and 3: Summaries of import-export trade; vol. 2: Detailed statistics of trade articles; vol.4: Summaries of trade with individual countries.

    The Commonwealth and the Sterling Area; Statistical Abstract. 1850-1967. 310 G79 STACKS
    Published by the Great Britain Board of Trade. Scattered volumes 1855-1907, 1934, 1957-64, up to 1966-67. Two tables on direction of trade and commodity by country.

    Commonwealth Trade. 1950-1970. 382 C739c ACES
    Tables summarize current import-export data as well as previous four years.

    Current National Statistical Compendium. MFICHE 310 C93 REFERENCE
    Microfiche of the statistical yearbooks of 42 African countries. Individual yearbooks are not separately cataloged.

    Digest of Colonial Statistics, 1952-1962. 325.342 G792d STACKS
    Published by the Great Britain Colonial Office. Value of imports/exports; direction of trade; primary products; industrial production; wholesale commodity prices; cost of living and retail price indexes.

    Report of the Trade and Commercial Prospects in...
    Published by the Great Britain Dept. of Overseas Trade. Title varies.

    British East Africa, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1921-1953, MFICHE 330.9676 G79r; also printed copy, incomplete STACKS

    Nigeria, 1957 330.9669 G79r STACKS

    British West Africa (includes Cameroons,) 1936/37, 1949 330.966 G79r STACKS

    French West Africa (includes Cameroons), 1931-1936 330.966 G79e STACKS

    Hanson, John R. Trade in Transition: Exports from the Third World, 1840-1900. 382.6091724H198t BEL . Appendices include detailed data for specific African countries.

    Mitchell, B. R. Abstract of British Historical Statistics. 1962. 314.2 M69A BEL, REFERENCE
    Covers overseas trade from 1710-1822; official values of trade, selected years 1700-1798; and values at current prices of overseas trade, 1805-1938.

    Mitchell, B. R. International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia and Oceania, 1750-1993. 1998. 315 M69i 1998 REFERENCE, BEL, UNDERGRADUATE


    Al Kagan/Sept. 2007
    University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign 


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