WTO Tariff & Trade Data
Recently launched, the WTO Tariff & Trade Data is an online platform providing enhanced access to official tariff and trade figures for over 150 economies. The database — currently in its beta version for preliminary release —includes bilateral trade datasets, time series views, and reports on export and import patterns by product and trade partner. […]
2025 Spring Statement resources
UK government background briefing: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10220/Spring Statement Information: https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/spring-statement-2025Forecasts for UK economyOffice of Budget Responsibility- https://obr.uk/ AnalysisIFS analysis: https://ifs.org.uk/collections/spring-statement-2025Institute for Government: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rachel-reeves-spring-statement NIESR: https://niesr.ac.uk/blog/spring-statement-2025-fiscal-rules-growth-pressures-and-policy-choices More links to newspapers and analyses: https://alissresearch.blogspot.com/2025/03/spring-statement-2025.html
Trade Policy Hub
The Trade Policy Hub offers free access to papers and research on core trade and investment policy issues, including public procurement, intellectual property rights, trade and sustainable development, digital trade, digital policies, industrial policy, and economic security. Includes surveys of the impact of Brexit on UK trade.
Trade in non-plastic substitutes
This website tracking international trade in non-plastic substitutes is now available on UN Trade and Development’s Datahub online. Non-plastic substitutes are items manufactured instead of non-renewable plastics and aim to reduce the impact on the environment. Data cover a number of years both global, regionally and by type of product. It also gives export values […]
Illicit Goods Mitigation Portal
A website created by the Universal Postal Union which provides information on the trade in fakes and counterfeit goods, pharmaceuticals and plants. It includes reports on the impact and nature of the trade and toolkits for identifying fakes.
World Revenue Longitudinal Database (WoRLD)
This IMF database tracks government revenue trends in 193 countries since the early 1990s. WoRLD tracks directly 9 key components of tax and non-tax revenues, which together contribute about 82 percent of government revenue globally. Some key insights include enabling users to analyse trends. Data can be downloaded in Excel or Stata format.
Gender pay gap
20th November 2024 is equal pay day, the day on which it is calculated that British women stop being paid compared to men so effectively there is a gap of over 5 weeks wages between male and female pay. The Fawcett society published a report with data which found that almost two-thirds of the gender pay gap would […]
Monitoring and Impact Assessment of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights
A UN online Tool to monitor the negative impact of sanctions imposed on a country on human rights i that country.The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights, Alena Douhan, has launched a tool for monitoring and assessing the humanitarian impact of unilateral coercive measures. Users can look at the map of sanctioning […]
Fair Reward framework
The Fair Reward Framework (FRF) was created by Church of England Pensions Board and Brunel Pension Partnership, in partnership with the High Pay Centre. It enables researchers to cross-compare the pay policies and practices of 65 FTSE 100 companies with the remainder of the index to follow. The assessments cover 30 indicators of fair pay […]
The Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ) Database
An online resource showcasing research of scholars from under-represented backgrounds taking non-mainstream approaches to economics. It contains reading lists and a searchable database of scholars.
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