Data base for development analysis Data base for development analysis: An overview
概述了发展分析中常用数据的质量和可比性问题，涵盖宏观经济、人口、贫困与收入分配等数据，并以印度为例进行说明，最后提出改进建议。
The paper provides an overview of the situation with respect to the quality and comparability of data commonly used in development analysis. A section each is devoted to a discussion of macroeconomic (i.e. national income and its components, savings and investment, exports and imports) data, demography (population, life expectancy, fertility and mortality, nutrition and health, labour force, employment and unemployment), poverty and income distribution, validation and cross-checking of data from different sources. The discussion is illustrated with examples, drawn mainly from India. The paper concludes with a set of recommendations for the improvement of data.