The USAID Center for Development Information and Evaluation (CDIE) Economic and Social Data Service project provided a wide range of analytic and technical support services to maintain the Economic and Social Data Base (ESDB) and to sustain ESDS and its corollary work with USAID central and regional Bureaus, and field Missions.DevTech ESDS economists utilized the latest computer software applications and statistical research techniques to access, exchange, and manipulate large international databases.ESDS analysts provided demand-driven, analytical services (quantitative research, methodology development, econometric modeling, macroeconomic policy analysis, special socioeconomic studies, and performance monitoring and evaluation efforts) to USAID regional Bureaus.Further, the ESDS staff provided economic and social data measures and inputs that track country development trends; provided technical support for special Mission projects and initiatives; and served as the Agency focal point for coordinating and harmonizing socioeconomic data from a wide range of sources.
Related Publications:
- 1997 Latin America and the Caribbean selected economic and social data
- 1998 United States merchandise trade with developing countries
- 1998 Latin America and the Caribbean selected economic and social data
- Economic and Social data Service Annual Performance Report (Oct 1999-Sept 2000)
- United States merchandise trade with the developing world : sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, New Independent States, Near East
- United States merchandise trade with developing countries
- Measurement of poverty, welfare, and distribution : basic issues
- UNDP's (United Nations Development Program) human development index : a user's guide
- 1997 United States merchandise trade with developing countries
- Briefing book on corruption : with a focus on the NIS [New Independent States] region
- Global education database (GED) : [1999 edition] -- user's guide
- 1999 Latin America and the Caribbean selected economic and social data
- Relationship between financial development and the legal tradition of a country : potential guidelines for USAID programs
- Economic and social data service annual performance report
- Global education database (GED) 2000 : user's guide
- Report on economic and social growth : 'Mack report' 1999
- Measuring food affordability
- Agribusiness as an engine of growth in developing countries
- Measurement of poverty, welfare, and distribution : basic issues
- Relationship between financial development and the legal tradition of a country : potential guidelines for USAID programs