MKT 3933: International Marketing

The International Labor Comparisons (ILC) program adjusts data to a common conceptual framework because direct comparisons of national statistics across countries can be misleading due to differing concepts and methods. ILC data are used to assess U.S. economic and labor market performance relative to that of other countries and to evaluate the competitive position of the United States in increasingly global markets.

This specialized agency of the United Nations offers several resources including ILOSTAT, the new database of labour statistics, and NORMLEX, the database on International Labour Standards.

The mission of the OECD is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. The OECD works with governments to understand what drives economic, social and environmental change, measures productivity and global flows of trade and investment, and analyses and compares data to predict future trends.

A data access system to UN databases where users can search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system. Useful features like Country Profiles, Advanced Search and Glossaries are provided to aid research. The numerous databases, tables and glossaries contain over 60 million data points and cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators.