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Apart from surveys, Freedom house obtains data from CIA Factbook, United Nations Development Program Human Development Report, The World Almanac and Book of Facts. The political rights and civil liberties categories contain numerical ratings between 1 and 7 for each country or territory rated, with 1 representing the most free and 7 the least free. Each country report is divided into two parts: an overview and an analysis of political rights and civil liberties. While the overview provides a brief historical background and a description of major recent events, the political rights and civil liberties section summarizes each country or territory’s degree of respect for the rights and liberties.
Apart from surveys, Freedom house obtains data from CIA Factbook, United Nations Development Program Human Development Report, The World Almanac and Book of Facts. The political rights and civil liberties categories contain numerical ratings between 1 and 7 for each country or territory rated, with 1 representing the most free and 7 the least free. Each country report is divided into two parts: an overview and an analysis of political rights and civil liberties. While the overview provides a brief historical background and a description of major recent events, the political rights and civil liberties section summarizes each country or territory’s degree of respect for the rights and liberties.


 
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'''Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP Database, Release 7)'''
 
The Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP), established in 1992, is devoted to developing a global database for bilateral trade patterns, production, consumption, and intermediate use of commodities and services. The database is updated on a bi-annual cycle and detailed information on data, methodology of estimation, and sources of data are available at [http://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/ www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu].   The GTAP database has become a standard, perhaps the standard source of information on intersectoral flows and intercountry trade of a large number of research projects.
 
Researchers throughout the world use this database for analyzing the impact of: global trade liberalization under a future WTO round, regional trade agreements, economic consequences of attempts to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions via carbon taxes, and domestic impacts of economic shocks in other regions.
 
GTAP has released seven versions since 1993. The most recent GTAP database, version 7, contains input output matrices for 113 countries and regions covering 57 sectors. This version successfully added 25 new regions, new trade and protection data, and improved data on bilateral services trade energy. The Center for Global Trade Analysis and the GTAP Network,  consisting of individuals, agencies, and institutions from around the world, have developed the GTAP database.  IFs is currently using Release 7 which covers 113 countries.

Revision as of 19:52, 5 April 2016

Freedom in the World is an institutional effort by Freedom House to monitor the progress of political rights and civil liberties.  It emerged in 1955. The official website of Freedom House is http://www.freedomhouse.org/.

The Freedom in the World 2008 survey contains reports on 192 countries and 15 related and disputed territories. Each country report begins with a section containing basic political, economic, and social data arranged in the following categories: polity, economy, population, purchasing power parities (PPP), life expectancy, religious groups, ethnic groups, capital, political rights, civil liberties, and status (free, partly free, or not free).   Freedom House has been publishing annual yearbook since 1978.

Since 1989, Freedom House has been conducting surveys and gathering information from a wide range of sources, including many human rights activists, journalists, and political figures around the world. The survey team also consults a large array of published materials, ranging from the reports of other human rights organizations to regional newspapers and journals.

Apart from surveys, Freedom house obtains data from CIA Factbook, United Nations Development Program Human Development Report, The World Almanac and Book of Facts. The political rights and civil liberties categories contain numerical ratings between 1 and 7 for each country or territory rated, with 1 representing the most free and 7 the least free. Each country report is divided into two parts: an overview and an analysis of political rights and civil liberties. While the overview provides a brief historical background and a description of major recent events, the political rights and civil liberties section summarizes each country or territory’s degree of respect for the rights and liberties.

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