Internet addresses of international data sources used for the publication

 General data

Greenwich Mean Time

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/

United Nations

http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html

International Monetary Fund

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2004/01/data/co.htm

Cloanto.com

http://www.cloanto.com/currencyserver/currencies.html

 Population

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

http://www.unece.org/stats/data.htm

Eurostat NewCronos

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/newcronos/

United Nations Population Division

http://esa.un.org/unup/

UN Population Division, World Population Prospect

http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/

UNECE Gender Statistics Database

http://w3-dev.unece.org/stat/gender.asp

 Families and households

Eurostat NewCronos

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/newcronos/

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) TransMONEE 2003

http://www.unicef.org/research/index.html

The Statistical Yearbook of the Economic Commission for Europe 2003

http://www.unece.org/stats/trends/

United Nation Statistical Division, Demographic and Social Statistics

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

http://hfadb.who.dk/hfa/

 Education

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Statistical Division

http://www.unece.org/stats/data.htm

Eurostat NewCronos

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/newcronos/

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) TransMONEE 2003

http://www.unicef.org/research/index.html

Statistical Yearbook of the Economic Commission for Europe 2003

http://www.unece.org/stats/trends/

 Employment

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Statistical Division

http://www.unece.org/stats/data.htm

Eurostat NewCronos

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/newcronos/

Statistical Yearbook of the Economic Commission for Europe 2003

http://www.unece.org/stats/trends/

International Labour Office LABORSTA, Yearly data

http://laborsta.ilo.org/

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) TransMONEE 2003

http://www.unicef.org/research/index.html

 Economy

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Statistical Division

http://www.unece.org/stats/data.htm

Statistical Yearbook of the Economic Commission for Europe 2003

http://www.unece.org/stats/trends/

International Monetary Fund

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2004/

Index Mundi

http://www.indexmundi.com/g/

The World Bank Group

http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/

 Trade

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Statistical Division

http://www.unece.org/stats/data.htm

The World Bank Group

http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/

United Nations Statistics Division - Comtrade Database

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/comtrade/

 Health

Eurostat NewCronos

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/newcronos/

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

http://hfadb.who.dk/hfa/

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/whr/2004/annex/topic/annex4.xls

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Statistical Division

http://www.unece.org/stats/data.htm

 Transport and tourism

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Transport Division

http://www.unece.org/trans/

Statistical Yearbook of the Economic Commission for Europe 2003

http://www.unece.org/stats/trends/

Eurostat NewCronos

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/newcronos/

United Nation Statistical Division, Demographic and Social Statistics

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/

World Tourism Organization Compendium of Tourism Statistics 1998-2002 (2004 Edition)

 Energy

International Energy Agency

http://www.iea.org/

 Environment

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Greenhouse gases inventory database

http://unfccc.int/program/mis/ghg/submis2004.html

 Communication

International Telecommunication Union

http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/

 Participation

Inter-Parliamentary Union

http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm