Research Guide: Selected African Statistics Resources
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Indexes
Westfall, Gloria. Guide to Official Publications of Foreign Countries. 2nd ed. Bethesda, MD: CIS, 1997. Q. 011.53
G9411997 Main Reference; Z7164.G7 G94641997 Law Reference
Individual Countries
Africa South of the Sahara. London: Europa Publications Ltd., 1971-. 316 Af8, most recent in IAS Africana Reference
Middle East and North Africa. London: Europa Publications, 1964-. 315.6 M584, most recent in IAS Africana
Reference
Statistical Abstracts. Call number varies, most recent in IAS Africana Reference
General
African Development Indicators. New York: United Nations Development Program, 1992-. With CD-ROM.
330.960021 Af83 Business & Economics Reference
African Development Report. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: African Development Bank, 1989-. Q. 330.96 Af8322 IAS Africana
Reference
African Statistical Yearbook. Addis Ababa: Economic Commission for Africa, 1974-. 330.96 Un35s1 IAS Africana
Reference
Morrison, Donald George, Robert Cameron Mitchell, and John Naber Paden. Black Africa: a Comparative Handbook.
2nd ed. New York: Irvington Publishers, Inc., 1989. Q. 309.167 B5611989 IAS Africana Reference
Notes d’Information et Statistiques. Paris: Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, 1965-2003. 330.9661
B22N Main Stacks
Social Indicators, Demography, Labor, Women
Demographic Yearbook. New York: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1948-. UN.ST/ESA/STAT/Ser.R
Government Documents; Q. 312 D396 Main Stacks
Human Development Report. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990-. UN. DP/S30 Main Stacks Govt. Documents
SIPRI Yearbook: World Armaments and Disarmament. New York: Humanities Press, 1972-. 341.67 St6 Education
Reference; UA10 .S572 Law
Trade and Production
Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 1981-2011. 382 In875da1a
Business & Economics Reference, Main Stacks
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Historical Statistics
African Statistics. Microfiche. Zug, Switzerland: Inter Documentation Company AG, 1983-. MFICHE 316 AF83 Main
Reference
Annual Reports on the Colonies. London: Great Britain Colonial Office. Online.
 Index, 1889-1939, MFICHE 325.341 G798A History;
 Basutoland, 1890-1938, MFICHE 316.861 G798A History;
 Bechuanaland, 1889-1938, MFICHE 316.81 G7982A History;
 Gambia, 1890-1938, MFICHE 316.651 G798A History;
 Gold Coast, 1895-1939, MFICHE 325.342 G792AG History;
 Kenya, 1904-1938, MFICHE 325.342 G792AK History;
 Nigeria, 1897-1938, MFICHE 325.342 G792AN History;
 Northern Rhodesia, 1924-1938, MFICHE 325.342 G792AR History;
 Nyasaland, 1904-1938, MFICHE 354.689709 G798 History;
 Swaziland, 1906-1938, MFICHE 316.834 G7982A History;
 Uganda, 1904-1938, MFICHE 316.761 G798A History
Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom. London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1871-1969. Q. 382 G792 Oak
Street; and 1970-1975, 382.G7921 Main Stacks
British East Africa Economic Survey. London: H.M.S.O., 1921-1953. MFICHE 330.9676 G79R History
British West Africa: Economic and Commercial Conditions in the Territories of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and
the Gambia. London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1936/37, 1949. 330.966 G79r Main Stacks
Commonwealth and the Sterling Area. London: H.M.S.O., 1850-1967. Incomplete. 310 G79 Main Stacks
Commonwealth Trade. London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1950-1970. 382 C739C ACES
CIS National Statistical Compendiums. Rockville, MD: Congressional Information Service, 1998-. MFICHE 310 C93
Main Reference
Digest of Colonial Statistics. London: H.M.S.O., 1952-1962. 325.342 G792D Oak Street
Economic Conditions in French West Africa. London. 330.966 G79E Oak Street
Hanson, John R. Trade in Transition: Exports from the Third World, 1840-1900. New York: Academic Press, 1980.
382.6091724 H198T Main Stacks
Mitchell, B.R. Abstract of British Historical Statistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1962, 1976.
314.2M69a Main Reference, Oak Street; 330 C14m v.17 Oak Street;
Mitchell, B.R. International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia and Oceania, 1750-2000. 5th Ed. New York: Palgrave
MacMillan, 2003. Q. 314.M69e 2003 Main Reference, History
Overseas Economic Surveys. London: H.M.S.O. Countries, years, and call numbers vary.
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