The country studies in this report contain child labor, education, and country
expenditure data from a variety of sources. Statistics from the following tables
come from sources compiled by agencies that have made some efforts to standardize
the data by employing different methodological techniques. Social, demographic,
and economic indicators are from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators
2000 , United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)’s Education for All: Year 2000 Assessment , and the U.S. Census
Bureau’s International Data Base (IDB). Data from these sources are not entirely
comparable and readers are asked to use caution when comparing figures from
more than one source, as well as comparing data across countries. Different
data collection and estimation procedures may affect the accuracy of estimates
and comparability of data. The following is a list of the tables presented in
this appendix.
A. Data Sources
Listed below are the main sources of data referenced in these tables. Most
of the data compiled from these sources are from official government census
or household surveys.
1. World Development Indicators
The World Development Indicators 2000 (WDI 2000) is an annual compilation
by the World Bank on development data gathered from several international and
government agencies and private nongovernmental organizations around the world.
The WDI 2000 includes 800 indicators on topics in six areas: world view, people,
environment, economy, states and markets, and global links. There are 85 tables
covering the six categories with basic indicators on 224 countries. Labor force,
education, and expenditure data for the period of 1995-98 were extracted from
the World Development Indicators 2000 CD-ROM, and referenced in this
report.
For more information on the WDI, contact:
Development Data Center
The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW, Room MC2-812
Washington, DC 20433
Phone: (800)590-1906 or (202)473-7824
E-mail: info@worldbank.org
Website: www.worldbank.org/data
2. Education for All 2000 Assessment
The Education for All: Year 2000 Assessment statistical document is
a collection of quantitative data based on an in-depth evaluation of basic education
at global, regional, and national levels gathered by the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Data is available for 185 countries. Indicators exam- ined in this assessment
include the demand for education, early childhood education and care, access
and trends to primary education, public expenditure on primary education, teacher
qualifi- cations, and literacy rates.
For more information on EFA, contact:
EFA Forum Secretariat
7, Place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP, France
E-mail: efa@unesco.org
Internet website: www.education.unesco.org/efa
3. International Data Base
The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized databank maintained by
the U.S. Census Bureau’s International Program Center (IPC). The IDB contains
demographic and socio- economic statistics for 227 countries and areas of the
world that include variables on population by age and sex, vital rates, infant
mortality, life tables, fertility and child survivorship, migration, marital
status, family planning, ethnicity, religion, language, literacy, labor force,
employment, income, and other household characteristics. The IDB compiles data
from estimates and projec- tions by the U.S. Census Bureau, National Statistics
Offices, and specialized agencies of the United Nations such as the International
Labor Organization (ILO); the United Nations Educa- tional, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and the World Health Organization. Statistics
for this report used from the IDB were mainly population data for children by
age and sex.
For more information on the IDB, contact:
International Programs Center U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, D.C. 20233-8860
Phone: (301) 457-1403
E-mail: idb@census.gov
Website: www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html






















