Google Public Data – Using in Economics Assignments

Google Public Data has a growing volume of datasets available for wider use and these can often be a good way of introducing some supporting evidence into assignments. The public data sets including those from Euro Stat Data, the OECD Fact Book and the World Bank Development Database. More details in the attached word file.

Google_Public_Data.docx

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