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  1. What differentiates Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs) from Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)?

    Answer: IGOs are established by agreement between states and have international legal status, often established by international treaty. NGOs are often established by interest groups and have little or no international legal status.

  2. Which IGO plays the lead in setting standards for the quality and integrity of statistics and statistical services?

    Answer: United Nations Statistical Commission

  3. Which organisations have databases available in the UK Data Service international macro data collection?

    Answer:
    United Nations
    International Monetary Fund
    World Bank
    Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
    Eurostat
    International Energy Agency

The University of Manchester; Mimas; ESRC; RDI

Countries and Citizens: Unit 2 Making cross-national comparisons using macro data by Dave Fysh, University of Portsmouth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence.