The CSLS is a government-funded Canadian agency which looks at issues relating to living standards. At its website there are articles and data prepared by some of Canada's best-known economists on a variety of topics relating to economic growth. (
http://www.csls.ca
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Part of the Strategis site provided by the federal government department Industry Canada, this includes a series of articles on Canadian productivity issues. (
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/pr00006e.html
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For information on world poverty, this site provides a summary of the United Nations Development Programme's most recent poverty report. (
http://www.undp.org/povertyreport/
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Up-to-date statistics on international indicators of living standards can be found in the sample online tables from this site, the most recent instalment of an annual World Bank publication. (
http://www.worldbank.org/data/
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