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The ADIMA dataset includes 500 of the world's largest multinational enteprises (MNE), providing information such as where MNEs are located, how they operate, and where they pay taxes. The data is broken down according to four components: 1) a physical register offering a comprehensive view of each MNE and its subsidiaries, 2) a digital register showing all websites belonging to each MNE, 3) indicators providing harmonized data the global level, and 4) monitoring data identifying events like large company restructurings that can give early warnings of potential significant impacts on trade, GDP and FDI data.

The AMNE database presents detailed data on the activities of foreign affiliates in OECD countries (inward and outward activity of multinationals). The data indicate the increasing importance of foreign affiliates in the economies of host countries, particularly in production, employment, value added, research and development, labor compensation, exports. AMNE contains 17 variables* broken down by country of origin (inward investment) or location (outward investment) and by industrial sector for a large number of OECD countries. AMNE is based on data reported to OECD and Eurostat in the framework of annual surveys on the activities of foreign-controlled enterprises and foreign affiliates abroad controlled by residents of the compiling country (2005 - 2016).
*The 17 variables include: Number of enterprises, Number of persons employed, Turnover, Number of employees, Production, Value added at factor cost, Personnel costs, Gross investment in tangible goods, Gross operating surplus, Exports of goods and services, Imports of goods and services, Intra-firm exports of goods and services, Intra-firm imports of goods and services, Total intramural R&D expenditure, Total number of R&D personnel, Technological payments (inward only), Technological receipts (inward only).

The Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC) is an online data visualization and distribution platform focused on the geography and dynamics of economic activities. The OEC data is predicated on both an Economic Complexity Index (ECI) and a Product Complexity Index (PCI). The ECI predicts important macroeconomic outcomes, including a country's level of income, economic growth, income inequality, and greenhouse gas emissions. It has also been estimated using diverse data sources, such as trade data, employment data, stock market data, and patent data. The PCI measures the complexity required to produce a product or engage in an economic activity.

The IMF's Climate Change Dashboard has multiple cross-border indicators that explore CO2 emissions related to production in one country and determine how much CO2 emissions are used to satisfy demand at home and abroad. It takes into account decisions made by multinational companies on where they locate their operations. These indicators include 1) CO2 emissions embodied in trade, 2) trade in environmental goods, 3) trade in low carbon technology products, and 4) several factors related to emissions resulting from direct investment.

ITU's World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database is the main source of global, and internationally comparable, telecommunication/ICT statistics. It includes time series for more than 140 indicators and around 200 economies. The data are collected directly from telecommunication regulatory agencies and/or ministries and national statistical offices by means of an annual questionnaire, and subsequently verified, harmonized and complemented by ITU. The statistics are used to track and benchmark the information society, to monitor the digital divide and to identify market potential and investment opportunities. Statistics available include fixed-telephone subscriptions, mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions, and percentage of individuals using the internet.