The data are important, core structural inputs to a broad range of global economic policy models and related applications: studies of climate change and resource use (including studies feeding into the IPCC process); regional economic integration; and the effects of globalization. For this reason, the consortium membership (those contributing to the database) includes prominent global governance and policy research institutions like the World Bank, European Commission, World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The data are crucial, fundamental structural inputs to a wide variety of global economic policy models and related applications: studies concerning climate change and resource use (including those contributing to the IPCC process); regional economic integration; and the impacts of globalization. Due to their significance, consortium membership (those contributing to the database) comprises leading global governance and policy research institutions such as the World Bank, European Commission, World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.