Blough-Weis Library: Business Sources: Country Data & News

Databases and Websites

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy. Reports are published in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications.
MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new window
Provides company and industry profiles offering standardized market data and competitive analysis, Base Drivers Database featuring key macro-economic, social, demographic and industry statistics for 215 countries and business news.
Provides company and industry profiles offering standardized market data and competitive analysis, Base Drivers Database featuring key macro-economic, social, demographic and industry statistics for 215 countries and business news.
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online Journals This link opens in a new window
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
Extensive full-text database combining scholarly journals, trade publications, dissertations, working papers, market reports, newspapers, and other sources relevant to research in business and economics. Included databases: ABI/INFORM Collection Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection Asian & European Business Collection Business Market Research Collection Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Business Career & Technical Education Database: Business EconLit Entrepreneurship Database India Database: Business J.P. Morgan Research ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: Business Research Library: Business

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Additional Resources

United Nations Contains some member information but focuses on UN and international issues
World Bank--Data and topic reports, e.g., education in Afghanistan
Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports Country, industry, and risk analysis from The Economist
Economic Report of the President Contains table on international statistics
Statistical Abstract of the United States Includes a section on Foreign Commerce and one on International Statistics
CIA World FactBook Country data including information on geography, people and society, government, economics, military, and transnational issues
Doing Business in... The Doing Business report series includes annual reports going back to 2004, a wide variety of national studies, and a number of special reports dealing with regions or topics. Use the tabs to read report summaries and to download. Additional country and regional reports can be downloaded.
Country Studies-This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998. Each study offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy
Country Risk and Economic Research The Country rating reflects the extent to which a country’s economic, financial, and political outlook influences financial commitments of local companies.
Legal Information institute--section "World Law" has links to individual country's banking laws, sometime monetary policy, etc.
Eldis Eldis is an online information service providing free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues.

Also...

Ka Neng Au, Business Librarian and creator of the International Business LibGuide at Rutgers University, has given permission to link to his guide and the extensive list of sources on International Business that he has compiled

Reference Books

Don't overlook reference books.

REFERENCE BOOKS WITH WEBSITES

Economic Report of the President Ref./HC 106.5 .A272 Contains table on international statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States Ref./HA202 .S8 Includes a section on Foreign Commerce and one on International Statistics (online is available for free from 1879-2012; more recent vols are in the reference collection)