Countries - Business - SPU Library

Library : Online Resources : Business : Countries


	Background Notes (includes information by country on people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations, U.S. relations, & travel/business; updated & revised as they are received from regional bureaus; U.S. Department of State)
	Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS) (primary resource center for U.S. companies exploring business opportunities in Russia & other Newly Independent States; U.S. Department of Commerce)
	CIA World Factbook
	Country Commercial Guides (2000- ; see Market Research link)
	Country Commercial Guides Index (1996-2001; includes comprehensive data on countries' commercial environments, using economic, political & market analysis; U.S. Department of State--Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs)
	Country Information (includes quick reference information; U.S. Department of Commerce--Trade Information Center)
	Country Studies (area handbook series; Library of Congress--Federal Research Division)
	Economist.com Country Briefings (subset of the Economist Intelligence Unit database, which contains economic & political information on approximately 200 countries)
	globalEDGE: International Business Resource Desk (includes country insights, global resources, market potential indicators, & glossary; Michigan State University)
	InfoNation (includes statistical data for all UN member states; can select up to five countries for comparison; United Nations)
	Market Research (includes access to Country Commercial Guides from 2000- , plus other country & industry information, trade agreements, & trade statistics; some market reports can only be accessed by registering as Student/Researcher; Export.Gov)
	OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (includes economic information by topic & country & has statistics, publications & documents, & news releases)
	Population Reference Bureau DataFinder (includes data on 95 demographic variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions & sub-regions, the world as a whole, the United States as a whole, & the U.S. states; not all countries have data on all variables)
	World Bank Group: Countries & Regions (includes world development resources for over 200 nations & regions on (1) news & events, (2) data & statistics, & (3) publications & reports; the data & statistics information relates to economics, poverty, education, gender equality, mortality, access to health services, & sustainable development)

rev. 10/27/07