BUS 346 Country Research (Vora)

From the US State Department. Facts sheets by country that focus on US relations with the country and other diplomatic issues. These brief reports includes US embassies and ambassadors, US economic assistance programs, and participation in treaties and international organizations. Provide extensive links to other government reports and data about the country.

"a community built guide to cross-cultural etiquette & understanding" with detailed guides for individual countries.

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide. Ratings are Full Democracies, Flawed Democracies, Hybrid Regimes or Authoritarian Regimes.

From the Fraser Institute. Contains Country Data Tables & reports on World economic freedom, investment & growth.

Their annual Freedom in the World report assesses the state of freedom in various countries.

Extremely useful portal offering the history, government, economy, statistics, and corporations of individual countries. Links to key Internet resources and articles about the country. Also check out the Global Resource Directory for links to multiple country sources for statistics, trade, ranking, etc.

Index of economic freedom from the Heritage Foundation. Search by country name for a detailed report.

IMF Staff Country Reports provide detailed economic and financial information for individual countries. These reports are now available online going back to 1997.

The Guides to Doing Business are prepared by Lex Mundi's member firms and provide a comprehensive overview of the legal and business environments in more than 100 jurisdictions worldwide. They can serve as a useful resource tool when planning an international business strategy or researching a new business market. [from LexMundi website]

From the web site: "The Doing Business database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement."

The World Factbook contains overview information about every country and/or territory in the world. Statistics and information on government, economy, communications, transnational issues, and more, are updated every two weeks.

Comprare Hofstede scores for 6 dimensions for different countries.

View short videos discussing each dimension.

International energy information, including overviews, rankings, data, and analyses.

Data about EU member countries, candidate countries, and the EFTA. Statistics from 9 "themes" including general/regional, economy/finance, population/social conditions, industry/trade, agriculture/fisheries, external trade, transport, environment/energy, and science/technology.

Food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent global health research center at the University of Washington. The Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) is a data catalog and is keyword searchable. Provides country profiles.

An open platform for sharing humanitarian data across crises and organizations. Managed by the Centre for Humanitarian Data at OCHA, part of the United Nations Secretariat.

The world's leading source on labor statistics. Provides yearly data on topics like total and economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labor cost, consumer price indices, occupational injuries, and strikes and walkouts. Includes household income and expenditures.

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) eLibrary provides direct, online access to the IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and statistical tools.

International energy data, including coal, electricity, natural gas, oil, renewables, carbon dioxide emissions, energy prices and taxes, energy technology research, and global energy balances and forecasts.

World and regional statistics, national data, maps, and rankings. Includes country profiles.

The KOF Globalisation Index measures the economic, social and political dimensions of globalisation.

This collection from the Ivy Plus Libraries aims to preserve country statistical office and central bank websites that often contain ephemeral statistical data on topics such as economic conditions, population, education, housing, environmental conditions, transportation, health, social services, vital statistics, and more.

OECD provides comparable statistics, and economic and social data of member nations. As well as collecting data, OECD monitors trends, analyses and forecasts economic developments and researches social changes or evolving patterns in trade and environment.

Includes links to international statistical agencies and national statistical agencies of other countries

UNdata brings together data from many different sources into a single search interface. Among the main data sources are the UN Statistics Division's own databases in merchandise trade, national accounts, demography, energy, status of women and industrial commodities production; and statistics from the Population Division, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Project Link, FAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, OECD, UNESCO, WHO, WIPO, World Bank and World Tourism Organization, among others.

Statistics from around the world on topics such as literacy, science, education, etc. From a branch of the United Nations.

Statistical information from core UNICEF studies, as well as the data (& datasets) from its supported Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS); a major source of global development data.

Free and open access to global development data

World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.

The International Data Base (IDB) was developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to provide access to accurate and timely demographic measures for populations around the world. The database includes a comprehensive set of indicators, as produced by the U.S. Census Bureau since the 1960s. The IDB provides estimates and projections for 228 countries and areas which have populations of 5,000 or more and as recognized by the U.S. Department of State.

The NationMaster database is a collection of world statistics. Search by category or country to see rankings in over 5000 categories. See which country has the most soldiers or is the most generous or drinks the most bottled water.

Global demographics by country, as well as education, income, health, housing, and labor data.

Data from the UN's refugee agency on populations of concern, displacement and resettlement rates, etc

This web site is a portal for a variety of UN statistics and publications, including the Demographic Yearbook.

The official website of the WTO includes news, legal documents, statistics, and information about the members of the organization.

- Statistics Database: Interactive access to the most up-to-date WTO trade statistics
- International Trade Statistics: Annual publication

Select country and commodity,.

Global trade statistics by product and trading partner are aggregated annually and monthly. Around 200 countries are covered.

UN Conference on Trade & Development statistics on international trade, economic trends, FDI, and more. Statistics here are represented by country groupings such as developmental status, monetary unions, trade agreements, etc. Drill down to the country level.

Statistics on flows, stocks, greenfield projects, and M&A by destination, industry sector, and investor/recipient country. Country Fact Sheets include FDI data plus report on the legal framework within each country/economy, including legislation relating to bilateral treaties that govern national investment policy.

Links to UN bodies dealing with international trade, including the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UN Environment Programme, and International Trade Centre.

Produced by the member law firms of Lexwork International, this Compendium provides trade law summaries for over 30 jurisdictions prepared by law firms located there. Includes most significant US trading partners. An excellent resource for companies intending to do business in foreign countries and some US states.

GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law.

The USTR negotiates directly with foreign governments to create trade agreements, resolve disputes and participate in global trade policy organizations. Website includes trade agreements and information on trade in different world regions and sectors.

The U.S. International Trade Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that promotes U.S. exports of nonagricultural U.S. services and goods. The mission of the Administration is to (1) provide information and support to help Americans select markets and products; (2) enforce U.S. trade laws and agreements; and (3) safeguard Americans from unfair competition. It is headed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and consists of four business units: U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Manufacturing and Services, Market Access and Compliance, and Import Administration.

Use this tool to retrieve economic, political, trade, and consumer profiles, plus product distribution information, for 169 countries.
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To use: enter a country name in the Country Information search box, select the country name that appears, click OK, then select the content you wish to view.

Export resources to assist US business in participating in the growing global marketplace.

Using World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) software, you can access data on international merchandise trade, tariffs, and non-tariff measures (NTMs). Exports, imports, tariffs, and relevant development data can be found in the Country profile section.

The Direction of Trade Statistics shows current figures for import and export values, and which country is the seller or recipient of those trades.

The International trade Centre (ITC) is a joint technical cooperation agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Trade Organization. The ITC website provides information by country, including trade and market profiles, trade statistics, and links to national trade support institutions and country-specific business information. It also offers access to online tools and market research and trade analysis.

Data on 220 countries from 2001 onward.

Provides daily rates going back to 1971.

The Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions has been published by the IMF since 1950. It draws on information available to the IMF from a number of sources, including that provided in the course of official staff visits to member countries, and has been prepared in close consultation with national authorities.

Since 1998, the staff of the International Monetary Fund has published a classification of countries' de facto exchange rate arrangements.

This site provides historical rates by year. It was developed by two economics professors.

AM Best is a full-service credit rating organization serving the insurance industry. Select country to download reports.

Coface is a French insurance company that provides useful information. View a country's current (and previous) credit risk assessments, and risk assessments internationally for specific industry sectors. Search by country and sector. Be sure to investigate their "business climate" ratings and explanations of methodology.

See their Global Corruption Report and other indices of corruption.

From the World Development Indicators, The World Bank

From the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation from the University of Washington.

Data visualization tool providing a snapshot of the SDG Agenda in specific countries.

Provides access to data on more than 210 SDG indicators for countries across the globe by indicator, country, region, or time period

Data from the global SDG Indicators database. Data can be browsed by individual sustainable development goals.

Aggregates at the country level. Based on 17 key sustainability criteria drawn from multiple World Bank databases and external data providers, it provides a collection of indicators for sustainable investment analysis.

Portal to international and regional data on many aspects of the environment including freshwater, population, forests, emissions, climate, disasters, health and GDP.