LibGuides: Economics: Country Information

Library Databases for Country Information

Country Report (EIU) This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business, Economics, International Relations
Description: Research database containing country-specific intelligence and data. Includes up-to-date demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information for each country.
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Statistics / Datasets; Country Reports
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: Economics, Business, Sociology
Description: Data collection from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development containing statistical databases, books, and periodicals published by OECD. Provides comparable statistics, economic, and social data by country.
Contents: E-books; Statistics / Datasets
Passport by Euromonitor International This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business, Economics
Description: Research database from Euromonitor containing global market information. Includes industry, economic, and consumer statistics and analysis by country.
Contents: Company Reports; Industry Reports; Statistics / Datasets; Consumer Reports; Country Reports
Statista This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business
Description: An online portal providing data on the global digital economy, industrial sectors, consumer markets, public opinion, media, demography, and macroeconomic trends. Geographic coverage within this dataset is worldwide, with particular emphasis on the United States, China, and European Union countries.
Contents: Company Reports; Financials; Industry Ratios; Industry Reports; Statistics/Datasets
Stratfor This link opens in a new window
Subjects: MANY
Description: Research database from containing up-to-date geopolitical analysis.
Contents: Country Reports, Country Forecasts, News

Online Resources for Country Information

CIA World Factbook
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, and transportation for 267 world entities.
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECLAC is a United Nations regional commission to encourage economic cooperation.
Index of Economic Freedom
The Index covers 12 freedoms—from property rights to financial freedom—in 184 countries.
Inter-American Development Bank
IDB is an international development finance institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., and serving as one of the leading sources of development financing for independent countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
International Monetary Fund: Country Information
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 190 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
Investment Country Profiles (UNCTAD)
Foreign direct investment statistics.
World Bank - Where We Work
The World Bank Group works in more than 170 countries, working with partners in the public and private sectors in their efforts to end poverty and tackle some of the most pressing development challenges.
World Trade Organization
International body that advocates for liberalization of trade regulations and provides a forum for negotiating trade agreements & settling trade disputes.