Business Research Guide

Country Profiles

• Business Source Complete
  Featuring Country Profiles from MarketLine: In-depth PESTLE insights (political, economical, social, technological, legal, environmental). Published yearly. Search the following within Business Source Complete: “Country Name Country Profile”— include quotes. ex. “Argentina Country Profile”. You can also search for Country reviews in the same way (ex: “Argentina Country Review”).
• Britannica Online
  Contains many encyclopedia entries about countries.
• Statista
  Contains many encyclopedia entries about countries.
• Index Mundi
  Compilation of data from CIA World Factbook, IMF and others. Useful historical statistical graphs for such things as inflation rate, commodity prices, etc.
• BBC Country Profiles
  Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
• Library of Congress Country Studies
  The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
• CIA: World Factbook
  Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
• World Bank: Indicators Group
  The World Bank’s Indicators Group produces following major indicator and data sets. Use the links below to access our major data products and the links to the right to access other related resources.  See World Development Indicators.
• Export.gov (U.S. Commercial Service)
  Includes: Country Commercial Guides, Market Intelligence,  & more.
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  Country information and economic statistics.  See OECDiLibrary.
• UNESCO Institute of Statistics
  The primary source for cross-nationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.
• Governments on the WWW
  Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 17000 entries from more than 220 countries and territories as of June 2002.
• U.S. Department of State: Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
  Includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states.
• International Monetary Fund Country Information
  An organization of 189 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation.