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Resources for Country Research
- CIA World Factbook
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Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for countries around the world. - Countries and Areas - U.S. State Department
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Country information from the U.S. State Department. Focuses on U.S. relations with other countries and travel information and advisories. - Countries & Economies - The World Bank
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World Bank (WB) information organized by country. For each country it includes a country profile, data and statistics, WB publications, and descriptions of WB initiatives and projects. - World Development IndicatorsThe World Bank's primary set of economic development indicators. Topics include poverty, rural population, gender, unemployment, and many more.
- Statistical Abstracts of the World This link opens in a new windowCollection of the statistics from many countries, generally issued by the national statistical offices of foreign governments. Global and regional statistical compendia issued by international organizations are included.
- OECD iLibrary
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Collection of reports available by country and development theme from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. - OECD StatExtractsStatistics resource from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Use the navigation on the left hand side of page to choose statistics and country information
- globalEDGE
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Web site source for Global Economic and Industry information, from Michigan State University - Market Potential Index (MPI)globalEDGE emerging market tool.