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Resources for Country Research
- CIA World FactbookProvides 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 DepartmentCountry information from the U.S. State Department. Focuses on U.S. relations with other countries and travel information and advisories.
- Countries & Economies - The World BankWorld 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.
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowScholarly encyclopedias and reference works on a wide variety of topics: business, ASCD publications in education, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, sciences, and the social sciences. Formerly named Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).
- SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new windowSAGE Knowledge offers subject encyclopedias and reference works, mainly in the social sciences and business management.
- United Nations websiteInformation on the organization and its divisions, programs, and statistics.
- OECD iLibraryCollection 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
- globalEDGEWeb site source for Global Economic and Industry information, from Michigan State University
- Market Potential Index (MPI)globalEDGE emerging market tool.