Country reports & profiles

Country reports: independent and non-governmental resources

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• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Viewpoint: EIU Viewpoint covers the political, policy, business and economic outlook for nearly 200 countries and 26 sectors across six major industries, focusing on dynamics that could impact an organization
• Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO): filter results by Content Type - Country Data and Maps.
• Global Market Information Database (GMID): search Consumer Lifestyle Reports and other related reports by clicking on browse reports or by using the keyword search (see top menu). Examines indicators, choices and factors to compare market conditions around the world.
• Amnesty International: Countries
• World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - search by country, region or minority group
• Peoples Under Threat - online map
• State of the World's Minorities - Annual Reports (2006-2016)

Country reports: international governmental organizations

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• OECDiLibrary: select Country Reports & Tables using go to pull-down menu. This resource includes the full text of all of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications, including periodicals, monographic studies and statistical databases.
  • OECD Economic Surveys: In-depth annual reviews of the economy of each member countries from 1998 onward.
• OECD Online: select Country using go to pull-down menu. Find OECD resources that focus on a particular member country, including Canada. Includes statistics, economic and social data, and researches social changes.
• International Monetary Fund: IMF Country Information: Portal of IMF full-text country reports and publications back to the 1990s arranged by country.
• The World Bank:
  • Countries and Economies: Mainly economic information with some demographic and social statistics.
  • Indicators
  • Doing Business: Objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 190 countries
  • World Bank Open Data: Global development data

Country reports: government resources

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• Energy Information Administration, U.S.: Country Analysis Briefs The EIA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy, provides policy-neutral data, forecasts, and analyses regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.
• Library of Congress, U.S:
  • Country Studies: Electronic versions of detailed studies on 101 nations prepared by the U.S. Department of the Army published from 1986 to 1998. Includes a description and analysis of the historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, foreign policy, and national security of each country.
• U.S. Department of State: U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets: Provides facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty. Includes current Notes and links to previous editions back to 1990.
• U.S. Department of State: Country Reports on Terrorism: Yearly report on the international terrorist threat with country information back to 2004 (information on terrorism for previous years).

Country profiles

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• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Viewpoint: EIU Viewpoint covers the political, policy, business and economic outlook for nearly 200 countries and 26 sectors across six major industries, focusing on dynamics that could impact an organization
• HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated: Contemporary & Historical Documents & Resources: Contains the current constitution of every country in the world in its original language along with at least one English translation. Also includes more than 800 books on constitutions, constitutional history and jurisprudence, and political and economic history.
• BBC News Country Profiles: Information on the history, politics and media of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. Also includes audio and video clips from BBC archives.
• CIA World Factbook: For up-to-date factual and statistical information by country on categories such as communications, government, military, transnational issues. Currently updated every two weeks.
• Electronic Development and Environment Information System (ELDIS): A database of information sources on international development via the web and email. For Country Profiles, information on topics such as agriculture, aid, development, and health.
• PRB Country Profiles: PRB is a U.S. nonpartisan, not-for-profit research organization focused on improving people’s health and well-being through evidence-based policies and practices. Click on Data Center + to access data sheets and the annual world population data sheet, and Indicators.
• The Statesman’s Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World: Annual ebook covering the politics, cultures and economies of all of the countries of the world plus major international organizations.
• Gov.uk - Help and services around the world: Travel advice, priorities/mission, news, documents & publications relating to countries around the world and their foreign relations with Great Britain.

Flags

• World flags: Issued as part of Oxford reference online premium.
• Flags of the World