LibraryGuides: Country Information: Business & Statistics

Country Information

Business Source Complete
Select "Country Reports" (at right). Includes overviews, economic studies, and marketing reports for countries A to Z.

Doing Business
"Provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies."
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
GLIN: Global Legal Information Network
Official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations.
http://www.glin.gov
Human Development Reports
Includes the Human Development Index (HDI) measuring health, education, and standard of living by country. Also available in print.
http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/
IMF eLibrary
Database of economic statistics produced by the International Monetary Fund, with annual data on banking and trade for countries and the world.
International Monetary Fund Yearbooks
- Annual statistics by country, in hard copy:
- Balance of Payments Statistics, Reference HG 3882 .B34 (year)
- Direction of Trade Statistics, Reference HF 91 .I65 (year)
- Government Finance Statistics, Reference HJ 101 .G68 (year)
- International Financial Statistics, Reference HG 61 .I57 (year)
International Trade Statistics Yearbook
United Nations trade by country and trade by commodity (1992-present). Previous years in Reference Storage: HF 55.U5 Y4 (1952-82, incomplete) and HF 55.U5 I58 (1983-91).

Mergent Market Atlas

This resource offers details on company financials, ratios, business segments, descriptions, sustainability, officers and directors. Users will have access to a multitude of company, industry, index, ESG and economic data views and reports.
OECD iLibrary

An online library of statistical databases, books, and periodicals from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development) about various topics, including education; energy; finance and investment; science and technology; social issues; urban, rural and regional development; transport; and more.

UNdata
Statistical information from U.N. member states on a range of economic and societal topics, as well as Millennium Development Goals indicators.
World Development Indicators (The World Bank)
World Bank statistics for developing nations on health, education, welfare, natural resources, and economic growth, with 10-20 years of comparative data, plus Global Development Finance.