Country Background - ECO 100 - Macroeconomics

Country Overviews

Country Commercial Guides
Free market research reports, from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce

Mergent Online
Contains company and industry research, company data, annual reports and industry reports.

Doing Business
Provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 189 economies and selected cities at the subnational level. Provided by the World Bank.
globalEDGE
International business and trade information on over 200 countries, the 50 U.S. states, as well as nearly two dozen industry sectors, and many of the world’s trade blocs. Created by the International Business Center and the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.

Global Road Warrior
A country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language worldwide. Global Road Warrior consists of 175 Country Guides of 119 topics each.
CIA World Factbook
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

ABI/Inform
Contains articles on business, advertising, marketing, economics and finance.
Business Source Premier
Contains articles about business, marketing, management, accounting, finance and economic, as well as company and industry reports, and country and market research profiles.

IMF World Economic Outlook
Economic forecasts from the International Monetary Fund
World Bank Countries
Economic overviews and feature stories
OECD Economic Surveys
OECD’s periodic reviews of member and non-member economies. Each issue provides a comprehensive analysis of developments in the subject country, along with individual chapters covering key economic challenges being faced and recommendations for dealing with the challenges.
Transparency International
Transparency International has been publishing the Corruption Perceptions Index since 1995.
IMF eLibrary Digital Collection
The International Monetary Fund has made its collection of digital publications available at no cost, as of January 1, 2020. Topics include global and regional economic outlooks, debt, law, infrastructure, and more. Some resources require creating a free account.

The Statesman's Yearbook 2018
Call Number: REF JA51 .S7 2018
Now in its 154th edition, The Statesman's Yearbook continues to be the reference work of choice for political, economic, social and cultural information on every country in the world.
Europa World Year Book 2012
Call Number: REF JN1 .E85 2012
For more than eighty years since its first publication, the Europa World Year Book has been a source of contemporary political and socio-economic analysis for over 250 countries and territories.