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Free Internet Sources
- BBC Country Profiles
History, politics and economic background of countries, territories and key institutions.
Audio and Video clips from BBC archives. - CIA World Fact Book
History, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
- eHRAF World Cultures
Documents and Citations are full text from the TWU Libraries
- Global Edge
Global Insights provides 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.
- IFC Doing Business
Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 185 economies and selected cities at the subnational level.
- International Monetary Fund
IMF reports and publications arranded by country
- Library of Congress Country Studies
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
- NationMaster.com
"allowed users to generate graphs based on numerical data extracted from the Factbook"
"Where Stats Come Alive" - The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development OECD
"promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world"
- U.S. Agency for International Development USAID
Development Experience Clearinghouse Results and Data
- U.S. Department of State
Background Notes/Country Fact Sheets
- UN Data
34 databases - 60 million records
United Nations statistical databases accessible through a single entry point.
Databases, tables and glossaries-Agriculture, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Tourism, Trade, and Millennium Development Goals indicators. - United Nations Converence on Trade and Development UNCTAD Stat
"Data dissemination system with free access to comprehensive statistical time series and indicators essential for the analysis of world trade, investment, international financial flows, and development."
- World Bank
"information about projects under preparation, projects under implementation, analytic and advisory activities, and Board proceedings"
145,000 Documents & Reports in lpdf and OCR format