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Country Study Information SourceKing Yik

(all links work as of Nov 15, 2013)

The following is a list of useful websites to locate country information

!ree sites

"ou can #oogle or use $iki%e&ia' owever, you nee& to &ouble check on the accuracyof the information available there' The following are free information that is reliable'

1' #lobal *nsights at global+ #+ (-enter for *nternational .usiness +&ucation, /ichigantate niversity)

htt% globale&ge'msu'e&u #lobal *nsights by country

2' .ackgroun& Notes by the tate e%artment

htt% www'state'gov r %a ei bgn

3' oing .usiness *n 4 -ountry -ommercial #ui&e for ' ' -om%anies6 series

These -ountry -ommercial #ui&es can be locate& through the /arket 7esearch 8ibrary by the ' ' -ommercial ervice at

htt% www'buyusainfo'net a&search'cfm9search:ty%e;int


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-ountry %rofiles %ro&uce& by the !e&eral 7esearch ivision of the 8ibrary of -ongresscan be foun& at

htt% lcweb2'loc'gov fr& cs %rofiles'html

ome of these %rofiles are more u%&ate than others' The newest one is ug 200@ an& theol&est one is ec 200?'

-ountry stu&ies, in more &e%th than the country %rofiles, can be foun& here

htt% lcweb2'loc'gov fr& cs cshome'html

Note that the information in the country stu&ies is Auite out of &ate' *n %articular, in thefollowing %agehtt% lcweb2'loc'gov fr& cs about'html it says,

Note on Timelinesstu&ies inclu&e& here were %ublishe& between 1B@@ an& 1BB@' *nformation on somecountries may no longer be u% to &ate' ee the C7esearch -om%lete&C &ate at the

beginning of each stu&y or the C ata as ofC &ate at the en& of each section of te=t'6

D' -* $orl& !actbook

htt%s www'cia'gov library %ublications the worl& factbook in&e='html

elect a country or region from the &ro% &own menu near the to% of the %age'

The -* $orl& !actbook has two very convenient features' !or each category within acountry, there is a fiel& listing icon ( ) for you to click to see information about thesame category for all countries in al%habetical or&er' *n a&&ition, for some categories,there is also a country com%arison to the worl&6 feature showing country ranking by thatcategory' !or e=am%le, look u% a country that interests you' The country %age isorganiEe& by sections' n&er the +conomy section, look for ebt F e=ternal' That givesyou the amount of e=ternal &ebt for that country' To see the same information for othercountries, click on ' To see a ranking of countries by the amount of e=ternal &ebt, click on the number ne=t to country com%arison to the worl&6'

G' -entral .anks

8ist of central banks can be foun& here

htt% en'wiki%e&ia'org wiki 8ist:of:central:banks
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.htmlhttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.htmlhttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/about.htmlhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_central_bankshttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.htmlhttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.htmlhttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/about.htmlhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_central_banks


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Country information available through Business Source Complete:

The * library has subscri%tion to a &atabase calle& .usiness ource -om%lete via+. -Hhost' ome of the information available there is %ro%rietary an& reAuires asubscri%tion fee' owever, it is freely available to * stu&ents' se the following link to

go to the libraryIs 7esource by ubJect %age

htt% www'isu'e&u library research subJecthtt% search'e%net'com login'as%=9&irect;true< uthTy%e;i%,url,ui&


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the left search bo= in the thir& row' -lick on the &own arrow in the thir& row an& select Hource' ' -lick the search button' atamonitor ha& been acAuire& by /arket8ine' o re%eat theabove search ste%s by re%lacing &atamonitor by /arket8ine'

3' +* %ublishes a country %rofile for about @0 countries once a year' ccor&ing to the+* website, The -ountry >rofile %ro&uct was &iscontinue& in 200B, at which time the&ata it containe& was incor%orate& into the -ountry 7e%ort %ro&uct'6

+* Is country %rofiles are available in full te=t > ! format through .usiness ource-om%lete' owever, * &o not think every country %rofile %ublishe& by +* is inclu&e& in.usiness ource -om%lete' "ou can see the country %rofiles inclu&e& in .usiness ource-om%lete by &oing the following search' Hn the o%ening %age of .usiness ource -om%leteclick on &vance& earch at the to% of the screen' Ty%e (country %rofile) with the %arenthesis intothe left search bo= in the first row' -lick on the &own arrow in the first row an& select H ource'Ty%e (basic &ata) with the %arenthesis into the left search bo= in the secon& row' -lick the &ownarrow in the secon& row an& select T* T*T8+' *n the 8imit your results6 section on the left of thescreen, check the full te=t bo=' croll back u% to click the search button' This will bring u% many

results' +ach entry will have .asic &ata highlighte& in blue' !in& the entry that corres%on&s to thecountry you want to write on' -lick on .asic &ata' This will bring u% information about thecountry %rofile of the chosen country' -lick on -ountry >rofile (highlighte& in blue) un&er ourcenear the to% of the screen' Hn the right of the screen you will see all issues of country %rofile forthe chosen country' -lick on the latest year to see the country %rofile' Note that for somecountries an& for some years, the country %rofile &oes not come in one file' .usiness ource-om%lete breaks the country %rofile into sections'

?' +* %ublishes a country re%ort for about 200 countries once a monthly' These country re%ortscover more countries than the country %rofiles an& they are %ublishe& more freAuently' owever,each country re%ort is not as in &e%th as a country %rofile' "ou can see the list of current countryre%orts at the +* website

htt% country'eiu'com ll-ountries'as%=

+* Is country re%orts are available through .usiness ource -om%lete with a D month&elay' owever, * &o not think every country re%ort %ublishe& by +* is inclu&e& in.usiness ource -om%lete' "ou can see the country re%orts inclu&e& in .usiness ource-om%lete by &oing the following search' Hn the o%ening %age of .usiness ource -om%leteclick on &vance& earch at the to% of the screen' Ty%e (country re%ort) with the %arenthesis intothe left search bo= in the first row' -lick on the &own arrow in the first row an& select H ource'Ty%e glance6 without the Auotes into the left search bo= in the secon& row' -lick the &own arrowin the secon& row an& select T* T*T8+' *n the >ublishe& ate bo=, enter 200? to 200?' croll

back u% to click the search button' This will bring u% a list of results' +ach entry will have-ountry name at a glance6 highlighte& in blue' !in& the entry that corres%on&s to the countryyou want to write on' ("ou can &o this by %erforming a 7efine earch') -lick on country nameat a glance6' This will bring u% information about the country %rofile of the chosen country' -lick on -ountry >rofile (highlighte& in blue) un&er ource near the to% of the screen' Hn the right ofthe screen you will see all issues of country re%ort for the chosen country' -lick on the latest yearto see the country %rofile' Note that for some countries an& for some years, the country re%ort&oes not come in one file' .usiness ource -om%lete breaks the country re%ort into sections'
http://country.eiu.com/AllCountries.aspxhttp://country.eiu.com/AllCountries.aspx


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Note also that since the +* country re%orts are available with a D month &elay through .usinessource -om%lete, some of the most recent re%orts are not available in full te=t'

5' The *-HN #rou% ( www'icongrou%online'com ) %erio&ically %ublishes a series title& 4+conomic tu&ies6, also known as +=ecutive 7e%ort on trategies in 46, where 4 is thename of a country' The series covers about 1B1 countries' Hn the o%ening %age of .usinessource -om%lete click on &vance& earch at the to% of the screen', Ty%e (economic stu&ies)with the %arenthesis into the left search bo= in the first row' -lick on the &own arrow in the firstrow an& select H ource' Ty%e (icon grou%) with the %arenthesis into the left search bo= in thesecon& row' -lick the &own arrow in the secon& row an& select T4 ll Te=t' +ach re%ort has asection on human resource assessment 6 an& cultural and demographic risk 6' Thesere%orts are inclu&e& in .usiness 7esource -om%lete'

/ore recently The *-HN #rou% also %ro&uces a series of country economiccom%etitiveness re%ort for a number of countries' 7e%eat the above search in .usinessource -om%lete with (economic stu&ies) re%lace& by (economic com%etitiveness)'

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The following information about resources available through 7e& 7iver -ollege is nolonger vali&' *t will be u%&ate& if the links are fi=e&'

The 7e& 7iver -ollege of -ana&a has an e=tremely useful library web site that will takeyou &irectly to the country information available through .usiness ource +lite' Thea&&ress is

htt% library'rrc'ca subJectgui&es internationalmkt %age:01'htm

#o to the above %age' -lick on a country' *t will show you a list of country an& in&ustryinformation available from .usiness ource +lite' *t is really convenient' $hen you clickto see a &ocument, it will ask you for 7e& 7iver -ollege ser * an& %asswor& so youcannot use it' owever, you can co%y an& %aste' !or e=am%le, !rom the 7e& 7iver linkabove, you fin& that there is a &ocument calle& .raEil +conomic -om%etitiveness' -o%ythe %hrase .raEil +conomic -om%etitiveness from the 7e& 7iver %age' Then go to theabove link for * .usiness ource -om%lete' >aste the %hrase into the search bo= on the* .usiness ource -om%lete %age an& a&& LN an& a s%ace to the front' &&ing LN tothe front will hel% you narrow &own the search results to only &ocuments with the %hrasein the Journal title' *f you &o not a%%en& LN to the search %hrase, you might get too manyresults'

Note that 7e& 7iver -ollegeIs subscri%tion is for .usiness ource +lite while * has the broa&er .usiness ource -om%lete' o if you &o a search in .usiness ource -om%lete&irectly, you might fin& more &ocuments than liste& on the 7e& 7iver -ollege site' lso,

%ages on the internet change constantly' * &o not know whether this very useful 7e& 7iver -ollege %age will continue to e=ist in the future or how often it is u%&ate&'
http://www.icongrouponline.com/http://library.rrc.ca/subjectguides/internationalmkt/page_01.htmhttp://www.icongrouponline.com/http://library.rrc.ca/subjectguides/internationalmkt/page_01.htm

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