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Geography

Country Reports & Information

BBC News Country Profiles
 Information includes history, politics, and economic background as well as links to audio and video clips
 
Information includes country factsheets, economic reports, and industry reports.
 
 
Country Commercial Guides
United States International Trade Administration reports
 
Country Statistical Yearbooks
University of Wisconsin's research guide to country statistical yearbooks or similar collections for 111 countries worldwide.
 
Economist Intelligence Unit
country forecasts, political and economic analysis, commodities, industries, data. 

 

Export Development Canada (EDC) 
Country snapshots and information for exporters.

 

Global Affairs Canada. Country and Regional Information
 
Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University, globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal providing tools and resources to research international business. Includes Insights by Country covering history, government, economy and culture.
 
IDEAs -International Development Economics Associates 
international network of progressive economists engaged in the teaching, research and utilization of development economics. Includes articles, working papers, policy briefs, blog posts. 
 
International Monetary Fund  Country Information
 
International Trade Explorer (Statistics Canada)
 
OECD iLibrary
Full text of OECD books, periodicals, and statistical databases.
 
World Bank. Documents and Reports
Select "Browse by country".
 

Culture & Customs

Commisceo Global Country Guides
includes language, useful phrases, the society, the culture, business and social etiquette.

Culture Crossing Guide
world guide to cross-cultural etiquette

Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University, globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal providing tools and
​resources to research international business. Includes Insights by Country covering history, government, economy and culture
 
Passport (Euromonitor International)
International market research on consumers, products, markets, countries and companies. Provides country demographics, economic conditions and consumer lifestyle profiles. Select 'Consumers' tab, then 'Lifestyles' and choose a country. Download or export data. 

Statistics

  and in print at UN9 MF I52 (Documents Reference)
 
 
 
Trade Analyser (World Trade Database)