Research, Citation, & Class Guides: BEINDP 200: X-Culture: Country Resources

Country Data & Statistics

Global Edge: Global Business Knowledge
Provides Market Potential Index for 97 countries as well as quick access to World Bank data and other high-quality sources.

World Factbook
Reports on 267 countries, with facts and comparisons on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for each.

World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators
The World Bank has compiled data since 1996 for over 200 economies into six dimensions of governance .
International Monetary Fund Datamapper
A data tool from the IMF which provides visualizations, comparisons, and downloadable data on a variety of national and regional economic indicators.

UNdata
A single entry point to a variety of United Nations statistical databases, on themes from agriculture, health, education, industry, population, and the Millennium Development Goals.
Sage Data
Data sets from a variety of Global and US statistical agencies.

Country Watch Country Reviews
Country reports on topics including economic development, political conditions and stability, foreign investments, human development, life satisfaction, and environmental policy from publisher Country Watch.
Numbeo
Cost of living information for nearly 5,000 cities around the world. Note: This site appears to have a wiki component (individuals can edit data for the cities).

World Bank "Doing Business" guides
Includes country reports, rankings, and sometimes city/regional analysis.
Country Commercial Guides
From the International Trade Administration. Most reports cover economic trends, political environment, how to market U.S. products, leading sectors for exports, trade regulations, investment climate, business travel, and more.
Most of the guides are updated annually.
World Bank Enterprise Surveys
Covers information on what businesses experience when it come to corruption, infrastructure, access to finance, crime, competition, and performance measures in 167 economies.
Corruption Perceptions Index (Transparency International)
Based on expert opinion, the Corruption Perceptions Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide.
OANDA Currency Converter
View the current exchange rate, or historical exchange rates, for any pairs of countries.
Encyclopedia of Emerging Markets
Articles on nations with social or business activity on the cusp of rapid growth and industrialization, as well as important emerging industries within those economies.

Global Road Warrior
Profiles of 175 countries including country facts, climate, society & culture, demographics, money and banking, points of interest, transportation, maps and communications.

Geert Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions
Professor Geert Hofstede conducted one of the most comprehensive studies of how values in the workplace are influenced by culture. He defines culture as 'the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others.'