International Marketing Resources

CountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data through its suite of products to over 4000 clients including public and private sector organizations with overseas operations and global interests.

UCF has recreated a collection of links containing domestic and international economic and trade information prepared by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Includes economic and trade information for countries and several country-specific industry reports, usually from the perspective of providing U.S. companies with opportunities.

Online database that provides access to all of OECD data and statistics, including the International Trade By Commodities Statistics and the International Direct Investment Statistics Yearbook, international competitiveness indicators, economic indicators.
(STROZIER LIBRARY has limited access to documents and website)

The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational level.

Presents the cultural similarities within a country that set it apart from others by examining over 200 countries to document the myriad ways in which culture defines and separates the nations of the world as much as geographical borders do. Surveys each country's shared values, behaviors and cultural variations from foods and rituals to pastimes and arts, using a standard entry format for easy comparison.

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Provided by UNCTAD the World Investment Report website also includes Country Fact Sheets which provides an analysis of FDI inflows and outflows of each country.

The Handbook provides basic worldwide statistics for comparing the economic performance of major countries and regions. The data in the Handbook are up to 1998. The information is accessible through Adobe or using Excel. Expect long download times for some documents. 1998 was the last produced.
(print) STROZIER, Documents General Collection PREX3.16: (1992-1998) Discontinued

Includes “Country Reports” which provide detailed financial analysis and data for each country examined. Particularly good source for lesser-developed and developing countries of the world.

Several reports and publications featuring a variety of energy-related statistics such as production levels, consumption levels, trade, and price trends of various forms of energy.

Country level labor-related data including employment figures, unemployment rates, productivity rates, wages broken down in categories.

Provides up-to-date telecommunications infrastructure data on a large number of countries. Sample variables include number of internet servers, telephones, cellular phones, and PCs.

Indicators provided by OECD for member countries. Includes GDP, unemployment rates, purchasing power parities, trade statistics, and leading indicators. Mostly PDF documents.

Unesco Science Report 2005 reviews the state of science around the world. Through the eyes of an independent team of experts, the report identifies and discusses emerging trends in research and higher education. Each chapter describes how research and development are organized in a given country or region. Who is performing R&D today? Where and with what means? What are the new priorities?

Selected data about industrial production capability of countries from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Variables include manufacturing value added, labor productivity, wage rates, share of manufacturing in imports and exports.

An easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. You select a number of countries and a number of variables and view comparative data.

Access to a select set of data published by the WorldBank. Includes a query interface to a portion of the WDI database, and a quick reference tables that provide easy access to GNI, GDP, GDP-PPP, and population data. Also, detailed country level data and analysis can be seen in the ‘Country Data Profile’ tables and ‘Country at a Glance’ table accessible at website.

Provides access to a number of statistical variables online. The Report site will provide access to a wide variety of variables, although all files are in PDF format. The Indicators site allows the user to run a query to identify countries, variables, and years of interest. The results can be exported as text or excel files.

Provided by UNCTAD the World Investment Report website also includes Country Fact Sheets which provides an analysis of FDI inflows and outflows of each country

An annual publication of the United Nations. Provides statistics covering population and demographics, economic activity and trade for member nations. Also comes in CD-ROM format.
STROZIER, Documents General Collection -- UNST STAT Ser.S

Published by Euromonitor, covers countries of the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Covers demographic, economic, and marketing categories.
STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 3rd Floor -- HA42.I56 (most recent in Reference)

Demographic, economic and marketing data for Europe, by Euromonitor.
STROZIER LIBRARY Ready Reference -- HA1107.E87

A publication of the International Monetary Fund, provides world comparison tables, as well as statistics arranged by country.
STROZIER LIBRARY Ready Reference -- HG1.I612