Country Information for Business Research

For specific country data, click on "Market Research" on the bottom of the page. At the search screen, you will need to use the drop down menus to find the particular country/region in which you are interested. Will lead
you to:
• Country Commercial Guides
• Industry Overviews
• Market Updates
• Best Markets
• Industry/Regional Reports
• Tariffs and Import Fees

For example, a search of "doing business in" yields a journal article on doing business in rural Tanzania.
African Development Review/Revue africaine de developpement22.1 (Mar 2010): 173-207 to which the Library subscribes

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales has an excellent site collecting different reports by Country. The Library & Information Service (LIS) provides a collection of pages with links to Doing Business in guides and other useful resources for a range of countries.

“The Doing Business database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. The Doing Business indicators are comparable across 175 economies. They indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity, and growth.” Print publications available at the STROZIER LIBRARY K563.B87 D65. E-Journal is also available. Each year there is a different topic covered.

The Federation of International Trade Associations has many useful
links. The "Country Profiles" include doing business information.